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
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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
Duomo of Cremona
- Art & Culture
San Lorenzo Archaeological Museum
- Art & Culture
Museum of Natural History
- Art & Culture
Folk Culture Museum, "Il Cambonino Vecchio"
- Art & Culture
Church of St. Sigmund
- Art & Culture
Church of San Michele
- Religious Tourism
Chiesa di Sant'Abbondio e la Santa Casa
- Religious Tourism
Church of St. Mary Magdalene
- Art & Culture
Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
- Art & Culture
Church of St. Peter on the Po
- Art & Culture
Chiesa di Sant'Omobono
- Art & Culture
SS. Margherita e Pelagia
- Art & Culture
Church of St. Augustine
- Art & Culture
Church of St. Agatha
- Art & Culture
Piazza San Luca
- Art & Culture
Chiesa San Vincenzo
- Art & Culture
Chiesa dei SS. Marcellino e Pietro
- Art & Culture
Events
Opera 2025/26
Teatro A. Ponchielli
corso V.Emanuele II, 57, Cremona
- Musica e spettacolo
A new life for Stradivari’s house
Casa Stradivari
Corso Garibaldi, 57
- Art & Culture
THE SOUND OF STRADIVARI
Auditorium G. Arvedi - Museo del Violino
Piazza Marconi, 5, Cremona
- Musica e spettacolo
Where to sleep
10MANZONI APARTHOTEL (FLOOR S.R.L. - MAPP. 514 PT)
CREMONA
10MANZONI APARTHOTEL (FLOOR S.R.L. - MAPP. 520 1P)
CREMONA
10MANZONI APARTHOTEL (FLOOR S.R.L. - MAPP. 516 1P)
CREMONA
PALAZZO CARASI APPARTMENT (SUB 511)
CREMONA
CITTANOVA
Cremona
SEGUI LE NOTE DELLA TUA VITA
Cremona
B&B LA BICICLETTA
Cremona
CIVICO 16
Cremona
LA CASA DI SARA
CREMONA
COSY STUDIO
Cremona
CREMONAINN APARTHOTEL (RIGOLETTO S.R.L. - MAPP 508)
CREMONA
A CASA DI ALDA
Cremona
ALLOGGI DI PORTA PO 3 (P1 INT 1) DI NAMIK NARJAKU
Cremona
CREMONAINN APARTHOTEL (RIGOLETTO S.R.L. - MAPP 506)
CREMONA
HOTEL IMPERO
Cremona
B & B FIERA - IN CASCINA
Cremona
HOTEL CREMONA VIALE
Cremona
NOVE
CREMONA
PALAZZO CARASI APPARTMENT (SUB 510)
CREMONA
MATTEO AZZONI
CREMONA
HOTEL ASTORIA
Cremona
LA FINESTRA SUL GIARDINO
Cremona
AMICI MIEI
Cremona
B&B IL VIOLINO
Cremona
LOCANDA DEL CENTRALE
CREMONA
CASA DEGLI ARTISTI
Cremona
BB26 APARTMENT
CREMONA
RESIDENZA SOLFERINO 1
Cremona
RESIDENZA SOLFERINO 2
Cremona
APPARTAMENTO GLORIA
Cremona
How to arrive
BY PLANE
Milano Malpensa 155 km, Linate 100 km, Orio al Serio 98 km
BY TRAIN
trenord.it
BY CAR
Autostrada A21
Information
INFOPOINT CREMONA
Piazza del Comune, 5, Cremona
T. +39 0372 407081
WIFI
WiFi Area Linea Com
FIND OUT MORE
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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











