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 Sfora is celebrated. Among the gifts, a historic mix of egg whites, honey and almonds. The Torrone is born.

Tourism Cremona. 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 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, Guarnieri, and the Stradivari. Listen to one of the historic instruments in the Auditorium 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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Theaters Cremona

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The luthier workshops in Cremona

Art & Culture

Palazzo Grasselli

Art & Culture

The Ropemakers' Museum

Art & Culture

Ponchielli Theatre

Art & Culture

Ala Ponzone Museum

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Santa Maria della Croce Sanctuary

Religious Tourism

Friday night at the Museum

Musei Civici

via Ugolani Dati, 4, Cremona

10/07/2020 - 14/08/2020

Art & Culture

Porte Aperte Festival 2020

Cremona

21/08/2020 - 23/08/2020

Art & Culture

Movies in the squares

10/07/2020 - 04/09/2020

Music and show

33° Salone del Cavallo Americano

CremonaFiere

Piazza Zelioli Lanzini,1, Cremona

18/09/2020 - 20/09/2020

Lifestyle

Stradivari Festival Virtuosissimo

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, Cremona

02/10/2020

Music and show

Stradivari Festival The Big Violinist

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

03/10/2020

Music and show

Stradivari Festival Royal Violin

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

04/10/2020

Music and show

Stradivari Festival Music We Love

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

08/10/2020

Music and show

Stradivari Festival Beethoven250

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

11/10/2020

Music and show

Stradivari Festival Romantici

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

16/10/2020

Music and show

Stradivari Festival Next Tango

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

18/10/2020

Music and show

Pets Festival

CremonaFiere

Piazza Zelioli Lanzini,1 Cremona

17/10/2020 - 18/10/2020

Lifestyle

Reading on the Po River

Parco del Po e del Morbasco

Cremona

24/07/2020 - 26/10/2020

Art & Culture

BioEnergy

CremonaFiere

Piazza Zelioli Lanzini Ennio, 1, 26100 Cremona CR

28/10/2020 - 31/10/2020

Lifestyle

Expocasearia

CremonaFiere

Piazza Zelioli Lanzini Ennio, 1, Cremona CR

28/10/2020 - 31/10/2020

Lifestyle

Stradivari Festival Assolo

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

07/11/2020

Music and show

Mostra del Disco

Cremona Fiere, Sala Ponchielli

Piazza Zelioli Lanzini,1, Cremona

22/11/2020

Lifestyle

Festa del Torrone

Centro storico

Cremona

21/11/2020 - 29/11/2020

Food & Wine

STRADIVARImemorialday

Museo del Violino

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 26100 Cremona CR

18/12/2020

Music and show

Formaggi&Sorrisi

Centro storico

Cremona

01/10/2021 - 03/10/2021

Food & Wine

DELLE ARTI DESIGN HOTEL

Cremona

HOTEL IMPERO

Cremona

VISCONTI

Cremona

HOTEL DUOMO

Cremona

HOTEL ASTORIA

Cremona

HOTEL CREMONA VIALE

Cremona

CONTINENTAL

Cremona

B&B HOTEL CREMONA

Cremona

LOCANDA TORRIANI

Cremona

How to arrive

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

BY TRAIN
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BY CAR
Autostrada A21

How to move

BY BUS
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BIKE SHARING
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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