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EXTENSION OF OPENING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY from July 4, 2014 to 1 November:
Friday and Saturday 9:00 to 20:00 (last admission 19:30)
Saturday, July 19 and Saturday, September 13 the palaces will close at 18.00.
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Rates from 06/08/14: ticket Palazzo Te and Palazzo San Sebastiano € 9.00 full (reduced 6.00; special reduced 3.00). Family ticket: € 19,00.
The validity of the ticket to the Civic Museum of Palazzo Te and Palazzo San Sebastiano is three consecutive months from first use. Each ticket allows one entry to each museum .
The above rates may change during exhibitions or special events.
REDUCED visitors over 65 years, members of the TCI (Italian Touring Club), FAI, groups of at least 20 people, admission to the Italian Vittoriale, ticket / subscription Turin, Piedmont, Lombardy Legacoop card, coupons HERE! CULTURE, membership card ACI;
SPECIAL REDUCED visitors between 12 and 18 years old, college students
FREE Children up to 11 years, 1 teacher for every 15 pupils or group unity, journalists, ICOM card holders, the following law enforcement agencies: the State Police, Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza, the Penitentiary Police, the State Forestry Corps, Brigade Fire. N.B. Ticket prices may change in relation to temporary exhibitions in progress.
Palazzo Te, Mantua
Palazzo Te is Giulio Romano's masterpiece in Mantua; it was built (1525-1535) as a leisure residence, on the orders of Federico II Gonzaga. Great artists, such as Primaticcio, Rinaldo Mantovano and Benedetto Pagni, helped Giulio Romano to deck it.
Its design is based on the ancient Roman villas, and, though it was restored more than once in the past, the complex still keeps its original form. But Giulio Romano was also influenced by Raphael and Michelangelo in this work.
You will surely be impressed by the courtyard of honour, Sala dei Cavalli – id est the room of horses -, Camera di Psiche – id est the room of Psyche -, Camera dei Venti – id est the room of winds -, Camera delle Aquile – id est the room of eagles -, Camera degli Stucchi – id est the room of stuccoes – and tumultuous Camera dei Giganti – id est the room of giants.
On the upper floor you can admire several collections:
- The "Arnoldo Mondadori" collection and its XIX-XX century painters, such as Federico Zandomeneghi and Armando Spadini.
- The 250 pieces "Ugo Sissa" Mesopotamian collection – one of the rarest ones in Italy.
- The Gonzaga section with ancient measures, dies, medals and coins of Mantua Duchy.
- The “Giuseppe Acerbi” Egyptian collection with marble, bronze and wooden sculptures, and funerary and religious objects.