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  Mantua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mantua (in Italian Mantova, in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo language Mantoa) is an important city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province with the same name.
Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes formed by the water of river Mincio descending from the Lake of Garda: these are called Lago Superiore, di Mezzo and Inferiore ("Superior", "Middle" and "Inferior" Lakes).
In 1866, Mantua was incorporated in a united Italy by the king of Sardinia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mantua   (1374 words)

  
 Goito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goito is a comune of Lombardy, Italy, in the Province of Mantua, from which it is 11 miles NW, on the road to Brescia.
It is situated on the right bank of the Mincio River near the bridge.
Lombardy · Communes of the province of Mantua
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goito   (145 words)

  
 www.laviadellenergia.it - Tourism - Ostiglia's Thermal Power Plant, Mantova
A landscape, uninterrupted by the city profile, by numerous noble residences and by country farms composed by wide farmyards, external ditches and wharfs for boots, once indispensable for facilitating the transport of rice and cereals.
In Mantua and the province, all the year long take place the events deeply rooted in the history and culture of the region.
During the Fête of S. Anselmo, the patron saint of Mantua, the saint’s mortal remains are exposed in the cathedral for the congregation’s worship.
www.centrovolta.it /laviadellenergia/inglese/turismo/mantova.htm   (1177 words)

  
 Farm holidays Mantua - Farmhouses Mantua
San Benedetto Po Dipped in the countryside between Po and Secchia to little distance from Mantua, the Bed and court Breakfast Bertoia an ancient farmstead restored in the respect of the environment and with the use of n...
At just 10 minutes from Mantua, the Corte Casone is an ancient farmhouse whose name had already appeared in some documents of the early 15th century.
Mantua, placed in the Low Po, on the bank right of the river Mincio is rich of treasures.
www.agriguida.com /farm/mantua.asp   (305 words)

  
 The Mincio's Boatmen - The River and ist "Valleys"
The purpose of the work was to regulate the course of the Mincio and to control the regurgitations of the Po in the periods of flood.
North from the city of Mantua an ample mirror of water (Upper Lake) was obtained and slowly many fields became marshy.
The Copper lake was dried up in the 18th C. and reclaimed at the beginning of the 20th C. In the past the locals could find in the marshy area a source of maintenance up to the seventies: fishing, hunting and cultivations of reed and sedge.
www.fiumemincio.it /vallii.htm   (495 words)

  
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According to an agreement between the Province of Mantua and the Province of Ilia (Greece), the programme implemented in Lombardy will be passed to the Greek province for a future co-operation project.
He has already co-operated with the Province of Mantua to the study “The Economic Planning in local systems: determination of innovation addresses”; Others: other European consultants will be identified in co-operation with the DGXIII, as soon as the European Commission decides about the project joint-financing.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES Since the Province of Mantua and the Municipalities of Ostigliese Oltrepo — Destra Secchia are among the founders of this centre, it provides them with specific advanced services, which can successfully and effectively boost their projects, actions and interventions.
www.innovating-regions.org /download/Mantovaforweb.doc   (5095 words)

  
 Gonzaga - La Celeste Galeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
This was perhaps a rather presumptuous way of acknowledging the Gonzaga family’s love for art and, in particular, Vincenzo’s passion for collecting and his patronage of the arts.
Nevertheless, it was a powerful image: the Duke of Mantua became part of a museum that he had created.
Three committees of experts were set up along with smaller committees that met frequently, and extensive archival research was carried out by seven researchers, who also read and catalogued over 10,000 letters sent and received by the Mantuan court.
www.mostragonzaga.it /english/exhibition   (315 words)

  
 mantua - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Mantua, city, northern Italy, capital of Mantua Province, in Lombardy (Lombardia) Region, surrounded on three sides by the Mincio River.
(1655-1728?), Andrea's elder son, settled in Mantua (Mantova) and is known as Peter of Mantua; his instruments are particularly highly regarded.
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ca.encarta.msn.com /mantua.html   (71 words)

  
 Parco Oglio Sud - Protected Area
Park Authority: Association among the involved Provinces and Municipalities (Province of Cremona and Municipalities of Ostiano, Volongo, Pessina Cremonese, Isola Dovarese, Drizzona, Piadena, Calvatone.
However, the period of which we have more monumental and architectural evidences is the one during which, along the river Oglio, the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Milan competed with alternating fortunes.
in the area of Mantua, the agricultural estates are much more scattered, the country buildings and the houses are open and placed in different manners, representing also different cultivation techniques, social organization and production regimes.
www.parks.it /parco.oglio.sud/Epar.html   (1231 words)

  
 italian farmhouses, italy farm holidays, rural tourism
Among the misty plains in the south of the province of Mantua we could never expect to find something other than the immovable farms, from the hard work of the farmers in the fields, to the rows of the silent poplars that frame the Po.
However, it is just this dimension which has inspired the creativity and kindled the emotions of various masters, who produced a very peculiar art, nourished by the observation of and by the meditation on the intimate relationship between man, his daily toil and the space where his life and work go on.
Recently, Viviani gave the Ca' di Pom and 40 historical  works to the Bam Foundation, whose purpose is to safeguard the artistic, cultural and environmental values  of our area.
www.agriturismomantova.it /eng/Percorsi_arte.asp   (1536 words)

