Piazza Ducale, Sabbioneta

Sabbioneta

Sabbioneta is a small town in Mantova (province). Despite being small, Sabbioneta shares the same position on 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.

• 1 Associazione Pro Loco (Tourism Office), Piazza d'Armi, 1 (Palazzo Giardino), ☏ +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. (updated Sep 2015)

Get in

• bus #17 (17S on Sundays). From Mantua 1 bus station at viale Risorgimento 45 (updated Jul 2016)
• bus #2812. An occasional bus from 2 stop V.Matteotti at Casalmaggiore – the nearest train station. (updated Jul 2016)

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 di San Rocco

Piazza San Rocco

Palazzo del Giardino

Teatro all'Antica

• 1 Chiesa dell'Incoronata, Via dell'Incoronata. It is also a mausoleum of Vespasiano Gonzaga, a founder of the town (updated Sep 2015)
• 2 Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Ducale. (now the Town Hall) with Galleria degli Antenati (updated Sep 2015)
• 3 Palazzo del Giardino, Piazza d'Armi 1. and Galleria degli Antichi (updated Sep 2015)
• 4 Teatro all'Antica (Teatro Olimpico). (updated Sep 2015)
• 5 Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza Ducale. (updated Sep 2015)
• 6 Porta Vittoria. (updated Sep 2015)
• 7 Porta Imperiale. (updated Sep 2015)

Go next

• Mantua -- Sabbioneta's big brother in UNESCO World's Heritage List
• Cremona
• Parma -- bus #2812 will bring your there