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Originally an Etruscan settlement, Mantua was later a Roman town and afterward a free commune (12th-13th cent.). It flourished under the Gonzaga family (1328-1708), who were magnificent patrons of the arts. Mantua passed to Austria in 1708, was taken by Napoleon I in 1797, was retaken by Austria in 1815, and was returned to Italy in 1866.

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