| Lombardy | |
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| State | Italy |
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| Capital | Milan |
| Surface | 23,864 km² |
| Inhabitants | 10.103.969 (2019) |
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Lombardy is a region ofNorthwestern Italy.
To know
Lombardy is the most populous region in Italy: it has about ten million inhabitants. Its capital is Milan. The region is bordered to the north by the Switzerland (Canton Ticino is Grisons), to the west with the Piedmont, to the east with the Veneto and with the Trentino Alto Adige, and to the south with theEmilia Romagna.
Geographical notes
The Lombard Alps crown the Region to the north; its mountainous territories are characterized by deep and long valleys (Brembana, Seriana, Val Camonica, Valtellina). Large mountain massifs, such as Spluga, Bernina, Stelvio, Adamello mark the northern border of the Region with grandeur, and with an incredible wealth of vast breathtaking panoramas. The Spluga Pass and the Stelvio Pass are two important communication routes towards the Switzerland and towardsSouth Tyrol and the Germanic world.
Further south, Lombardy is uniformly flat, between the Po and the foothills and hills that embrace the Pre-Alps and the great Lombard lakes: the Lake Maggiore (Verbano) which it shares with Piedmont and is formed by Ticino; the Lake Como (Lario) fed by the Adda; the Lake Iseo (Sebino) whose tributary is the Oglio; the Idro lake which is due to the Churches; the Lake Garda (Benaco), which he shares with Veneto is Trentino Alto Adige and is created by Sarca, who comes out with the name changed into Mincio and before throwing himself into the Po he forms the Mantua lakes. In the territories located on the right of the Po only in theOltrepò Pavese we find hilly and mountainous reliefs, in the triangular strip of land that reaches almost as far as the Ligurian territory, in the Apennine valleys.
Lombardy boasts an immeasurable abundance of water thanks to the large number of alpine streams, rivers, canals that affect its entire territory both in the plains and in the mountains. The result is a great wealth of alpine lakes set between its mountains, and in addition to the major ones it still includes a good number, between the pre-alpine and foothills, but also of the plains: the lakes of Varese, Monate, Pusiano, Annone, of Mantua, of Lugano which partly falls within the Lombard territory. Finally, it has a myriad of artificial lakes: it is no coincidence that Lombardy boasts the highest Italian hydroelectric production.
Rivers
Hundreds of rivers and streams pass through the Lombard territory, the most important of which is the Po, which with its 652 km is the longest in Italy. For a long stretch it forms the southern border of the region and flows entirely in Lombardy only in the provinces of Pavia and Mantua.
The other main rivers come from the Alpine side of the Po Valley and are all tributaries of the Po: in fact, the Lombard territory is almost entirely included in the catchment area of the main Italian river. Given the scarce extension of the regional territory south of the Po, Lombardy is practically devoid of Apennine rivers: in the Oltrepò Pavese there are no significant watercourses, while the only exception is the Secchia which in the last stretch of its course, before flowing into the Po, flows into the Mantuan Oltrepò.
In addition to the Po, the main rivers are:
- The Adda (313 km) is the longest river that flows entirely in Lombardy. It was born in Val Alpisella and after crossing the entire Valtellina it enters Lake Como, succeeding from the Lecco branch to flow into the Po near Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda (LO).
- Oglio (280 km) which, after crossing the Val Camonica, enters Lake Iseo and exits at Sarnico passing through Palazzolo sull'Oglio and merging into the Po at Torre d'Oglio. Oglio marks the boundaries between the provinces of Brescia, Bergamo, Cremona and Mantua.
- The Ticino (248 km), which originates in Switzerland in the Canton of Ticino, is a tributary and emissary of Lake Maggiore and divides Lombardy from Piedmont for a stretch before flowing into the Po just south of Pavia, of which it is the main tributary by flow. of water.
