mantova house

Palaces, places of worship, castles etc. all rose from the flatland and Mantua (Mantova) took on the aspect which it has still kept to the present day. For a rolecall of the great who have lived and worked in Mantua try this lot: Pisanello, Tiziano, Fetti, Correggio, Rubens, Mantegna, Bartolino da Novara, Fancelli, Bibiena, Teofilo Folengo, Castilgione. A special mention goes to Claudio Monteverde who was the court musician of the Gonzagas who more than anyone transformed the city. Monteverde is credited with inventing the melodrama.

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