Farm Bed e Breakfast
Botanic scouting
Guided visit to the art cities nearby
A visit in farm to observe, explore and find the officinal herbs world, the history of secular plants and the rich vegetation coasting Secchia river. Provided booking there is possibility to stay for the night and to taste tipical dishes of the local kitchen of Mantua.
The farm Corte Medaglie d'Oro is situated between San Benedetto and Quistello, aside the river Secchia at the foot of a wood. It is constructed around a pleasant yard. The first construction, a shed, dates from the beginning of the 18th century and constituted the basis for the later buildings. The stable and the hayloft in gothic-roman style are of appreciated architectural value; remarkable are the partitions and the columns of pink Veron marble of the stable and the particular windows of the hayloft. Because of the very small population during the Middle Ages rivers and torrents ran undisturbed through the territory and furthered the spreading of woods and marshes between the 5th and the 10th century.
Poplar, oak and willow forests, hedges, ditches, swamps and embankments dominated the landscape where some rare settlements were connected by a few paths. The landowner's house, build at the beginning of the 19th century, constitutes the heart of the farm's hospitality which management is in the hands of the descendants of that Bartolomeo Pietro Mondadori, nicknamed Bartolo, who transformed a wild and undeveloped area in a rich and blooming farm, more than once awarded for it's excellent fruit cultivation; hence it's name Court Golden Medals.