- The Mincio (75 km) is the main emissary of Lake Garda, but it can be considered, with the lake itself and the Sarca tributary, a single river axis of 203 km (Sarca-Mincio system). Having escaped from the lake, it marks the border between Lombardy and Veneto for a stretch, then flows into the province of Mantua, skirting the capital city before entering the Po downstream of Governolo.
- The Chiese (160 km), which originates in Trentino, is a tributary and emissary of Lake Idro and crosses the eastern part of the province of Brescia, flowing into the Oglio in the province of Mantua, near Acquanegra sul Chiese.
- Other important rivers are the Lambro (130 km), the Serio (124 km) and the Brembo (74 km), the Olona (71 km) and the southern Olona (36 km). The homonymy between the two Olona rivers is not of imitative or etymological origin, but is due to the fact that originally they were two sections of the same river, diverted by the ancient Romans in its upper stretch towards Milan.
Lakes
The region is dotted with many large and small lakes, the main ones being:
- Lake Garda (or Benaco), of glacial origin, is the largest in Italy with an area of 370 km². It is 346m deep and 51.6km long. The large amount of water in the lake has significant effects on the local climate. In fact, olive trees, lemons and cedars, typical of the Mediterranean climate, are cultivated along its banks.
- Lake Maggiore (or Verbano) has an area of 212 km², an extension of 50 km, a width ranging from 2 to 4.5 km and a maximum depth of 372 m.
- Lake Como (or Lario) is characterized by an inverted Y shape, with the tip of Bellagio marking the separation into two branches. Completely excavated in the pre-Alpine area, the lake stretches for 46 km, has a maximum width of 4.3 km and an area of 146 km². It is the first in Italy in terms of perimeter (180 km) and the fifth in Europe in terms of depth (410 m).
- Lake Iseo (or Sebino) has the shape of an S, with an area of 65.3 km² and a maximum depth of 361 m. There is located the largest lake island in Europe, Monte Isola, which extends for 4.3 km².
- Lake Lugano (or Ceresio), located in Lombardy, but also Switzerland and has an area of 48.7 km². On its banks are the Italian municipalities of Porto Ceresio, Valsolda and Porlezza.
When to go
The climate of Lombardy, although it can be defined as a sub-continental temperate type, is very varied due to the different natural conformations present on the territory: mountains, hills, lakes and plains.
In general, the summer seasons in the plains are muggy (due to the high humidity) and hot. Continentality means that the average maximum temperature in July is 29 ° C. But in these months of the year there are also frequent strong thunderstorms and sudden showers accompanied by hail, sometimes even heavy rains. Winters are cold and long with low rainfall. Precipitation is most intense in the pre-Alpine area, up to 1,500-2,000 mm per year, but it is also abundant in the plains and in the Alpine areas, with an average of 600-850 mm (23.6-33.5 inches) at year. Total annual rainfall averages 827 mm. The temperature range during the year is high and the fog is intense. In the mountains, the climate is typically alpine with cool summers and abundant rainfall and long, rigid and little rainy winters. There Lombard Po Valley is one of the least ventilated areas ofItaly. The snow, abundant on the hills, also falls on the plains, since the average minimum temperature in January is -1 ° C. The Lake Garda it helps to regulate the temperature of the surrounding areas, creating a "Mediterranean" microclimate that makes olive cultivation possible. The pre-alpine belt and the upper Oltrepò have a cool temperate climate, the mid-alpine mountain a cold temperate climate and the peaks a glacial climate.
Background
Lombardy is a region founded by the German Vikings, later colonized by Rome (Milan derives from Mediolanum) and then again before the unit from Spain is Austria.
Spoken languages
There are practically no historical linguistic minorities.
In some isolated mountain locations, towards the border with theEngadine Ladin is used, in the Romansh variant. The use of the dialect, in various forms (from the Insubre of Varese and its surroundings, to the Milanese of the capital, to the Bergamasco narrow of the valleys, up to the Camuno or the Mantovano) is still frequent outside the cities, in parallel with Italian. There is indeed a certain revival of dialects.
