Sabbioneta

Porta Vittoria
one of the town gates

Built in the 1580s this Italian town is the work of Vespasiano Gonzaga, his plan was to create the ideal city and base it on the ideas of ancient Athens and Rome. When Vespasiano died this dream died with him,and the town reverted to the sleepy little place it is today.

Sabbioneta is about 30kms north of Parma

Galleria degli antichi
(Gallery of the ancients)
Vespasiano's private art gallery

Under the gallery

The view down the gallery

The whole gallery is covered in frescios...

.....and tromp l'oeil effects

Click on image above for some
close-up pictures of the frescios

Chiesa dell'Incoronata

The Palazzo Ducale
contains fullsize equestrian statues
of Gonzaga family members

(left and above) Teatro Olimpico, built by Vincenzo Scamozzi, Palladio's pupil who completed the theatre of the same name in Vicenza after Palladio's death.

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Porta Vittoria one of the town gates	Built in the 1580s this Italian town is the work of Vespasiano Gonzaga, his plan was to create the ideal city and base it on the ideas of ancient Athens and Rome. When Vespasiano died this dream died with him,and the town reverted to the sleepy little place it is today. Sabbioneta is about 30kms north of Parma
Galleria degli antichi (Gallery of the ancients) Vespasiano's private art gallery	Under the gallery
The view down the gallery	The whole gallery is covered in frescios...
.....and tromp l'oeil effects	Click on image above for some close-up pictures of the frescios
Chiesa dell'Incoronata	The Palazzo Ducale contains fullsize equestrian statues of Gonzaga family members
	(left and above) Teatro Olimpico, built by Vincenzo Scamozzi, Palladio's pupil who completed the theatre of the same name in Vicenza after Palladio's death.