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.
- 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.
Get in
By bus
Take bus #17 (~ 1h) from Mantua's 2 bus station at viale Risorgimento 45, otherwise from Casalmaggiore, the nearest train station, there is an occasional bus #2812 3 stop V.Matteotti
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)
- 1 Chiesa dell'Incoronata, Via dell'Incoronata. It is also a mausoleum of Vespasiano Gonzaga, a founder of the town
- 2 Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Ducale. (now the Town Hall) with Galleria degli Antenati
- 3 Palazzo del Giardino, Piazza d'Armi 1. and Galleria degli Antichi
- 4 Teatro all'Antica (Teatro Olimpico).
- 5 Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza Ducale.
- 6 Porta Vittoria.
- 7 Porta Imperiale.