Sabbioneta is a small town in Mantova (province). Despite being small, Sabbioneta shares the same position at of the UNESCO World Heritage List with Mantua (Mantua and Sabbioneta).
Understand
A town rich with Renaissance architecture. It was founded in the late 16th century and built according on the principles of the humanistic ideal city of that time.
- Associazione Pro Loco (Tourism Office), Piazza d'Armi, 1 (Palazzo Giardino), 44.9974759°, 10.4894757°, +39 0375 52039. Apr-Oct Tu-F 09:30 – 13:00, 14:30 – 18:00, Sa-Su 09:30 – 13:00, 14:30 – 18:30; Nov-Mar Tu-F 09:30 – 13:00, 14:30 – 17:00, Sa-Su 09:30 – 13:00, 14:30 – 17:30. 2015-09-03
Get in
- bus #17 (17S on Sundays). From Mantua bus station at viale Risorgimento 45 📍 2016-07-17
- bus #2812. An occasional bus from stop V.Matteotti 📍 at Casalmaggiore – the nearest train station. 2016-07-17
Get around
See
Tourism Office sells all tickets to the monuments of the town: combined tickets to Palazzo Giardino/Galleria, Teatro all’Antica, Palazzo Ducale, Sinagoga cost €12, there is also a separate ticket to Chiesa della Beata Vergine Incoronata, Mausoleo di Vespasiano Gonzaga (€2)
- Chiesa dell'Incoronata, Via dell'Incoronata, 44.99971°, 10.48971°. It is also a mausoleum of Vespasiano Gonzaga, a founder of the town 2015-09-03
- Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Ducale, 44.99956°, 10.48956°. (now the Town Hall) with Galleria degli Antenati 2015-09-03
- Palazzo del Giardino, Piazza d'Armi 1, 44.99732°, 10.48956°. and Galleria degli Antichi 2015-09-03
- Teatro all'Antica (Teatro Olimpico), 44.99916°, 10.48904°. 2015-09-03
- Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza Ducale, 44.99922°, 10.49056°. 2015-09-03
- Porta Vittoria, 44.99986°, 10.48767°. 2015-09-03
- Porta Imperiale, 44.9963151°, 10.4926836°. 2015-09-03
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Go next
- Mantua -- Sabbioneta's big brother in UNESCO World's Heritage List
- Cremona
- Parma -- bus #2812 will bring your there