Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
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15 Facts About Mantua
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Mantua is noted for its significant role in the history of opera; the city is known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and the medieval and Renaissance cityscape.
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Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes, created during the 12th century as the city's defence system.
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Mantua was an island settlement which was first established about the year 2000 BC on the banks of River Mincio, which flows from Lake Garda to the Adriatic Sea.
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Mantua's most famous ancient citizen is the poet Virgil, or Publius Vergilius Maro, who was born in the year 70 BC at a village near the city which is known as Virgilio.
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In 962 Italy was invaded by King Otto I of Germany, and Mantua thus became a vassal of the newly formed Holy Roman Empire.
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Mantua's later moved her studiolo to the Corte Vecchia and commissioned two paintings from Correggio to join the five from Castello di San Giorgio.
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Mantua worked for the court of Vincenzo I Gonzaga, first as a singer and violist, then as music director, marrying the court singer Claudia Cattaneo in 1599.
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In 1627, the direct line of the Gonzaga family came to an end with the vicious and weak Vincenzo II, and Mantua slowly declined under the new rulers, the Gonzaga-Nevers, a cadet French branch of the family.
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Under Austrian rule, Mantua enjoyed a revival and during this period the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts, the Scientific Theatre, and numerous palaces were built.
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Under the Congress of Vienna, Mantua became a province in the Austrian Empire's Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.
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