Mantova

Mantova (locally and in English called Mantua) is a city of 48 thousand¹ centered just southwest of the Mincio² River, surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes dating from medieval times, in its eponymous province in the Lombardia (locally Lumbardia)³ Region of Italia.⁴ The city is honored by UNESCO (along with another town in the province) as a World Heritage Site. In its case this attention is on its stages of growth from Roman, to medieval (e.g., 11th century rotunda), to its Renaissance hydrological and architectural works sponsored by the Gonzaga family, to the Baroque (e.g., a theatre).⁵

External references

lakeside view of Mantova, Mantova Province, Lombardia, Italia

Footnotes

1. 2009 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantua, accessed February 16, 2017.
2. The Mincio is a left bank tributary of the Po, which flows into the Adriatic Sea.
3. Lombardy in English.
4. Italy in English.
5. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).