Sabbioneta
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Vespasiano Gonzaga built Sabbioneta between 1554 and 1591 as the fortress and capital of his small state, following Renaissance ideas of the ideal city. Inside its walls on the plain between the Po and the Oglio stand his ducal palace, the long Galleria degli Antichi and Scamozzi's Teatro all'Antica, the first modern building made purely as a theatre. Since 2008 it has shared UNESCO status with Mantua.
Highlights
- Teatro all'Antica (1590), designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi
- Palazzo del Giardino, frescoed by Bernardino Campi and his workshop
- The Incoronata church (1590), holding Vespasiano Gonzaga's mausoleum
- The 1824 synagogue, recalling the town's Hebrew printing press
- Vespasiano's embankments, a ring of about twenty kilometres to walk
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Sabbioneta (IT), Sabbioneta (EN)), Wikivoyage (Sabbioneta). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 4,096
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Sebastian
- CarnivalIn Piazza Ducale in the old town
- Fiera della Beata Vergine del CarmineFair in the streets of the centre
- Notte Bianca a SabbionetaAll-night event in the streets of the centre
- Fiera di San GalloFair in the streets of the centre
- Natale a SabbionetaVarious Christmas events in the old town
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Sabbioneta), Wikivoyage (Sabbioneta). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Tortelli di zuccaBread and pasta
- Marubini (IT)Bread and pasta
- Tortelli with melon and chilliBread and pastaFirst course with municipal DeCO designation
- Filòs biscuitsSweetRustic biscuits with municipal DeCO designation
- Salame casalinoCured meat
- Torta sbrisolona (IT)Sweet
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Adapted from Wikipedia (Sabbioneta), Wikivoyage (Sabbioneta). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
4 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 2
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
- Campsites 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme Borrini (IT) · ~51 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Monticelli · ~51 min by car
- Thermal spa: Island spa · ~52 min by car
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Nearby member villages
- Pomponesco · 11 km
- Castelponzone · 16 km
- Gualtieri · 16 km
- Grazie · 24 km
- San Benedetto Po · 34 km