  
 MANTUA (Ital. Mantova) - Online Information article about MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)
Lombards found Mantua a walled town of some strength; recovered from their grasp in.590 by the See also:
Carbo in 17o8 the Gonzagas were masters of Mantua, (see GONZAGA).
Susani, Nuovo prospetto delle ¢iitture, di'Mantbtia (Mantua, 183o); Carlo d'Arco, Delle arti e degli arlefieidi Mantova (Mantua, 1857) ; and Storia di Mantova (Mantua, 1874).
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAL_MAR/MANTUA_Ital_Mantova_.html   (1687 words)

  
 cycling tours Italy, bike tourism Italy, tourism Mantua Italy
the river Po By bike in the north of the province of Mantua
Receding  northward, the glaciers left between the plain and  lake Garda masses  of rocks, clay, stones, which,  moulded by the action of time and man, formed the enchanting landscape of the morainal hills, which lie in the most northern part of the province of Mantua.
Going west from the fresh waters of the river Mincio, we meet intricately entwined roads and paths, and a landscape coloured by golden fields of maize, corn, sunflowers and  green meadows, where vines and olive trees work their way into woods of hornbeams, alders, oaks, cypresses, and willows.
www.agriturismomantova.it /eng/Percorsi_Bicicletta.asp   (956 words)

  
 Italian D.O.C. Wines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The cultivation of vitis vinifera sativa (the wine grape) in the territory of the province of Mantua was mentioned by the Latin poet Virgil, who declared that the wine of the Mantuan hills was second only to the celebrated Falernum.
Those two areas are now the production zone of Lambrusco Mantovano, which recently joined the ranks of Denominazione di Origine Controllata wines, a group to which wines of the Colli Morenici Mantovani del Garda, produced in the hilly part of the province, already belonged.
The second is the Oltrepò Mantovano (Mantuan territory beyond the Po) in the province of Mantua.
www.milioni.com /vini/ingd1/523.HTM   (345 words)

  
 The pottery of Mantua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The province of Mantua, inhabited since the Neolithic age, boasts a long tradition in Ceramic Art.
In the XVth century the town of Mantua experienced an extraordinary cultural climax and the local potters developed a style of great artistic value.
Arte SeCreta has recovered this age old handcraft tradition by studying carefully the forms, shapes and materials, in order to recreate the emotions of the past.
www.ceramicandmore.com /art/secreta.asp   (392 words)

  
 presentazione   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
S.E.I. Europe Service and Internationalization is born from the co-operation between the Province of Mantua and the Chamber of Commerce in Mantua with the aim of promoting the participation of the province of Mantua to the European funding opportunities.
To reach this aim, it is essential to provide the necessary tools to submit project proposals to the European Commission, and among these first comes the knowledge of the funding opportunities concretely available as well as the knowledge of the funding mechanisms.
Training sessions, traditional or on-line, addressed to Councillors and Officers of the 70 local administrations in Mantua about European policies and funding programs relevant for public administrations.
www.provincia.mantova.it /seuropa/presentation.jsp   (285 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Its inhabitants number a mere 130, and it is here that the Echo of Mary Queen of Peace (formerly the 'Echo of Medjugorje') was born, thanks to parish priest Fr.
The little sheet of paper, however, was being asked by more and more pilgrims till it took on its actual 8-page form three years later.
A printer from Roncade (province of Treviso) at first offered to print it for me free of charge, then, as it grew, at a moderate price.
www.ecodimaria.net /eco/history.html   (432 words)

  
 The Assumption of Chalk & Concrete
With the help of Mary's prayers, worldwide artists joined by those of the tiny village of Curatone in the province of Mantua endure the stifling heat of 90 plus degrees while making chalk drawings on cement that's hotter than Hades in the churchyard of Madonna delle Grazie.
The madonnari begin their task on the eve of feast after the bishop of Mantua has blessed the artists.
They labor side by side through the night and by the light of the silvery moon or spotlights.
www.lagazzettaitaliana.com /chalk.asp   (450 words)

  
 KOSME [ www.kosme.it ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Constantly focused on the different and numerous requirements of each individual customer, Kosme, thanks to the principles that have inspired the company and in time become its philosophy, has expanded to the extent that it currently markets over 4000 labelling machines.
Located in the province of Mantua, the company's manufacturing facility occupies a total surface area of 26,000 sq m, 7,000 of which are covered.
Professional personnel are employed in the various departments of company organisation: Administration, Research and Development, Technical Department, After-Sales, Production and Sales.
www.kosme.it /eng/company   (180 words)

