Mantua

Featured view

Mantua

Total population

47,790

Coordinates45.16°, 10.79°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mantua is a city and comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the eponymous province.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Francesco Siliprandi

Fabio Battesini

road bicycle racer (1912–1987)

C

Cesare Albertini

C

Cesare De Agostini

Italian journalist (1941–2022)

Cesare Genovesi

Italian politician (1879–1970)

C

Cesare Rimini

Italian lawyer, journalist and writer (1932–2023)

Clara Gonzaga

Italian noble

Clara Vincenzi

Italian singer

C

Claudio Gallico

Italian conductor and musicologist (1929–2006)

Claudio Mantovani

Italian association football player

C

Clotario Staffetta

Italian association football player

Corrado Gonzaga

Italian condottiero

C

Corrado Vivanti

Italian historian (1928-2012)

C

Cristina Sossi

Italian swimmer

Curzio Gonzaga

Italian writer

D

Daniele Protti

Italian journalist (1945–2024)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Lombardy

• Cerese
  2.7 mi away · pop. 10,023
• Buscoldo
  6.2 mi away
• Bigarello
  7.3 mi away
• Marengo
  7.5 mi away
• Borgoforte
  7.7 mi away · pop. 3,278
• Sacca
  7.9 mi away
• Motteggiana
  8.5 mi away · pop. 1,960
• Ceresara
  13.3 mi away · pop. 2,462
• Piubega
  13.4 mi away · pop. 1,630
• Redondesco
  13.6 mi away · pop. 1,387
• Spineda
  15.1 mi away · pop. 620
• Guidizzolo
  15.3 mi away · pop. 5,178

Browse all places in Lombardy →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mantua

History of Painting in Italy

Luigi Antonio Lanzi · 2022

The history of painting in Italy

Luigi Lanzi · 1852

Hand-book for travellers in northern Italy

John Murray (Firm) · 1846

The history of painting in Italy from the period of the revival of the fine arts to the end of the eighteenth century

Luigi Lanzi · 1878

Un museo per le città

Convegno "Un museo per le città" (2006 Mantua, Italy) · 2007

Misurare la terra

1984

The road to Rivoli

Martin Boycott-Brown · 2001

The Italian renaissance state

Andrea Gamberini · 2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Seen 2026-09-16

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Seen 2026-09-15

Holcogaster fibulata

Holcogaster fibulata

Seen 2026-09-14

marsh gentian

Gentiana pneumonanthe

Seen 2026-09-14

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-14

Italian Agile Frog

Rana latastei

Seen 2026-09-14

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-13

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Seen 2026-09-12

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers