Palazzo Ducale, Cantine di Vincenzo Gonzaga
Piazza Santa Barbara, Mantova
Palazzo Ducale, dimora dei signori di Mantova, è un monumentale complesso situato tra Piazza Sordello e la riva del Lago Inferiore. La «reggia» mantovana è tra le più vaste al mondo, estendendosi su una superficie di circa 34.000 mq. Fu costruita tra il XIII e il XVII secolo e rappresenta quindi, per la sua discontinuità stilistica, ma anche per la sua armonia complessiva, un'autentica particolarità architettonica. Hanno contribuito alla realizzazione i più grandi artisti di ciascun periodo: Bartolino da Novara, Antonio Pisano (il Pisanello), Andrea Mantegna e Giulio Romano. Le Cantine di Vincenzo si trovano in Piazza Santa Barbara, con l'ingresso di fronte all'omonima Basilica. Sono spazi (circa 800 metri quadrati) di pertinenza dell'Appartamento di Vincenzo I Gonzaga, nella fancelliana Domus Nova e sono riconducibili ai lavori di restauro realizzati da Antonio Maria Viani. Sono caratterizzate da imponenti murature in mattoni a vista e da volte a crociera e a botte. La zona non rientra nel percorso usuale del Museo di Palazzo Ducale.
Palazzo Ducale, i.e the Duke of mantua's abodei is a munumntal cimplex located between Sordello Square and the Lago Infereriore. It could be mentioned as one of widest adobes all over the world (it is almost 34,000 sqare metres wide). It was built between the 13th and the 18th century, thus being, because of its stylistic discontinuity but also of its armony almost a uniqueness in architecture. The greatest artist from each hisrorical period took part to its decoration:Bartolino da Novara, Antonio Pisano (known as "il Pisanello"), Andrea Mantegna and Giulio Romano. The Cellar of the Ducale apartment of Vincenzo I Gonzaga forms part of the complex of the Reggia of Gonzaga, located right in front of the Basilica Palatina di S. Barbara. From S. Barbara's square, you can access the cellar, which, named after Vincenzo, are extended on more than 800metre square. Nowadays the Cellar appear as the result of the restoration works by Antonio Maria Viani. The rooms are part of the basement of a building initially named Domus Nova of Luca Fancelli and are characterised by grand brick walls with cross as well as barrel vaults. This area does not belong to the parhway one usually chooses when visiting the Museum of Palazzo Ducale.
Palazzo Ducale, i.e the Duke of mantua's abodei is a munumntal cimplex located between Sordello Square and the Lago Infereriore. It could be mentioned as one of widest adobes all over the world (it is almost 34,000 sqare metres wide). It was built between the 13th and the 18th century, thus being, because of its stylistic discontinuity but also of its armony almost a uniqueness in architecture. The greatest artist from each hisrorical period took part to its decoration:Bartolino da Novara, Antonio Pisano (known as "il Pisanello"), Andrea Mantegna and Giulio Romano. The Cellar of the Ducale apartment of Vincenzo I Gonzaga forms part of the complex of the Reggia of Gonzaga, located right in front of the Basilica Palatina di S. Barbara. From S. Barbara's square, you can access the cellar, which, named after Vincenzo, are extended on more than 800metre square. Nowadays the Cellar appear as the result of the restoration works by Antonio Maria Viani. The rooms are part of the basement of a building initially named Domus Nova of Luca Fancelli and are characterised by grand brick walls with cross as well as barrel vaults. This area does not belong to the parhway one usually chooses when visiting the Museum of Palazzo Ducale.
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