Casa del Rigoletto
Piazza Sordello, 23, Mantova
Immaginaria dimora di Rigoletto, il buffone di corte dell'omonima opera di Giuseppe Verdi, la casa sorge nelle vicinanze di Palazzo Ducale. Dalle mappe antiche si evidenzia che l'ingresso dell'edificio si trovava in Piazza Canonica e non nell'attuale Piazza Sordello. La parte di fabbricato che attualmente si trova in Piazza Sordello era il nucleo retrostante della vera abitazione che nel Rinascimento fu ristrutturata ed adibita ad uso più signorile: di gusto toscano quattrocentesco, il piacevole loggiato è composto da colonne marmoree che sostengono un'architrave lignea. Nel porticato a piano terra si osservano due colonnine in marmo di fattura duecentesca che probabilmente provengono da un chiostro della canonica. La casa era concessa in uso dal Capitolo della Chiesa a canonici. Lo stemma con monogramma della famiglia Arrivabene, fa presumere che un canonico appartenente a questa famiglia ne abbia curato il rinnovo quando era usufruttuario. Qui abitò anche il filosofo Roberto Ardigò. Il giardinetto è arricchito dalla statua, posta nel 1978, rappresentante il leggendario abitante di questa casa.
It is located near Palazzo Ducale and is Rigoletto's, the court jester in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, fancied residence. Ancient maps show evidence that in the past its approach was from Canonica Square instead of Sordello Square, as it is nowadays. The part of the building overlooking Sordello square was the core of the house and it was restored during the Renaissance in order to be destined to noble families. The open gallery built in the 15th century, with its marble column supporting a wooden architrave, witnesses this new usage. Two of the columns of the colonnade on the ground floor which can be dated back to the 13th century are likely to come from the Rectory cloister. The Church Chapter allowed the priests to use the house. The coat of arms containing the monogram of the Arrivabene family suggests the idea of a priest from that family ordering the renewal of the house. In 1978 a statue featuring Rigoletto, the legendary dweller of this house, was placed in the garden.
It is located near Palazzo Ducale and is Rigoletto's, the court jester in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, fancied residence. Ancient maps show evidence that in the past its approach was from Canonica Square instead of Sordello Square, as it is nowadays. The part of the building overlooking Sordello square was the core of the house and it was restored during the Renaissance in order to be destined to noble families. The open gallery built in the 15th century, with its marble column supporting a wooden architrave, witnesses this new usage. Two of the columns of the colonnade on the ground floor which can be dated back to the 13th century are likely to come from the Rectory cloister. The Church Chapter allowed the priests to use the house. The coat of arms containing the monogram of the Arrivabene family suggests the idea of a priest from that family ordering the renewal of the house. In 1978 a statue featuring Rigoletto, the legendary dweller of this house, was placed in the garden.