CREMONA

Capital of music from the Violin Museum to the Auditorium and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. In the square, medieval architecture. At the table, the unmistakable torrone

POPULATION
71,924
DENSITY
1,020.28 inhabitants/sq. km
AREA
70.49 sq. km
ELEVATION
45 m a.s.l.
PATRON SAINT
Sant’Omobono

October, 1441. In Cremona, the marriage of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza is celebrated. Among the gifts, a historic mix of egg whites, honey and almonds. The Torrone is born.

Come November, the adored local sweet gets its time in the spotlight with a special festival. At the unique event, booths and banks are adorned with the specialty among below the Torrazzo tower and medieval architecture. The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, affectionately referred to as the Sistine Chapel of the Po Valley by critic Longhi, enchants with stunning frescoes. The Loggia dei Militi with its 14th century statues has always been a place to chat and come together.

Dotting the various small alleys of the city, are over 150 ateliers crafting violins and other stringed instruments. Following the techniques passed down for generations, this precise art has garnered the city recognition with UNESCO as a World Intangible World Heritage. To preserve it all is the Violin Museum, conserving the violins of the Amati, Guarneri, and the Stradivari. Listen to one of the historic instruments in the Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi designed by acoustics master Yasuhisa Toyota, where the scooped space will have you feeling like you’re in the instrument.

Do not miss the visit to the Civic Museum Ala Ponzone and the more hidden side of the Roman Cremona, enclosed between the aisles of the Archaeological Museum, told by the restored domus of the Nymphaeum, with paintings and mosaic fragments.

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Places

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Duomo of Cremona

The cathedral of Cremona, built in the 12th century and dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, is located in Cremona's government centre
  • Art & Culture
Cattedrale di Cremona @inlombardia

San Lorenzo Archaeological Museum

  • Art & Culture
Interno del Museo archeologico

Museum of Natural History

Minerals and animal species from different eras, temporary exhibitions, and a library for children: a museum to be discovered.
  • Art & Culture
Museum of Natural History

Folk Culture Museum, "Il Cambonino Vecchio"

  • Art & Culture
Folk Culture Museum, "Il Cambonino Vecchio"

Church of St. Sigmund

  • Art & Culture
Church of St. Sigmund

Church of St. Michael

  • Religious Tourism
Church of St. Michael

Church of. St. Abundius

  • Religious Tourism
Interno della chiesa

Church of St. Mary Magdalene

  • Art & Culture
Church of St. Mary Magdalene

Chiesa della Santissima Trinità

  • Art & Culture
Chiesa della Santissima Trinità

Church of St. Peter on the Po

  • Art & Culture
Church of St. Peter on the Po

Chiesa di Sant'Omobono

  • Art & Culture
Chiesa di Sant'Omobono

SS. Margherita e Pelagia

  • Art & Culture
SS. Margherita e Pelagia

Church of St. Augustine

Eretta fra il 1339 e il 1345 nelle forme tipiche del gotico monastico lombardo.
  • Art & Culture
Church of St. Augustine

Church of St. Agatha

  • Art & Culture
Church of St. Agatha

Church of St. Luca

  • Art & Culture
Church of St. Luca

Chiesa San Vincenzo

  • Art & Culture
Chiesa San Vincenzo

Chiesa dei SS. Marcellino e Pietro

  • Art & Culture
Chiesa dei SS. Marcellino e Pietro

Events

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Orchestra da camera di Nurtinger (DE)

Cortile Federico II
27/07/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Orchestra da camera di Nurtinger (DE)

CREMONA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY

Cortile Federico II
27/07/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
CREMONA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY

CREMONA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY

Sala Maffei
29/07/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
CREMONA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY

Nati sotto Saturno 2024

02/07/2024 - 30/07/2024
  • Art & Culture
Nati sotto Saturno 2024

Suzuki Chamber Orchestra - Istituto Sebastian Kwapisz

Cortile Federico II
30/07/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Suzuki Chamber Orchestra - Istituto Sebastian Kwapisz

CREMONA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY

Sala Maffei, Cortile Federico II
30/07/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
CREMONA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMY

Concerto lirico degli allievi di Nadiya Petrenko

Cortile Federico II (in caso di maltempo Sala Maffei)
01/08/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Concerto lirico degli allievi di Nadiya Petrenko

