Giulio Romano's Pescherie

To sum up, there are six arcades east and eight west. Also in these buildings that were not constructed for noble purposes, the variations on the theme of Giulio Romano are surprising, and still today they allow to interpret the strong connection between Mantua and its watercourse, apparently still but actually quietly flowing. The Rio is, in fact, a man-made channel that connects the two lakes, it was created in 1190 by Alberto Pitentino, an engineer from Bergamo, who had to drain large areas of wetland.