Sabbioneta

Sabbioneta
Subiùnèda  (Emilian)
Comune
Comune di Sabbioneta
Piazza Ducale
Sabbioneta
Location of Sabbioneta in Italy
Coordinates: 45°00′N 10°29′E / 45.00°N 10.49°E / 45.00; 10.49Coordinates: 45°00′N 10°29′E / 45.00°N 10.49°E / 45.00; 10.49
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Mantua (MN)
Frazioni Breda Cisoni, Ca' de Cessi, Commessaggio Inferiore, Ponteterra, Villa Pasquali
Government
 • Mayor Antonio Beccari
Area
 • Total 37 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation 18 m (59 ft)
Population
 • Total 4,260
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 46018
Dialing code 0375
Patron saint San Sebastiano
Saint day 20 January
Website Official website
UNESCO World Heritage site
Part of Mantua and Sabbioneta
Criteria Cultural: (ii)(iii)
Reference 1287-002
Inscription 2008 (32nd Session)
Area 60 ha (150 acres)
Buffer zone 430 ha (1,100 acres)
Galleria degli Antichi

Sabbioneta (Casalasco-Viadanese: Subiùnèda) is a town and comune in the province of Mantua, Lombardy region, Northern Italy. It is situated about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Parma, not far from the northern bank of the Po River. It was inscribed in the World Heritage List in 2008.

History

Sabbioneta was founded by Vespasiano I Gonzaga in the late 16th century along the ancient Roman Via Vitelliana, on a sandy bank of the Po (whence the name, meaning "Sandy" in Italian); he was its first duke, using it as a personal fortress and residence.

It was also during this period that it became a minor musical centre; composers such as Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551-1601) were employed here by Vespasiano Gonzaga, prior to his moving to the main Gonzaga city of Mantua.

Statue of Vespasiano I Gonzaga.

Main sights

In 2008, Sabbioneta was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a recognition of its perfect example of practical application of Renaissance urban planning theories.

Sabbioneta is also known for its historic Jewish Ghetto and Synagogue, and in particular for its Hebrew printing-press. In 1551 Tobias Foa set up the press; he had, however, published certain "anti-Christian books" and his career was "forcibly ended". His work and possibly his type were taken up by a Christian printer, Vicenzo Conte.

Vespasiano Gonzaga's town, designed according to the Renaissance principles of the Ideal City, included:

The church and the summer palace contain frescoes by artists of the Campi family of Cremona.

Sources

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sabbioneta". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 963.
  • Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna duca di Sabbioneta e cavaliere del Toson d'oro. Sabbioneta. (2001).
  • Luca Sarzi Amadè, Il duca di Sabbioneta: Guerre e amori di un europeo del XVI secolo ...

Paperback: 332 pages; Publisher: SugarCo (1990); ISBN 88-7198-040-9

  • Vespasiano Gonzaga e il ducato di Sabbioneta, [actes de la conferència, Sabbioneta-Mantova, 12-13 ottobre 1991], a cura de U. Bazzotti, Mantova (1993).
  • L. Ventura, Il collezionismo di un principe: la raccolta di marmi di Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna, (Modena), (1997).
  • Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna 1531-1591: l'uomo e le opere, actes del congrés d'estudis, Teatro olimpico di Sabbioneta, 5 de juny, 1999; a cura de E. Asinari, [Casalmaggiore] (1999).


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