| Casteldidone | ||
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| Salutation | The land of the melon | |
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| State | Italy | |
| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Oglio Po | |
| Altitude | 27 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 10 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 586 (2016) | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0375 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 26030 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Casteldidone is a municipality of the Lombardy.
To know
The pride of its essentially agricultural economy is the production of typical melon of Casteldidone and Viadana, for which the IGP mark was applied for - Protected Geographical Identification.
Geographical notes
Located in the Po Valley a short distance from the River Po, in the south-eastern part of the province of Cremona, the Municipality is part of the Casalasca area of the District Oglio Po, from whose capital, Casalmaggiore, is 8.5 km away.
Background
It appears in documents of 1010, when the mother of Matilde di Canossa, Rachilde, bought some curtes in Didoni Castle. In 1309 Casteldidone was described as a fortified village, with the owners of the strong Ruino Schizzi and Lanfranco Schizzi. Of this old castle there are some fifteenth-century and even fourteenth-century traces in the farmhouse Cavalca and Sanguanini, especially in its structure. From the ground all around, shards of pottery for domestic use from the 12th century have often emerged during the plowing work.
In 1647 the Mina della Scala Castle was attacked by the Gallo Estensi militias of the Duke of Modena, was set on fire, and the village of Casteldidone was razed to the ground.
The curiosity
| Gregory XII - Angelo Correr | |
 | The Pope Gregory XII, born Angelo Correr (Venice 1325; Recanati 17 October 1417) resigned from the chair of St. Peter in 1415, putting an end to a period of power struggles, schisms and the appointment of antipopes within the Church. This Pope, who resigned as today Benedict XVI - Joseph Ratzinger (2013) is an ancestor of Count Edoardo Persico Licer, owner of Castello Mina di Casteldidone, who died in 2010. |
| Benedict XV - Giacomo Della Chiesa | |
 | Another singular coincidence is that the Pope Benedict XV (Genoa, November 21, 1854 - Rome, January 22, 1922), born Giacomo della Chiesa, who immediately precedes, in the name day, Pope Benedict XVI who resigned in 2013, was the brother of the grandmother of Count Edoardo Persico Licer. Memories of these Popes, and a portrait, are kept at the Castle. |
How to orient yourself
Casteldidone: full screen map.How to get
By plane
- 1 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality, ☎ 39 0521 951511.
- 2 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 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
- 4 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
By car
A little away from the main communication routes, Casteldidone is halfway along the road that connects Rivarolo Mantovano, located on the provincial road 64 
Casalmaggiore - Cocoon, is San Giovanni in Croce, located on the former state road 343 
asolanaParma-Casalmaggiore-Buttonhole-Brescia.
On the train
- Station of San Giovanni in Croce, on the line Parma - Brescia
- Station of Piadena, on the line Cremona - Mantua
By bus
Coach line Casalmaggiore - Buttonhole
Coach line How to get around
What see
- 1 Palace - Mina dalla Scala Castle. Also called Castello Schizzi or Palazzo Mina, to remember a probable original fortified nucleus, Villa Mina della Scala dominates isolated on the road that connects Rivarolo Mantovano to San Giovanni in Croce, powerful but elegant in its vast quadrilateral structure with towers, turrets and enclosing walls. Beyond the road is Casteldidone.
- In the fourteenth century Casteldidone was a fief, passed by Bonifacio di Tuscany to the Canossa family, to Buoso da Dovara, to Cabrino Fondulo, to Ruino Schizzi. A member of the Schizzi family was responsible for the construction of the Villa: a plaque commemorates it in the year 1596.
- A rehash in 1608 and another later in 1657, to remedy the fire set in 1648 by the Gallo - Estensi troops and expand the building, and in 1735 they gave us the current Villa. The interior decorations are all eighteenth-century, by different hands.
- The Oratory of Sant'Antonio, existing in the complex, dates back to 1680.
- This residence can be visited by appointment (telephone contact with the property) even for groups of up to 25 people [1]
- The ghost of the castle
- It is a widespread legend that paranormal manifestations take place in the Villa; the ghost of an ancient castellana would appear on the night of the first full moon of the year, but only to the oldest woman of the owner family, manifesting itself at the top of the staircase of the house, then descending it and passing next to it and then disappearing, at the toll of a bell. Tradition says that to move the first full moon would be a Countess Schizzi, a family that owned the building, who wandered in search of her sister who died of plague in the seventeenth century.
- In January 2016, the Brescia-based association Hesperya, which studies paranormal phenomena, spent the night of the January full moon in the castle, filming and recording for to test the unearthly presence.
- In March 2016 it announced the results of the analysis of the collected material. The infrared camera has highlighted a shape foggy that, taking shape from a wall, traveled a path moving along the staircase and then disappeared beyond the field of the frame. The recorder put into operation during the interview that the researchers kept with the entity, asking it some questions, would have recorded a clear voice of a woman who says - enough -, thus showing the annoyance felt by the intrusion.
- 2 Parish Church of Saints Abdon and Sennen. It was erected around 1840, wider and above all deeper, on the old church that dated back to 1433, which was in turn built on a previous oratory. It is in a neoclassical Latin cross style, with a large dome and skylight; it has three chapels on each side and a single nave. It is the work of Luigi Voghera, who in this period worked long and prolifically in the territory between Oglio and Po, linking his name to almost all the architectural emergencies of the nineteenth century, such as the Castles and Villas of Torre de 'Picenardi, of San Lorenzo de 'Picenardi, of Cicognolo etc. The facade has vaguely Palladian references.
