The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius is a Roman Catholic titular church, of deaconry rank, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, located in Rome, Italy. Built in Baroque style between 1626 and 1650, the church functioned originally as the chapel of the adjacent Roman College, which moved in 1584 to a new larger building and was renamed the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Castel GoffredoItalian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl ɡofˈfreːdo] is a comune in the province of Mantua, in Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Mantua and a few more from Brescia. It lies in a region of springs at the foot of the slopes that drain into Lake Garda, towards the plain of the Po. Castel Goffredo borders the following municipalities: Castiglione delle Stiviere, Medole, Ceresara, Casaloldo, Asola, Acquafredda, Carpenedolo.
Giovanni Maria Falconetto was an Italian architect and artist. He designed among the first high Renaissance buildings in Padua, the Loggia Cornaro, a garden loggia for Alvise Cornaro built as a Roman doric arcade. Along with his brother, Giovanni Antonio Falconetto, he was among the most prominent painters of Verona and Padua in the early 16th century.
The Basilica of Sant'Andrea is a Roman Catholic co-cathedral and minor basilica in Mantua, Lombardy (Italy). It is one of the major works of 15th-century Renaissance architecture in Northern Italy. Commissioned by Ludovico III Gonzaga, the church was begun in 1472 according to designs by Leon Battista Alberti on a site occupied by a Benedictine monastery, of which the bell tower (1414) remains. The building, however, was only finished 328 years later. Though later changes and expansions altered Alberti's design, the church is still considered to be one of Alberti's most complete works. It looms over the Piazza Mantegna.
The Diocese of Mantua is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The diocese existed at the beginning of the 8th century, though the earliest attested bishop is Laiulfus (827). It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan since 1819.
The Diocese of Casale Monferrato is a Roman Catholic diocese in northwest Italy, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli which forms part of the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. The diocese, which adheres to the Roman Rite, was established on 18 April 1474 for political reasons, to transform the Marquisate of Montferrat into an ecclesiastic territory.
Costanzo Antegnati was an organist, organ builder and composer.
Santi Paolo e Bartolomeo is a 17th-century baroque style church located in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy.
Bernardino Facciotto (1540–1598) was an Italian military and civil architect who was born and died in Casale Monferrato.
Paride da Ceresara was an Italian humanist, poet, alchemist and astrologer.
Aloisio Gonzaga was an Italian condottiero.
Palazzo Gonzaga-Acerbi is a historic palace in Castel Goffredo in the Province of Mantua in Italy.
Castel Goffredo Town Hall and Loggia della Magnifica Comunità are located in Piazza Mazzini in Castel Goffredo, in the Province of Mantua (Italy). It is the seat of the municipality.
Events in the history of Castel Goffredo, in Italy.
Piazza Mazzini is a public square in the center of Castel Goffredo, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Castelvecchio is the ancient fortified village of Castel Goffredo, in the province of Mantua Lombardy region in Italy, surrounded by walls and a moat. The boundaries currently correspond to the garden of the Palazzo Gonzaga-Acerbi to the north, to vicolo Remoto and vicolo Cannone to the east, to Piazza Mazzini to the south and to piazzetta Castelvecchio and vicolo Castelvecchio to the west.
The Civic Tower is a historic building in the town of Castel Goffredo, in the province of Mantua, Italy.
Caterina Anguissola Trivulzio was an Italian noblewoman.
Ferrante or Ferdinando Gonzaga, first marquess of Castiglione was an Italian nobleman and condottiero.
The Torrazzo is a historic building in Castel Goffredo, in the province of Mantua.
