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Favorite thing: The tour through the history of the town ends by this chapter.
During the 14th century, Montagnana gained its most important strategic position. Besides a safe shelter, it was departure base for war expeditions.
In the beginning of the 15th century, due to a decline of the Carraro family, Montagnana passed under Venice control and have lost its military importance.
Fondest memory: Do not visit Montagnana on Sunday, as I did, because the local Tourist Ofiice is closed and you wont be able to visit the city walls and its towers.
Updated Jul 2, 2005
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Favorite thing: In 1337, the Carraro family took Montagnana back from the Scaligeri of Verona and equipped it with wider walls. During the reign of Ubertino and Francesco I Carraro, a new bastion was built called Rocca degli Alberi (the Fortress of the Trees).
The bastion stands on the side which were exposed to the Verona county.
Updated Jul 2, 2005
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Favorite thing: The Medieval Montagnana had important strategic position, being border town of the Padova county. The Padova territory was controlled by the Carraro family who strengthened Montagnana's walls for protective reason, incursions from the Scaligeri of Verona.
During the period of mighty Cangrande, Verona conquered Montagnana and kept it under control for more then twenty years.
Fondest memory: The city walls are of huge proportions and almost perfectly preserved.
Updated Jul 2, 2005
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Favorite thing: The first settlement here dates back to the Roman times, given the numerous archeological findings. Montagnana became residence of the Marchesi family , who took the name from the Estensi, and kept governing the city until the last quarter of the 13th century.
Updated Jul 1, 2005
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Favorite thing: Montagnana has probably one of the better preserved (and still intact) medieval walls in all europe, and seeing them with the warm colours of a sunset is worth a visit itself.
But all the little town is beautiful... its churches, its streets, its buldings, its well known sweet hams are delicious....
And, despite of its beauty, it is definitely off the crowd of tourist... You will enjoy it like the little country town it is..
Updated Oct 21, 2004
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Yes, it might be considered that castles and fortified towns are my obssesion. You tell me or show me the picture of the castle and I'll do everything to visit and explore it. Montagnana is in...
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Montagnana is a medieval town, with a complete (i mean 360°, moat and all) and nearly untouched medieval wall..... See it at sunset.... it's magic! Really a special place and, being out from the main...
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"Away From the Ordinary Flow of Time"
What a picturesque medieval village Montagnana is....a walled city with a "grass moat", twenty-four polygonal towers spaced at regular intervals, a spacious Piazza, a Cathedral that is part Gothic,......
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Montagnana - The medieval town
If you were tired of the chaotic cities along the Milano - Venezia train line, it would be nice to change to a paralleled line between Monselice and Mantova linking many small towns within the Padova...
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For 31 years I was convinced that Sighisoara was the only medieval city in Europe with inhabitants. That until I’ve visited Montagnana. Too bad my internet connection is so poor here, I could have...
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