Rivarolo Mantovano

Rivarolo Mantua is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2599 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Mantua in Lombardy. The municipality is situated approximately 35 km west-southwest of Mantua.

History

Lombard tombs show that the municipality was settled very early. Its history is closely linked with that of the Gonzaga family. Sigismund of Luxembourg gave the family in 1432 the municipality as a fief. By 1907, the place was called Rivarolo di Fuori.

Personalities

  • Giuseppe Finzi (1815-1886), politician
  • Gorni Kramer (1913-1995), composer
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