- 3 Cascina Cavalca (the mot).
Next to the church, Cascina Cavalca is the result of the transformation of the ancient Castle of Casteldidone, which already in 1309 was described as a village surrounded by a defense moat and equipped with a fortified tower. This is the oldest part of the country. The upper part of the farmhouse is what remains of the tower which has a fifteenth-century cornice to the east, as well as the large passageway with a sail ceiling.
The ancient loggia with terracotta columns with rounded capitals and pointed arches denotes a Lombard Gothic origin. The castle was a shelter for the inhabitants in case of war danger and was therefore equipped with ample space for provisioning and shelter. Like many other forts in the area (eg Bathroom breaker, Vidiceto, Baronzio well and his appendix Castelpersegano, Isolello) in the seventeenth century it was used as a tenement house, that is a farmhouse, an agricultural complex with the characteristic quadrilateral shape and two entrances, with the one on the fields a dovecote.
Events and parties
- Cantadidone.
in June. Singing competition. - Festival of the typical Melon of Casteldidone. in the month of July.
- Festival of Saints Abdon and Sennen. the last Sunday of July.
- Festival of the Madonna delle Vittorie. the first Sunday of October.
in June. Singing competition.What to do
Shopping
In season, the typical melon of Casteldidone and Viadana.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 black Eagle, via Garibaldi 39 (in town), ☎ 39 0375 311048, @[email protected].
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Mina della Scala Castle Hostel, Via Montale 2/10, ☎ 39, fax: 39 0375 311213, @[email protected]. In the annex of the castle, 50 beds. Opened in 2016.
Safety
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 5 Italian post, via XXV Aprile 18, ☎ 39 0375 310244.
Keep informed
- Oglio Po news. Computer newspaper of Oglio Po.
- [link not working]The Envoy. Online newspaper of the province - Casalmaggiore Chronicle.
- The province, Via Pozzi, 15, ☎ 39 0375 200493, fax: 39 0375 201466. Daily newspaper - Casalmaggiore editorial staff.
Around
- Rivarolo Mantovano - The arcaded Gonzaga square is the fulcrum of Rivarolo Mantovano which owes its physiognomy to Vespasiano Gonzaga, who here experimented with the construction of the Ideal City and then completed with the nearby Sabbioneta. Its urban layout, checkerboard, its city gates, the round of the walls for the remaining part, the buildings, the views make it a timeless center.
- Sabbioneta - City of foundation, UNESCO World Heritage Site, maintains the walls within which the magic of ideal urban planning by Vespasiano Gonzaga has remained intact; the Teatro all'Antica, the Palazzo Ducale, the Gallery, the Incoronata church are some of its monuments that stand out in a context that has been admirably preserved.
- Cocoon - A Gonzaga city, it was the capital of a duchy belonging to a collateral branch of the Gonzagas. Vespasiano worked there urban planning before putting his hand to his masterpiece: Sabbioneta; with Giulio Cesare and Scipione he defines his own elegant urban appearance that responds to sixteenth-century ideals. Of the ancient walls, however, only a short section remains, severely damaged by collapses and neglect.
- San Giovanni in Croce - Villa Medici del Vascello is the castle of the Lady of the Ermine of the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It was Cecilia Gallerani, the Lady of the portrait, who began her transformation from a military structure to a stately home, lightening the warlike aspect of its primitive fifteenth-century foundation. The Villa is surrounded by a large park and a high wall that does not prevent you from seeing its elegant beauty.
- Colorno - Its Royal Palace belonged to the Sanseverino family, then to the Farnese family, to Maria Luigia of Austria, to the Bourbons; it is by far the most important monument of this little Versailles Parma, which also offers a small but beautiful historic center, close to the Lorno stream that gives it its name and Parma, not far from the Po.
- Castelponzone - The country of rope makers, to which the local museum is dedicated, has maintained its appearance of an old Po Valley center with porticoes; in its urban planning you can guess the design of the fortifications it once had, when it was a feud and Castle of the Ponzone. It is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
- Casalmaggiore - Capital of Casalasco, protected by mighty embankments, the city develops parallel to the bed of the Po. The wide breath of the main square, the undeniable majesty of the Town Hall and the Cathedral reveal its character as an important center of the Bassa. The Sanctuary of the Madonna della Fontana, the church of Santa Chiara, the church of the Hospital are among its outstanding monuments.
- Cremona - It has a monumental historic center - the Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Town Hall - one of the most distinguished in Lombardy. It was a Roman city. It was powerful at the time of the Communes and rivaled Milan, which finally subdued it. His violins (Stradivari and Amati), his Torrazzo and even more his torrone, are known everywhere.
- Mantua - Capital of the Gonzagas, it still exudes its subtle charm as a great city of art for which it appoints it a UNESCO World Heritage Site it was not so much a recognition as a necessary acknowledgment. Its ancient atmospheres are incomparable, the profiles of the palaces and domes that stand out in the Po Valley mist enveloped by the mirror of its lakes, its endless Gonzaga palace that incorporates numerous buildings in the city center.
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