Mantua

Mantua (in Italian "Mantova") is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province with the same name.

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• Located at 45.10N, 10.47E.
• Area of the commune: 63.97 sq. km
• Population of the commune: 47,790 (2001 census); 53,065 (1991 census)

The town was founded presumably around 2000 BC on the banks of the Mincio river, a sort of island among its waters (and indeed safe natural protection), and in the 6th century BC was an Etruscan village that Etruscan tradition described as re-founded by Oscno. The name derives from Mantus, an Etruscan god of Hades. The Romans, who conquered it between the first and second Punic wars, confused Mantus with Manto, a daughter of Tyresia (Tiresias). Publius Virgilius Maro, Virgil, was born here (Mantua me genuit).

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Mantua Fresco II

Vicenzo Gonzaga Duke of Mantua 1600

The Expulsion of the Bonacolsi in 1328 in Piazza Sordello Mantua 1494