Territories and tourist destinations
The tourism in Lombardy although not representing, as in other Italian regions, one of the primary activities, thanks to the presence of various natural beauties (lakes and mountains) and cities of art, it manages to attract a significant number of people every year.
In Lombardy in 2011 there were 13,258,859 arrivals and 33,123,562 presences. Non-residents contributed 49.72% of arrivals and 55.8% of presences. Among the most visited places we must remember the Brera 's picture gallery (336,981 visitors), theLast Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (330.071), the Archaeological Museum of Sirmione with the Grottoes of Catullus (216.612), the Scaliger Castle (202.066).
There are also small municipalities but known as Breme, Varzi is Brallo di Pregola.
Po of Lombardy is a tourism development project for the territory of the provincial administrations of Pavia, Praise, Cremona is Mantua, signed by the four provinces of Lombardy on 9 February 2004.Urban centers
- Milan — "Moral capital", "Economic capital", "Lombard metropolis", "City of Madunìna"and so on: they are all slogans that describe theappearance of Milan, not his essence tourist, which is the city more on a human scale, more familiar, of the ancient villages of old Milan that hides its pearls in the ravines of the rampant modern city, perhaps with reluctance, perhaps with jealousy, certainly with pride. Intimate ancient churches, sumptuous palaces, silent medieval corners. And then, the astonishing explosion of the Duomo with the gilded and adored Madonnina, to reveal to everyone the greatness, the dynamism, the ingenuity that brought the most intimate and subdued ancient Milan onto the world stage.
- Bergamo — City of ancient atmospheres, Bergamo Alta from its refuge on a hill looks at the new modern city that is spreading like wildfire. Modernity did not hurt the ancient city, it did not outrage it; she has kept away from it with respectful respect. And this is why she can proudly show the tourist, almost like in a painting, the image of her wonderfully intact ancient heart on the hill where the city was born.
- Brescia - Vast and modern, the Lioness, the second city of the Region, with some districts climbs on the first hills, and expands more and more in the plains. In its ancient part, however, it retains many traces of Roman Brixia, of the Lombards who made it the capital of a prosperous and vast Duchy as well as of the over three hundred years of Venetian rule, during which it was a quiet and flourishing city of the Mainland. The museum complexes of Santa Giulia are of great importance.
- Como - The city enjoys the beautiful view of the looming mountains and the opening of the waters of the lake to which it gives its name. The square overlooking the lake often receives its waters in moments of flood, almost to emulate the more famous Venice. Even the beautiful patrician villas that alternate along the banks of the Lario, where the city stretches towards the northwest, could almost be compared to the Venetian villas, even if Como was always in the Milanese orbit. City of silk, lives on a solid and quiet economy, which has generated a non-irreverent development towards the monuments of the past.
- Cremona — It has a monumental historic center among the most distinguished in Lombardy. It was a Roman city overlooking the Po river (the longest in Italy). 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 all over the world.
- Lecco - On Lake Como, Lecco rises on the branch which turns to noon, to which it gives its name. Its horizon is drawn by the lake and the profile of the Resegone. Leaving behind the peasant world of Manzoni's memory, the city has developed a solid metallurgical activity that has determined its development.
- Praise - Fanfulla da Lodi has made known the name, but the ancient one Laus Nova, rebuilt by Barbarossa after that Laus Pompeia (now Lodi Vecchio, with the Basilica of San Bassiano) had been destroyed during the struggles between the Municipalities and the Empire, it was already of solid fame in ancient times. Its monumental center is remarkable.
- Mantua — UNESCO World Heritage Site. The recognition seals the prestige and charm of the capital of the Gonzagas, who made it one of the most refined courts in Renaissance Europe. The Doge's Palace (actually an agglomeration of buildings from various eras) is one of the largest royal houses.
