| Abbadia Cerreto | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Lodigiano | |
| Altitude | 64 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 6.11 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 292 (year 2012) | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0371 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 26834 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Maria SS.ma Assunta (first Sunday of September) | |
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Abbadia Cerreto is a center of the Lombardy.
To know
Geographical notes
Ten km from Lodi, near the Adda, in the countryside of Bassa del Po di Lombardia between Praise is Cream.
Background
The Abbey of Cerreto gives its name to the small town that it gave rise to and of which it made history .. A few years after the year 1000 the family of the Counts of Cassino, who took refuge in this place after having abandoned Lodi, and here had constituted his own feudal power, he called the Benedictines to establish a monastery in Cerreto. The religious center was soon flourishing, and its power gradually increased together with its economic prosperity, which led to the establishment of a nearby town. The prosperity of the monks, albeit with some periods of lesser splendor, continued until the fifteenth century, when the abbey was given in commendation due to political reversals. Its assets were gradually dismembered, and thus began an inexorable decline, which continued until the suppression of the convents in 1798.
The town now has few inhabitants, and lives in a secluded and quiet dimension in the countryside between from Lodi is cremasco, with its abbey that stands out in the green, restored in the second half of the twentieth century.
How to orient yourself
Abbadia Cerreto: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Its municipal territory also includes the hamlet of Isella.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Milan-Malpensa Airport (MXP), Ferno. The airport has two terminals (T1 and T2), the second is used for low cost flights. The bus service Motorway connects the airport with Milan central station in about 50 minutes, while the Malpensa Express it connects Terminal 1 with Cadorna station (red and green line underground) in 40 minutes. The buses of the Sadem is Motorway reach the city of Turin (2 hours), while the company Foxes make a few trips for Genoa (3 hours).
- 3 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. Charter only
By car
- Lodi motorway exit on the A1 Autostrada del Sole
- The provincial road 124 connects the town to the provincial road 235 Praise - Cream
On the train
- Railway station a Praise
How to get around
What see
- 1 Church of San Pietro - Abbey of Cerreto, Piazza della Vittoria. It represents one of the best examples of Cistercian architecture in Lombardy. It was built over a previous church of 1084 and is placed in the moment of transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic style. With simple lines and an admirable spatial concept, it has a beautiful and imposing façade embellished by a three-bay portico, with the central part projecting and endowed with a higher arch. The division into three parts of the façade, with a gable roof, corresponds to the three central naves which have a vaulted ceiling; the dimensions of the lateral spans are the exact half of the central ones. On the northern side the robust buttresses correspond to the spans. The construction style follows the architectural criteria inspired by the order of San Bernardo: essentiality and sobriety as a measure in art and as a modus vivendi for human life. In 1542 a general reform of the structure, church and monastery was carried out. The large painting of the Cesi shovel, which represents the Madonna with Child and Saints, and the client Federico Cesi, who was the abbot of the time, was carried out during the restructuring period by Callisto Piazza; it constitutes the first significant pictorial intervention inside the abbey, which until then had been devoid of any decoration. The suppression of the monastic orders in 1798 removed the monks from Cerreto
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Antica Osteria del Cerreto, Via dell'Abbazia, 5, ☎ 39 0371 471009.
Where stay
Safety
Given the small size of the town, there is no pharmacy service; the closest is the Bambara Pharmacy, Via Novella, 131, ☎ 39 0373 262317. in the nearby center of Casaletto Ceredano
Given the small size of the town, there is no pharmacy service; the closest is the How to keep in touch
Post office
The country has no post office. The closest one is in Casaletto Ceredano in via Madonna delle Fontane 4, ☎ 39 0373 262407.
Around
- Praise - The monumental center in the city and the Basilica of San Bassiano aLodi Vecchio are the main points of interest.
- Cream - Its Cathedral and the church of Santa Maria della Croce are the main reasons of interest; the city was for four hundred years in possession of the Serenissima, a period of which it retains many architectural influences and part of the Venetian walls.
- Castelleone - Populous center with a well-known sanctuary, its most famous monument is in the church of Santa Maria in Bressanoro. The medieval Torre Isso is what remains of the ancient fortifications.
- Pandino - The wonderfully preserved castle, rich in frescoes for which it is an almost unique example in Lombardy, makes Pandino an important tourist destination in theCremasco and of the whole region.
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