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Palazzo Te Mantova - Tour with Guide Tiziana Portioli
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Mantova
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Wheelchair accessible
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Artistic hub in Mantua, that deserves to be suitably explained is Palazzo Te, a suburban villa devoted to the pleasures of leisure. Architect Giulio Romano, as the heir of his great master Raphael, is called from Rome to build and decorate this Renaissance villa between 1525 and 1535, inspired by ancient Roman villas.
Palazzo Te is an exemplary model of the Mannerist style as about architecture and an outstanding example of 16th century Italian painting. The name of the building derives from that of the place where it was built: the “island of Tejeto”, abbreviated as “Te”, where mantuan Lords held the ducal stables for the breeding of famous Gonzaga thoroughbred trained for battlefields and...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private tour
Professional guides
Admission tickets : €.15 adults, €.11 over 65, €.7 students, family ticket €.40
Private transportation
Palace Te Museum Admittance
Meeting Points
Departure
Te Palace
Meeting point at the ticket office of Te Palace.
Return
Palazzo Te Mantova - Tour with Guide Tiziana Portioli
(68) Reviews
Mantova
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Artistic hub in Mantua, that deserves to be suitably explained is Palazzo Te, a suburban villa devoted to the pleasures of leisure. Architect Giulio Romano, as the heir of his great master Raphael, is called from Rome to build and decorate this Renaissance villa between 1525 and 1535, inspired by ancient Roman villas.
Palazzo Te is an exemplary model of the Mannerist style as about architecture and an outstanding example of 16th century Italian painting. The name of the building derives from that of the place where it was built: the “island of Tejeto”, abbreviated as “Te”, where mantuan Lords held the ducal stables for the breeding of famous Gonzaga thoroughbred trained for battlefields and...
Highlights
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private tour
Professional guides
Admission tickets : €.15 adults, €.11 over 65, €.7 students, family ticket €.40
Private transportation
Palace Te Museum Admittance
Meeting Points
Departure
Te Palace
Meeting point at the ticket office of Te Palace.
Return
Itinerary
The interior contrasts with the sober exterior for a cycle of frescoes very amazing, inspired by the mythological fables of Ovid and Apuleius, the result of ingenious imagination of Giulio Romano. Among the most evocative rooms in which to focus our attention on: the Hall of Sun, the Hall of Horses and the Hall of Cupid and Psyche to conclude with the most unexpected, the Hall of Giants, where the Titans who rebel against Zeus have to suffer its terrible anger. The impression is that of a giant cartoon full of bright colours! Palazzo Te was first the alcove of love devoted to the “Favorita of the Prince”, Isabella Boschetti, for a sensual love affair surrounded by green woods and refreshed b...