Chinese Traditional Music Inheritance Ensemble (CN)

Cortile Federico II
05/08/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Chinese Traditional Music Inheritance Ensemble (CN)

Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong (CN)

Cortile Federico II
08/08/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong (CN)

Gran Galà lirico

Cortile Federico II
09/08/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Gran Galà lirico

Collegium Musicum di Shizuoka

Cortile Palazzo Fodri (in caso di maltempo Sala Maffei)
11/08/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Collegium Musicum di Shizuoka

Festa dell'Assunta 2024

STAGNO LOMBARDO
14/08/2024 - 15/08/2024
  • Art & Culture
Festa dell'Assunta 2024

Metti una sera d’estate – 2024

29/06/2024 - 27/08/2024
  • Art & Culture
Metti una sera d’estate – 2024

Bella Musica Mozarteum Salisburgo

Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi, Museo del Violino
29/08/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
Bella Musica Mozarteum Salisburgo

Discesa del Po 2024

Fiume Po
07/09/2024 - 08/09/2024
  • Sport
Discesa del Po 2024

THE SOUND OF STRADIVARI

Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi
Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2024
  • Musica e spettacolo
THE SOUND OF STRADIVARI

Where to sleep

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DORMIRE VIA MILANO 28

Cremona
DORMIRE VIA MILANO 28

LA VISTA

Cremona
LA VISTA

MIELE/RELAX & PRIVACY ROOM

Cremona
MIELE/RELAX & PRIVACY ROOM

LE STANZE DI BENEDETTA

Cremona
LE STANZE DI BENEDETTA

CASA VACANZE GARDENIA

Cremona
CASA VACANZE GARDENIA

CASA DI NOSTRA SIGNORA

Cremona
CASA DI NOSTRA SIGNORA

APPARTAMENTO ROMANTICO IN CREMONA

Cremona
APPARTAMENTO ROMANTICO IN CREMONA

CASA VACANZE IL VIOLONCELLO

Cremona
CASA VACANZE IL VIOLONCELLO

FEDERICO BIANCHI

Cremona
FEDERICO BIANCHI

CITTANOVA

Cremona
CITTANOVA

SOLE E LUNA

Cremona
SOLE E LUNA

IL CORTILE DEGLI ARCHI

Cremona
IL CORTILE DEGLI ARCHI

LOCANDA AL CARROBBIO

Cremona
LOCANDA AL CARROBBIO

PAOLO 13

Cremona
PAOLO 13

ALESSANDRA

Cremona
ALESSANDRA

ALLOGGI DI PORTA PO 2 (P1 INT 2)

Cremona
ALLOGGI DI PORTA PO 2 (P1 INT 2)

PALAZZO CARASI APPARTMENT

Cremona
PALAZZO CARASI APPARTMENT

CIVICO 2 - OPERETTA MARINA

Cremona
CIVICO 2 - OPERETTA MARINA

FORESTERIA CIVICO 81

Cremona
FORESTERIA CIVICO 81

B & B CREMONA

Cremona
B & B CREMONA

COSY STUDIO

Cremona
COSY STUDIO

B & B FIERA - IN CASCINA

Cremona
B & B FIERA - IN CASCINA

AMICI MIEI

Cremona
AMICI MIEI

CIVICO 16

Cremona
CIVICO 16

CASA VACANZA SAN LUCA

Cremona
CASA VACANZA SAN LUCA

A CASA DI ANNA

Cremona
A CASA DI ANNA

CASA DI NOSTRA SIGNORA

Cremona
CASA DI NOSTRA SIGNORA

TRECCHI & CITTANOVA HOME

Cremona
TRECCHI & CITTANOVA HOME

CASA VIDA

Cremona
CASA VIDA

CASA VIDA

Cremona
CASA VIDA

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How to arrive

BY PLANE
Milano Malpensa 155 km, Linate 100 km, Orio al Serio 98 km

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Autostrada A21

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INFOPOINT CREMONA
Piazza del Comune, 5, Cremona
T. +39 0372 407081

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Useful numbers

EMERGENCY
112

HOSPITAL
Ospedale di Cremona
Largo Priori, 1
T. +39 0372 4051

POLICE
Comando Provinciale Cremona
Viale Trento e Trieste, 58
T. + 39 0372 5581