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About Cremona |
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| Cremona lies in the heart of the Po plain on a small rise beside the river that once ran through the ancient town centre. It is a charming small town in Lombardy with a 2200-year history. | ||
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Founded by the Romans in 218 BC on a previous Celtic settlement, it still has some of
the grid pattern of roads laid down by the Romans. Current Cremona is a historical town based on a
medieval layout and with many buildings that bear witness to its past.
There are many medieval constructions among the low buildings in the cobbled streets of the old centre around the central
square. Right in the centre lies the Piazza del Comune, the civil and religious centre, and one of the
loveliest squares in northern Italy. The most important buildings from an architectural viewpoint
surround this square: the Torazza (the tallest brick bell-tower in Italy), the splendid Romanesque
Duomo, the octagonal Baptistery, the 13th century Loggia dei Militi, and the Palazzo del Comune flanked by the
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16th century Arengario. As the capital of the violin-making, Cremona
is part of the rich tradition of classical music in Europe. It boasts the workshops of Stradivari,
Guarneri and Amati. The stradivari Museum hosts a collection of violin-making tools used to create the earliest
violins.
Cremona has nice churches: San Michele, a romanic church of the 12th century; San Agostino (14th century) with a painting by Perugino (1495); S.ta Agata, decorated with frescoes by Giuliano Campi. San Sigismondo is also decorated by Campi and other painters of the 16th century. |