Mantua and Sabbioneta

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Mantua and Sabbioneta are towns in the Po Valley that represent aspects of Renaissance town planning. Mantua shows the renewal and extension of an existing city, while Sabbioneta represents the implementation of the period’s theories about planning the ideal city.

Year	Decision	Comments
2008	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription

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• Mantua and Sabbioneta
• Country: Italy
• Year: 2008
• Cultural Heritage
  Criteria:  (2) (3)
• Category: Human activity, Urban planning
• Connections: Cathedrals . Designed by famous architects . Early Mechanical Printing . Etruscans . Frescoes / murals by famous painters . Ideal City . Jewish religion and culture . Leonardo da Vinci . Located in a Former Capital . Mannerism . Opera . Ports . Renaissance . Sieges . Theatres . Twin Towns . Universities . Walled cities .
  
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