Ostiglia

A commercial and industrial town, situated on the left bank of the Po, Ostiglia represents an important communication junction. Even in Roman times had a predominantly strategic role and was disputed for centuries by the Veronesis and Mantovanis.
Ostiglia was the birthplace of Cornelio Nepote, the Roman historian who lived in the first century AD. The monument to him created by Pasquale Miglioretti in 1868, is in piazza Cornelio. The neoclassical Palazzo Bonazzi-Cavriani, (1783-87), currently the headquarters of the town council, contains a valuable paleochristian sarcophagus in the Ravenna artistic style of the VI century. The sumptuousness of the palace is enriched by internal frescoes and a garden-park. There are many other places for visitors to Ostiglia to see: the ruins of the medieval Fortress, the "don Giuseppe Gregiati" music library of worldwide importance, a small archeological museum and above all, just outside Ostiglia, the Santuario della Beata Vergine della Comuna. The building is based on an ancient Roman oratorio rebuilt in 1533 by Giulio Romano.
In Casteltrivellino we find the paludi di Ostiglia; the only hanging marshes in Italy, which are higher than the surrounding countryside.
Local produce: rice "alla pilota" (steamed rice with fresh water fish).