Mantua and Sabbioneta represent two emblematic examples of the territorial planning and urban interventions promoted by the Gonzaga in their dominions.
The commission recognised how these two cities exemplarily embody the two main types of Renaissance urban foundations:
Mantua, a city-court of extraordinary splendour, the expression of a progressive evolution that renews and expands a pre-existing town centre, maintaining an irregular layout and a stratification of buildings from different eras.
Sabbioneta, on the other hand, is a 'ideal city' conceived from scratch according to the humanistic principles of the Renaissance, with a unified urban layout that makes it a model city of art and culture.
Both constitute a fundamental point of reference for the international dissemination of the urban and architectural ideals of the early Renaissance.
Project financed with funds from Law no. 77 of 20 February 2006
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