Information
Duration
2 hours.
Language
The activity takes place with an English-speaking guide.
Included
Licensed English-speaking guide.
Not included
Admission fee to the Ducal Palace. For current fees and reductions, please see mantovaducale.beniculturali.it
Meeting point
Piazza Sordello, in front of the Ticket Office of the Ducal Palace. View map
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 48 hours before the activity starts. Any cancellations after this time or no-shows on the day will not be refunded.
Accessibility
Wheelchair access permitted with some limitations.
Pets
Not allowed.
Women of the Gonzaga family: power, culture and dynastic continuity at the Ducal Palace in Mantua
Visiting the Ducal Palace in Mantua means travelling through more than four centuries of political, artistic and cultural history of Renaissance and modern Italy.
All too often, however, this story has been told almost exclusively through the male figures of the Gonzaga dynasty: marquises, dukes, military leaders and diplomats.
This guided tour offers a different and complementary perspective, focusing on the fundamental role of the women of the Gonzaga family, silent but decisive main characters in maintaining the prestige and stability of Mantua for over four hundred years.
Not only Isabella d’Este, undoubtedly one of the most famous women of the Renaissance in Europe, but also mothers, wives, daughters and regents who, through marriage alliances, political skills, economic management and refined cultural patronage, contributed to the splendour of the court of Mantua for over four hundred years.
