Mantova: bike at Piazza delle erbe
Mantua Italian Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy Italy and capital of the province of the same name Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century These receive the waters from the Mincio which descend from Lake Garda The three lakes are called Lago Superiore Lago di Mezzo and Lago Inferiore Superior Middle and Inferior Lakes A fourth lake Lake Pajolo which once completed a defensive water ring of the city dried up at the end of the 18th century Mantua is mentioned in William Shakespeare s tragedy Romeo and Juliet In this Romeo is sent into exile for killing Tybalt Capulet in a swordfight Romeo subsequently leaves Mantua and returns to Verona when he hears his love Juliet has died The city was founded probably around 2000 BC on the banks of the Mincio on a sort of island which provided natural protection In the 6th century BC it was an Etruscan village which in Etruscan tradition was re founded by Ocno Source http en wikipedia org wiki Mantua Mantova was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2008 The Rotonda di San Lorenzo is a religious building in Mantua Lombardy northern Italy It is the most ancient church in the city having been built during the reign of the Canossa family in the late 11th century Inspired by the Holy Sepulchre church in Jerusalem and dedicated to the martyr St Lawrence it has a central plan and has maintained ancient features like the matronaeum loggia for female faithful and frescoes of Byzantine school from the 11th 12th century Another fresco fragment in the apse portraying St Lawrence burning dates to 15th century The construction according to the Lombard tradition is in bricks but has two columns and other details in marble coming from ancient edifices Deconsecrated it was used for dwellings shops and stores and at the beginning of the 20th century it was covered by other
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Location: Mantova, Mantova, Lombardy, Italy
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