  
 Articolo "Automazione per il riciclaggio del legno" da "Automazione Oggi"
The Mauro Saviola Group is among the first in Europe for chipboard panel production: Super-Flash from Automa has been adopted as the supervision system for the new Sit 2000 factory.
The first production nucleus of the Mauro Saviola Group was born at Viadana in the Province of Mantua in 1963, a system of production activities now comprising nine companies: Sadepan Chimica, Sia, Sit, Silla, Sadepan Legno, Sacic Legno, Sitapan, Nuova Rivart and Sitech.
Nine companies which interact according to a criterion of geographical and sectorial diversification to satisfy the needs of a dynamic, continually developing market: that of wood.
www.automa.it /inglese/rassegnastampa/Saviola-AutomazioneOggi.htm   (1794 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
A small town with a great atmosphere, Sabbioneta is without doubt the most important place to visit in the whole province of Mantua.
This "Little Athens" was conceived by Vespasiano Gonzaga (1531-1591), an enlightened patron of art and literature who surrounded himself with innumerable artists in order to built the "Perfect City": it is a jewel of highly artistic town-planning.
With its irregular hexagon form and protected by strong walls, Sabbioneta inspires visitors with its harmonious, simple beauty which has been maintained almost intact.
www.mantovaedintorni.com /n3e/3sabn3.htm   (84 words)

  
 Midsummer Night's Dream
A spot of luck as this year both nights fall at the weekend.
The beautiful surrounds of the Madonna di Grazie Sanctuary (in Curtatone, in the province of Mantua) is the backdrop to an unusual festival.
On August 15th Italy's top 'madonnari' - the street artists who specialise in pictures of Our Lady - will gather at the church and astound all with their faithful reproductions of the world's most famous religious paintings.
www.italiaplease.com /eng/megazine/culture/2001/07/stlorenzo   (415 words)

  
 chocolate pudding, pudding mix, chicken broth, stock cubes, caramel creme, panna cotta recipe, italian food industry, ...
ISO 9001 certified food company offering caramel crème, pudding recipe, panna cotta recipe, chocolate or vanilla dessert mix, instant cake mix, cake baking powder, agent raising pizza, italian pizza mix
Italian food industry, which has its seat in the province of Mantua, specialized in the production of instant cake mix, pudding mix, dessert mix, italian pizza mix, chicken broth cubes.
Since its foundation, in 1939, the italian food company has developed its activity from home-baked bread preparation to the soup stock cubes and mix for cakes, puddings, pizza and drinks.
www.cleca.com /eng/map.asp   (318 words)

  
 Nautical Association Bagnolo S. Vito | Location
The head office of the Association is located at the
in Via Molinara, 2 (left bank of the river Po) in Bagnolo San Vito area, province of Mantua, about 500 meters before the small village of Correggio Micheli.
Coming from Modena province, drive on the main road S.S. Romana, pass San Benedetto Po bridge (from which you can already see our dock with moored boats and the haulage crane) and turn left on the main bank towards Correggio Micheli.
www.nauticabagnolosanvito.com /inglese/Location.htm   (242 words)

  
 Italy’s most powerful red wine. Brunello di Montalcino
Those qualities make it the Lambrusco best adapted to accompanying the succulent and fatty foods of Emilia.
The Lambrusco vineyards are extensively planted in the zone extending from the slopes of the hills to the banks of the Po, the natural border separating the province of Mantua from those of Reggio Emilia and Modena
In color, it is ruby red of varying intensity.
www.italianstay.com /wines/emiliaromagna/lambruscosalamino.htm   (133 words)

  
 Early music in Modena and Mantua
• The Po river from Cremona to Mantua
Marble guitars and antique string instruments are just some of the wonders awaiting you at Modena and Sabbioneta for a unique festival of early music
- All you need to know to enjoy a trip to Mantua and province.
www.italiaplease.com /eng/megazine/music/2001/09/sabbioneta   (521 words)

  
 Gourmet food online - Italian food distributor online
The objective of the 3-P.it Italian food Export Company is to introduce our farms, our gourmet food, our agriculture, or more simply italian food to all the world.
Although created in the province of Mantua, the purpose is to join together farms throughout Italy.
There will always be demand for those who provide quality italian food; unfortunately it is very difficult to be able to effectively promote this gourmet food and induce trust in the consumer as well as providing a guarantee of origin and quality.
www.3-p.it /en   (346 words)

  
 High incidence of classic Kaposis sarcoma in Mantua, Po Valley, Northern Italy (19891998)
High incidence of classic Kaposis sarcoma in Mantua, Po Valley, Northern Italy (19891998)
High incidence of classic Kaposi's sarcoma in Mantua, Po Valley, Northern Italy (1989
The incidence of classic Kaposi's sarcoma was estimated in the province of Mantua, Po Valley, Northern Italy, yielding age-standardized rates of 2.5/100 000 men and 0.7/100 000 women (1989
www.nature.com /bjc/journal/v85/n3/abs/6691912a.html   (152 words)

  
 ItalianMade.com - WINES: Lambrusco Mantovano DOC
Those two areas are now the production zone of Lambrusco Mantovano, which recently joined the ranks of Denominazione di Origine Controllata wines, a group to which wines of the Garda Colli Mantovani, produced in the hilly part of the province, already belonged.
CROSTINI CON PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA® E INDIVIA BELGA
Background image and most photos in this section courtesy of Giuliano Bugialli, all right reserved (see Copyright and Credits).
www.italianmade.com /wines/DOC10175.cfm   (282 words)

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