Patron saint festival In 257 days
Saint Peter, patron of the land of the two castles
📅 Every year, on 29 June
Goito celebrates Saint Peter on 29 June, in the church dedicated to him.
Goito sits on the right bank of the Mincio, where the Via Postumia from Cremona to Verona crossed, and that ford made its history. Two explanations compete: some trace the name to the Goths, who fortified the place after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, others to the Latin guttus, a water jug, probably a nod to the river. Sordello, the thirteenth-century poet and troubadour, was born here; the permanent meadows around are recorded from the fifteenth century.
Ludovico III Gonzaga, marquis of Mantua, had the brick bridge over the Mincio and the canal built, restored the fortifications and kept a residence here where Mantegna worked and where he died of plague in 1478. The earthquake of 1693 brought down the Merlesco quarter, the fortress walls and part of the parish church. In 1848 Alessandro La Marmora's bersaglieri had their baptism of fire on the bridge, he himself wounded, and that victory gave it the name Ponte della Gloria.
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🍝 The flavours of Goito
Sbrisolona crumbly almond and cornmeal cake, broken by hand
White and yellow flour, almonds, butter and sugar, broken by hand: sbrisolona is Mantova's cake, already served at the Gonzaga court.
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Near Goito
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Goito, but an easy day trip away.
certosa di Parma 📍 Parma · 8.3 km The charterhouse of Stendhal's title, now a police school and rarely open. Parma Baptistery 📍 Parma · 11 km Benedetto Antelami’s pink marble masterpiece, a European landmark bridging Romanesque and Gothic design in Parma. arco di San Lazzaro 📍 Parma · 9.8 km Arch of San Lazzaro in Parma, built in 1628 on via Emilia Est, restored in 2005. chiesa di San Sepolcro 📍 Parma · 11 km The Holy Sepulchre canons' church on the via Emilia, with a coffered ceiling. abbazia di San Giovanni Evangelista 📍 Parma · 11 km Correggio's second dome in Parma, and the Benedictine pharmacy with its jars in rows. teatro Farnese 📍 Parma · 12 km The Farnese wooden theatre in the Pilotta, inaugurated with a naval battle in the stalls.