Piazza Matilde Di Canossa, Mantua, Italy Editorial Image

One of the small squares of Mantua on which they overlook: the Canossa Palace with baroque lines, built between 1659 and 1673 and commissioned by the Marquis Orazio Canossa. The Canossa of Mantua were a branch of the Verona family, who received the noble title of marquises from the Gonzaga family. the decorations of the frames recall the work of Giulio Romano. The entrance portal is flanked by marble columns that support the balcony, under which there are two sculptures depicting the dog, heraldic symbol of the family, who bites a bone; a large fountain; the Loggia dei Canossa, the liberti style newsstand and the small church of the Madonna of the earthquake, erected in his honor, in the mid-eighteenth century, for having freed the city from the scourge. In the square the homonymous restaurant and nearby an excellent bakery / pastry shop where you can also eat excellent hot meals and the Osteria Fernelli.