Hello friends
I hope you are well and that everything is going well, I take this opportunity today to share the experience I had yesterday, I was in a city that I like a lot that is located in Lombardy and is called Mantua and that I am sure many of you know and Surely have already visited.
But, I was there because for the first time I finally visited Palazzo Te, a place that in my opinion you absolutely must visit if you are in Mantua for the first time, Yes a museum but in reality a Renaissance masterpiece by the famous architect Giulio Romano who was a student of a famous Raphael who surely many of you know.
In reality, thanks to the €15 combi ticket I was able to visit three museums yesterday, in this post I will talk to you and share some images only of Palazzo Te, because there are many things to say about this place.
I visited it yesterday because I had a day off, and so I took advantage of it because if you go to this place on weekends or holidays you find too many people, and you can't appreciate this place at its best.
This residence was built by Federico II Gonzaga and let's say it was a bit of a place where the marquis loved to have his escapades, with his lovers, but I must say that he also created something that will surely strike the visitor, as the structure at an architectural level is something very beautiful to see, unfortunately in this period a part is used to hold concerts so they were setting up a stage and therefore it was not completely usable.
But inside is the part that leaves you speechless, in fact pouring horses with portraits the steeds that Gonzaga this important family of Mantua who reigned in those lands wanted to celebrate them in this room, it really left me speechless.
The other room that will surely strike the visitor who is practically in the Duke's dining room was the room of Love and Psyche with the metamorphoses of Apuleius, but Palazzo Te is certainly famous for one room in particular, something truly unique and that Giulio Romano managed to create, we can almost say a first form of 3D and it is the Hall of the Giants.
This room is truly impressive, for these giants that represent the battle between the giants who try to climb to Olympus and Zeus here different optical illusions have been created and you can see from the photos I took you can see the engravings that were made right in the frescoes by the lanzichenecchi when they sacked these lands, during the Restorations they wanted to leave these writings.
But surely the part that struck me most of all, was the secret garden and the cave that was typical of the gardens of the time and they tried to create this natural environment a really beautiful area and that also struck me a lot.
I must say that the visit here was very interesting, and lately it is very visited as a place In fact I found several school groups that came from all over the world, but also several individual visitors who visited this place.
I hope that the photos were interesting and I thank you for reading this post
Info: Opening Hours
Monday: 09:00 - 19:30 (last entry 18:30)
Tuesday: 13:00 - 19:30 (last entry 18:30)
Wednesday - Sunday: 09:00 - 19:30 (last entry 18:30)
In winter the hours may be reduced to 18:30
Palazzo Te is closed on Tuesday mornings (opens at 13:00)
Tickets:
Full: €15
Reduced: €11 (over 65, groups of 15 to 25 people, residents of Mantua, holders of affiliated cards such as TCI, FAI, ACI, etc.)
Special reduced: €7 (visitors between 12 and 18 years old, university students with badge)
Free: children up to 11 years old, journalists, people with disabilities, law enforcement officers on duty, accompanying teachers, qualified guides, employees of the Municipality of Mantua
Family ticket: €40 (up to 5 members, with a maximum of 2 paying full fare)