Mantua and its province are marked by a specific individuality. A border country among three regions, Mantua has a thousand-year-old history of art, culture and political independence, which have left a strong and perceptible imprint of unusual characteristics and dimensions. Mantua is a provincial town but also a capital; it is a town on a human scale and home of one of Italy's largest and most fascinating palaces: apparent contradictions that constitute the subtle charm of this noble and beautiful area. The entire province, seemingly uniform and profoundly a son of the Po Valley, offers an unexpected complexity: you go from the morainic hills close to Lake Garda to the lush banks of the Mincio and Oglio rivers, from the furrow carved by the Po River in the middle and south of the province to the unusual contour of the three lakes surrounding the provincial capital.

prof. Maurizio Fontanili
Chairman of Provincia di Mantova

(fonte: Mantova and its province - Touring club of Italy)