Mansuè between floodplain landscape and history

When planning a stay in Mansuè, you can consider its natural surroundings and local history as two distinct areas of focus. Prà dei Gai gives the landscape side a clear identity; churches, villas and archaeological sites offer tangible connections to the town’s history. This lets you decide in advance whether to devote more of your time to the floodplain landscape or to individual buildings and their history.

Prà dei Gai and the visiting itinerary

A recommended visiting itinerary begins in the centre of Mansuè and leads to Prà dei Gai. The itinerary is 18 kilometres long in total. Prà dei Gai is a 600-hectare natural floodplain with permanent grassland. The Casteir River of Mansuè is located within Prà dei Gai. These figures represent two different measures for planning purposes: 18 kilometres is the length of the entire itinerary, while 600 hectares is the area of the floodplain.

Buildings, art and archaeological traces

The Tumulo del Rasego was built by the ancestors for ritual and funerary purposes. A solar alignment has been identified between the Casteir in Prà dei Gai and the Tumulo del Rasego. These details answer different questions: the first concerns the purpose of the tumulus, while the second concerns the identified relationship between the Casteir and the tumulus.

The villas mark other periods in time. Villa Calzavara is a two-storey building dating from the 17th century. Villa Carretta was probably built by the Ca’Zorzi in 1610. Mansuè thus offers both a date by century and a probable year.

The Church of Saints Mauro and Macario in Cornarè is a religious building dating from the 11th century, located on the historic Via dei Sali. The façade of the Church of San Mansueto features a mosaic of Saint Mansueto, created by Lisa Battistuta in 2011. The main altar of the Church of San Mansueto has an ornate tabernacle, flanked by two marble angels dating from 1754.

The Church of San Giorgio in Basalghelle also has a painting by Antonio Morera in its apse, depicting Saint George against a blue starry sky. The remains of the birthplace of Blessed Cosma stand at the intersection of Via dei Benedettini and Via Basalghelle. Parts of the park and the stables survive from the original Villa Aganoor, Zecchinato, Arrigoni.

The dates range from the 11th-century church in Cornarè to the 17th-century Villa Calzavara and the marble angels of 1754, through to the 2011 mosaic.

Planning your visit around the weekly market

Mansuè’s weekly market takes place on Tuesdays from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Piazza Francesco Dall’Ongaro. If the market is important to your stay, check the current schedule before you travel.

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