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Casa dei Pontieri "D. Gialdini" Museum

The Museum has a valuable visual documentation of the developments of the ways to cross the Great River.

Address and contacts

Via Argine, 3 - 42022 Boretto
Telefono -  Phone 0039 0522 965002
Cellulare - Mobile +39 333 4012619
Email info@albergodelpo.it
Sito web - Website Museo Casa dei Pontieri
Sito web - Website Musei di Boretto

Opening times

Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
9.00 - 12.00 a.m. 
3.00 - 6.00 p.m.

Prices

Symbolic donation of € 1.00

How to get there

Boretto

By car
From Reggio Emilia: 30 kilometres along the Provincial Road 358
From the A1 Milan to Bologna motorway: leave the motorway at the Reggio Emilia exit and follow signs to Castelnuovo Sotto for 30 kilometers.
From the A22 Modena to Brennero Motorway: leave the motorway at the Reggiolo exit and follow signs to Guastalla for 25 kilometers.

By train
From Reggio Emilia: TPER local train service from Reggio Emilia to Guastalla.
State railway service on the Parma-Suzzara line.

By coach
From Reggio Emilia: public transport service bus No. 93 from Reggio Emilia to Boretto with branch service to Viadana (Mantua).
From Viadana: take the coach service running between Mantua and Parma.

By river
From Mantua: at the “Laghi” dock.
From Cremona: from the “Porto Fluviale” (River port)

Historical notes

In a space that was part of the buildings dedicated to the old boats deck which linked Boretto to Viadana, distroyed in 1967, the son of the last chief officer of the bridge, gathered images and a scale model of the bridge.