The Santa Maria della Croce Sanctuary in Crema was built in honor of the Holy Lady after the miracles connected to the Marian apparition to Caterina degli Uberti on the 3rd of April 1490. The first…
Santissima Trinità Church
SS. Trinità Church can be considered a masterpiece of the Baroque art in Crema. It was built on a project by Andrea Noto from 1737 and 1740 and it has two facades: one is on XX Settembre Street,…
Organ-Making Museum
The handicraft production of the family's workshops of Lingiardi, Franceschini, Inzoli and Tamburini overcame the national borders spreading in Great Britain, America and Japan. Crema, in fact, can…
Terni de Gregory Palace
The Palace Terni de Gregory, planned in 1711, is the best example of Crema rococò style. The project, which included some preexisting late-medieval buildings, was never concluded. Probably for the…
The charm of the "Borgo d'Oro"
T he family of “The most beautiful villages in Italy” widens and welcomes Borgo Santa Caterina as its honorary borough. A real gem, the neighborhood is located just outside the centre of Bergamo ,…
Giacomo Matteotti Square
The Square in honor of Giacomo Matteotti is a big space, almost huge for a municipality of only 1200 citizens. Thanks to the architect Giulio Brunelli, the Square acquired its actual majestic…
San Nicolò Church
This Church is located just outside of the village’s centre. The external part of the building is the result (like the inner part) of a long-lasting transformation which was necessary to satisfy the…
San Giuseppe Church
San Giuseppe Church presents in the external part a nice facade with a carved wooden portal representing the life of the saint. In the internal part there is a single nave with six paintings and an…
Gradella
The rural village of Gradella (CR), in Pandino’s Municipality, has some characteristic houses painted in yellow with a framework of red bricks. In Gradella the houses have some common courtyards and…
Santa Margherita V.M. Church
The construction of the Santa Margherita V.M. Church started in 1783 and it ended in 1791, thanks to the efforts of the priest Franesco Maria Zanenga. The facade was inspired by the Pantheon and it…
The walls of Pizzighettone
Pizzighettone is an extremely interesting village with very peculiar characteristics. Thanks to its natural position it seems similar to a town, crossed by a big river a defended by its walls. Till…
The dungeons’ museum
The Dungeons’ Museum in Pizzighettone is the first in Lombardy where are exhibited objects, tools and weapons used in the historic period of the dungeons (1785-1954). Inside of the cells are still…