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my favourite memory of Sabbioneta
alza Says: It's this dreamy place under the arcades, iron table and chairs, just out of the sweltering sun in the piazza, before the town folks all walked by in hushed silence and disappeared into the Church of the Incoronata.I sat there a while and listened to a man crying about his...
alza Says: I didn't see much life during my day in Sabbioneta, but I saw some... A flea market, for one thing. And suddenly, at Noon, just as I was getting hungry, I walked past a lively bar and heard laughing. I went in, full of hope.There was a huge punch bowl, full of green liquid,...
alza Says: Here's a treet in Sabbioneta with flowers... a sure sign that somebody must live here!During my macabre walk around the place, I saw the Palazzo Giardino, a few minutes' walk from the main piazza. Not a sound there either, but before I forget, I should say... I never saw so...
alza Says: This church on the main square contains the tomb of Vespasiano, Duke of Gonzaga. I was intrigued to see the silent masses walking past me like ghosts and being swallowed into the Incoronata... so I went in for a look. It was a typical Sunday service, there was no special awe...
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alza Says: Walking around Sabbioneta is a real quiet pleasure. Just boring enough to let you focus on your own sensations, nothing will make you lose your gloomy focus.What I loved most of all was all the deserted streets, the old walls, stucco, frescoed niches. Here and there, you...
alza Says: The Palazzo Ducale is in the main piazza in Sabbioneta. It's now the town hall.Started in 1554, this ducal Palace contains wonderful equestrian statues of the Gonzagas, the horses all prancing nervously while the cavaliers remain impassive. These guys were solid stock!...
alza Says: This was an antique shop that looked like a a scrap metal yard at first. But it held a strange appeal and I spent quite a long time in and around it. The kind of place where time stands still, where what I vaguely remembered reading many years ago about the founder of this...
Boulevard Osteria - Wine bar: a very warm and welcoming place
alza Says: A few tables outside, under thick parasols the colour of red wine. A happy-looking group of people having lunch and enticing fragrances from inside. So you walk in and say "Salve!" looking as hopeful as you can after facing the enraged Fury next door.The owner opens his arms...
maritagnes Says: Karaoke seemed to be a popular thing in Sabbioneta. We walked by this nightlife spot a couple of times in the evening - it was situated right across our hotel - and noticed that more and more people found their way there during the evening. After all it was a Friday night...
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I've wanted to visit Sabbioneta for many years but though I often came close, it always seemed remote. It's one of those small Italian towns in Lombardy that you might read about in books about the......
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