Mantua (Mantova) is Italy’s last great undiscovered city. Why it sees so few visitors is hard to know – no convenient airports, perhaps, or the fact that its medieval heyday was followed by ...

Mantua and Sabbioneta represent two aspects of Renaissance town planning: Mantua shows the renewal and extension of an existing city, while some 30 km away, Sabbioneta represents the implementation of ...

A selection of stills from locations in the UK and Italy taken during the filming for Monteverdi in Mantua: The Genius of the Vespers Presenter Simon Russell Beale with conductor Harry Christophers.