| Halyard | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Oglio Po | |
| Altitude | 34 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 11 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 557 (2014) | |
| Name inhabitants | Drizzonesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0375 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 26034 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Halyard is a center of the Lombardy.
To know
Geographical notes
In the Po Valley on the right bank of the Oglio, in the northernOglio Po casalasco, is 20 km away. from Casalmaggiore, 30 from Cremona, 32 from Viadana.
Background
The ancient toponym, Terzona, with its variant Dertona, it would mean new house; it would therefore seem to recall a destruction of the town before its reconstruction in feudal times. The first news of Drizzona dates back to the 11th and 12th centuries, when some of these lands were fiefdom to the De-ho (later called Drizzona from the name of the place of residence), and were part of the possessions of the Cremonese curia.
There were many feudal lords of the place, until in 1689 Drizzona was given a fief to the Heralds, who also had Piadena is Voltido and they kept it until 1706 when the fiefdom was abolished.
Castelfranco d'Oglio, center of the territory of Drizzona, recalls in the name the presence of an ancient disappeared fortification and its condition as a center that enjoyed particular customs facilities.
Pontirolo has its roots in medieval times. Both centers were autonomous municipalities until 1868, when they were aggregated to Drizzona.
In 2018 a referendum sanctions the unification of the municipalities of Drizzona and Piadena, giving life to a new municipal administrative body whose name will be Piadena Drizzona.
How to orient yourself
Drizzona: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Castelfranco d'Oglio and Pontirolo are centers of its territory.
How to get
By plane
- Airport Giuseppe Verdi of Parma
- Airport Valerio Catullo of Verona
- Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio of Montichiari (BS)
- Airport Caravaggio of Orio al Serio (BG)
By car
It is located next to Piadena, near the intersection of the former state roads:
10 Lower PadanaCremona - Mantua
343 AsolanaBrescia - Parma
The closest motorway exits are those of
Cremona on the highway Turin - Brescia
Mantua on the Brenner motorway
Parma on the Autostrada del Sole.
On the train
Station a Piadena, at the intersection of the Mantua - Cremona and Parma - Brescia lines
Station a How to get around
What see
- 1 Parish Church of Santa Eufemia. The ancient sixteenth-century parish church was dedicated to San Martino; now there is no trace of it. The current church, dedicated to Santa Eufemia, like a previous temple, was built at the end of the eighteenth century. The facade is simple and slender, decorated with Corinthian columns. The interior preserves altarpieces from the ancient churches. The painting of the main altar is the work of Marcantonio Ghislina.
Environment
Drizzona is interested in the South Oglio Park (headquarters in Calvatone), protected regional area. The river areas of the territories of Oglio Sud constitute the Acquanegra sul Chiese • Canneto sull'Oglio • Casalromano • Marcaria • Ostiano • I want to on the left bank; Cocoon • Calvatone • Commessage • Drizzona • Gazzuolo • Dovarese Island • Pessina Cremonese • Piadena • San Martino dall'Argine • Viadana on the right bank.
Events and parties
- Feast of San Bartolomeo (in Castelfranco d'Oglio).
on August 24. - Feast of Sant'Omobono. on November 13.
on August 24.What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
- 1 Via Vai Café-grill & pizza-polenteria, via Platani 1228, ☎ 39 0375 380505.
- 2 Agriturismo L'Airone, road to Isola Dovarese 2 (in Castelfranco d'Oglio), ☎ 39 0375 389902.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 B&B Il Pozzo, via Pozzo 11 (in Pontirolo), ☎ 39 338 8535790.
Safety
Pharmacy
- 1 Priors, Via Libertà, 31 (in Piadena), ☎ 39 0375 98146.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 2 Post Office (in Piadena), via Orlandi, 7, ☎ 39 0375 98130, fax: 39 0375 98353.
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
- Torre de 'Picenardi - Villa Sommi Picenardi developed from a pre-existing castle nucleus; starting from the sixteenth century it was transformed in the following centuries up to its present appearance. A body of the villa, in neoclassical style, overlooks the town square. A second factory develops inside and is connected to the ancient body of the primitive castle. A large garden surrounds the villa complex, surrounded by a large moat with water.
- Cicognolo - Exposed terracotta and marble make the impressive and varied appearance of the imposing Manfredi castle, scenographic in the green of the lawn that embellishes the ground in front of the main facade, with a romantic garden and moat behind it.
- 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.
- Cocoon - Gonzaga city, it was the capital of a duchy of a collateral branch of the Gonzaga. 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 stretch, severely damaged by collapses and neglect, remains.
- Sabbioneta - City of foundation, UNESCO World Heritage Site, maintains the walls within which the magic of ideal urban planning created by Vespasiano Gonzaga has remained intact; the Teatro all'Antica, the Ducal Palace, the Gallery, the Incoronata church are some of its monuments that stand out in a context that has been admirably preserved.
- Mantua - Capital of the Gonzagas, it still exudes its subtle charm of 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Parma - One of the major cities of art inEmilia, it maintains with great evidence the aspect, elegance and ways of life of a capital, as it was for centuries. The Farnese della Pilotta palace, the Romanesque Cathedral, the Steccata church are some of the monumental emergencies that characterize the city; of great fame his theater, his musical tradition (Giuseppe Verdi), his school of painting (Correggio, Parmigianino), his love for good food (Parma ham, salami, Parmigiano Reggiano, Lambrusco).
Itineraries
- In the lands of the Gonzagas - An itinerary through the centers, large and small, which were the capitals of the Gonzaga cadet branches: principalities, marquisates, duchies which, within the Mantuan state structure, enjoyed real independence, often minted coins and held refined courts that rivaled that of Mantua, embellished their urban centers by equipping them with elegant architecture - churches, squares, palaces, walls, towers - and characteristic urban views such as the typical Gonzaga arcades.
