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February Promotion – “Be my Valentine in Mantua”

2018-01-19T13:03:08+00:00 January 19th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Mantua is a city of Love... the most famous room of the Ducal Palace is known as the Bridal Chamber. In Palazzo Te you can find the Room of Cupid and Psyche. A couple of skeletons, embracing for as long as 6000 years, is to be found in the local Archeological Museum and a Roman Mosaic, showing Mars and Venus [...]

Why did I bake a gingerbread version of the Mantua Castle?

2017-12-05T13:15:16+00:00 December 2nd, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Historic documents tell us about the sumptuous sweets placed on the tables of the Gonzagas, the Renaissance Lords of Mantua: cakes baked and iced in the form of castles, obelisks and fountains. This year the City of Mantua has appeared on the scene of the “European Region of Gastronomy” and, to mark the Festive [...]