Cremona: Violins, Art, Food - Bicycles, If You Like Them.

By Enrico Massetti

Cremona is a reference point for the art of violinmaking in the world.

It boasts some of the past's most significant monuments, like the Cathedral, the Baptistery, and the splendid Town Hall square.
The museums testify to the town's archeological importance, the famous art of the Renaissance painters, and the celebrated violinmakers' history. The Amati, Guarneri del Gesù, and the great Antonio Stradivari: the theaters celebrate Monteverdi and Ponchielli's music.

The relationship of the town of Cremona with the river Po is direct, energetic, and intuitive.

This guide leads you on a visit to Cremona, the city of Violinmakers. The famous Stradivarius was from Cremona.

Cremona is also renowned for its rich cuisine; here, this guide illustrates it in many details.

The guide includes photos and descriptions of the attractions, churches, museums, and travel info. It has a complete section with the history of the town.

It includes several itineraries for bicycle trips in the area.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Enrico Massetti
• Release date: Nov 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005667313

Enrico Massetti

Enrico Massetti nació en Milán, Italia, donde vivió durante más de 30 años, visitando innumerables destinos turísticos, desde las montañas de los Alpes hasta el mar de Sicilia. Ahora vive en Washington, Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, visita regularmente su ciudad natal y disfruta recorriendo todos los lugares de su país, especialmente aquellos a los que puede llegar en transporte público. Puede contactar con Enrico en [e-mail].

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Cremona: Violins, Art, Food.

Bicycles, if you like them.

Enrico Massetti

Copyright Enrico Massetti 2020

Published by Enrico Massetti

All Rights Reserved

First edition

Table of Content

Table of Content

Acknowledgments

Cremona

Itinerary suggestion

One day visit

Cremona Cathedral

Cathedral Interior

Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament

Chapel of Our Lady

Sant’Omobono Crypt

Bertazzola

Façades of the transepts and apse

The Torrazzo

The Baptistery

Interior of the Baptistery

Piazza Sant’Antonio Maria Zaccaria

The City Hall Palace

The Violin Museum

Antonio Stradivari House

Natural History Museum & park

Archaeological Museum

Ala Ponzone City Museum

Music

Events in Cremona

Cremona Musica

A community as big as the world

Stradivari Festival

Monteverdi Festival

Torrone festival: the legend

Ugo Tognazzi Gastronomic Award

Cremona Summer Festival

History of Cremona

The origins and the Roman Age

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance and the Spanish rule

From the Austrians to today

Cremona cuisine

What to eat in Cremona?

Torrone di Cremona

Torrone - Ingredients

How to make the Torrone (Nougat):

Recipe Bollito Misto

Recipe Bollito Misto: the Ingredients

How to make the Bollito misto:

Mostarda

Mostarda di Cremona origins

Marubini Cremonesi

Cheese

Salami

Where to eat in Cremona.

Where to stay in Cremona

Cremona Province

La Strada del Gusto Cremonese Taste Route

Bicycle itineraries - Cremona to Casalmaggiore

Along the Cremonese canals

The cycle route of the walled cities

Music in the wind

Along the Po, between Lodigiano and Cremonese

The Strada Regina cycle path

The floodplain of the Po

Bicycling in Cremona

Bicycling in Cremona online

How to get to Cremona

Getting to Cremona by train

Getting to Cremona by car

Getting to Cremona by bus

Official Tourist Organizations

Other tourism guides

The Author

Things to Know

Photo Credits

Acknowledgments

This book is the result of my collaboration with many editors, readers, buyers, photographers that put their work in creative commons license or licensed it at reasonable terms. Also, the critics who gave bad feedback on Amazon told me what I was doing poorly, and what they were expecting instead.

Without their contribution, I could not have done it correctly.

Cremona

Cremona

Cremona is a reference point for the art of violinmaking in the world.

Cremona has a picturesque historic center and boasts some of the most significant monuments of the past, like the Cathedral, the Baptistery, and the splendid Town Hall, clustered around the main square, Piazza del Comune.

The museums testify not only the archeological importance of the town and the famous art of the Renaissance painters, but also the history of the celebrated violinmakers, among which the Amati, Guarneri del Gesù, and the great Antonio Stradivari; the theaters celebrate the music of Monteverdi and Ponchielli.

The relationship of the town of Cremona with the river Po is direct, energetic, and intuitive.

The city is well worth a visit. It can be a day trip from Milan, but it is also an excellent place to spend a night or two.

The Province of Cremona is flat and rich in bicycle itineraries. I list many of them at the end of this guide. You can enjoy a bicycle ride and stop for lunch in one of the many restaurants and osterie available on the territory.

Cremona is a small city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy on the Po River, 85 kilometers southeast of Milan.

Itinerary suggestion

One day visit

Downtown Cremona

Do you want to visit Cremona in one day?

Cremona is the city of music and sweet temptations; it is famous for its violins and its typical products, including the delicious nougat.

These are the locations you should not miss to savor all its charm even if you have little time available: Piazza del Comune, Torrazzo, the Violin Museum. A taste of nougat cannot be missing from your itinerary!

Most of Cremona's top sights are around Piazza del Comune. You'll also find tourist information there.

When you arrive, a lot of the main sights to see are part of the Cathedral complex. Be sure to ask about combined entrance tickets for discounted admission.

Cremona still keeps nowadays, in its urban implant, the original form of fluvial terracing, founded as a Roman colony on the bend of the river Po.

If you don't know how to give up shopping, go to the nearby windows of Corso Mazzini!

Amati’s violin

Although opera reached its zenith at Milan’s Teatro Alla Scala, the first great opera composer, Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was from Cremona. So too is Mina, Italy's foremost favorite singer, whose status as a living legend is comparable to that of Barbra Streisand in the United States.

Cremona has a distinguished musical history. The 12th-century cathedral was probably the focus of organized artistic activity in the late Middle Ages region. By the 16th-century, the town had become a famous musical center.

There are essential ensembles for Renaissance and Baroque music, i.e., Choir & Consort Costanzo Porta, and festivals that maintain Cremona as one of the most important towns in Italy for music. Composer Marc’ Antonio Ingegneri taught there; Claudio Monteverdi was his most famous student, before leaving for