CASTIGLIONE DELLE STIVIERE

'Castiglione delle Stiviere' is a town and comune in the province of Mantova, in Lombardy, Italy, 30 km NW of Mantua by road.

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History

Main sights

External links

Sources

History

During the War of the Spanish Succession, the French under the duc de Vendôme occupied it.
During the siege of Mantua in 1796, the Austrians under Wurmser were defeated here in the Battle of Castiglione by the revolutionary French army under General Augereau, later Marshal of France, who in 1808 was created Duke of Castiglione by Emperor Napoleon I, a hereditary victory title (so there never was an actual territorial duchy attached to it) extinguished in 1915.

Main sights

It has an old 'Castle', much altered and restored, especially by the Gonzaga family of Mantua in the 16th century.

External links

★ Heraldico.org- Napoleonic victory titles

Sources

1. "The World Gazetteer"