- Monza - Royalty has always gone hand in hand with Monza, which was a resting place from the Ostrogoth kings to the Lombard Teodolinda and the more recent Savoy. In fact, the urban regality of its historic center, which includes famous monuments, owes it to the particular attention that many sovereigns have dedicated to it. Industrial and populous, it is the third largest city in the region by inhabitants. Known more for its racetrack than for its architectural beauties, Monza pays for the cumbersome proximity to Milan which seems to want to swallow it up, absorbing it in its immense rampant conurbation.
- Pavia — The reddish ocher color of the bricks from which its monuments have admirably taken shape - the castle, the churches, the covered bridge, the palaces - is the tone that dominates its beautiful historic center. It is the same color from which the enchanting white of the marbles of the façade in the Certosa di Pavia emanates, its most famous jewel of art, set in the emerald green of its countryside.
- Sondrio - In the long run Valtellina crossed by the Adda Sondrio it seems to belong only to itself and to its fascinating mountains, far from the big cities and the noisy and polluting industrial districts of the plain. Main administrative center of the Lombard Alps, it still betrays a vague hint Swiss which left it the domination of over two and a half centuries of the Swiss Grisons. .
- Varese - It boasts villas and gardens scattered in the greenery that extends from Sacro Monte and Monte Tre Croci to the valley, and has its own lake to which it gives its name. It was an elite tourist destination for the Lombard nobility since the eighteenth century. Also a destination for religious tourism to the nearby Sacro Monte, the city is now the center of lively industrial activity.
Thermal centers
The great wealth of water, combined with the great availability of fertile flat soil, has made Lombardy a region of consolidated agricultural activity. In its territory, water is also a precious means of treatment; in fact, there are numerous spas that are important attractions for a health spa tourism which boasts a consolidated organization that dates back to the late nineteenth century in the most renowned centers.
- Corner Baths - In Val di Scalve, in the territory of Valcamonica, her Thermal baths they have sulphate-bicarbonate-alkaline-earthy waters.
- Masino baths - located at 1172 m. above sea level, the thermal properties of its waters are already known in the fifteenth century, and exploited since the sixteenth century above all by the Lombard nobility who united spa treatments and summer stay in this wonderful part of Valtellina.
- Boario Terme — Her Thermal baths, in the territory that revolves around the Valcamonica they were already used in the sixteenth century; they had a great sponsor in Alessandro Manzoni who praised them, making them so famous far beyond the local borders. .
- Bormio - Its thermal springs are numerous in its surroundings; the Thermal baths take advantage of the city's conspicuous summer and winter tourist attendance. Bormio is also a famous ski resort in the Alta Valtellina, to be visited even in one day. This is where Braulio is produced, a herbal bitter. An excursion to recommend is a visit to Stelvio Pass, about 20/22 km and 30/35 minutes of travel, which is a destination for cyclists and motorcyclists. This pass is the highest in Italy, given that the altitude is 2758 m a.s.l.
- Miradolo Terme - Between Olona, Lambro and Po, this one spa of the Pavese benefits from a good network of public connections with Milan, Praise, Cremona, Pavia is Piacenza.
- Ome - This medieval village is home to the Franciacorta thermal baths, an area that boasts a wealth of water but which binds its fame above all to the wealth of fine wines.
- Rivanazzano Terme — The waters of his Thermal baths they were probably known since ancient times, but have been systematically exploited in recent times. It borders on Salice, another thermal center ofOltrepò Pavese.
- Salice Terme - It is almost conurbated with Rivanazzano, although it is part of the municipal territory of Godiasco. The healing qualities of its thermal waters were well known to the Romans, who already used them. Her Thermal baths[link not working] they enjoy greater fame than those of nearby Rivanazzano.
- San Pellegrino Terme - InAlto Bergamasco, the Terme di San Pellegrino had their consecration between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the development as a place of thermal treatment led to a notable urban transformation.
- Sant’Omobono Imagna - Another thermal center of theAlto Bergamasco, enjoys less fame than the better known San Pellegrino. The first spa building dates back to the 1920s - 1930s.
- Sirmione - The Thermal baths of the city of Catullus were already known and frequented by the Romans, and are still a cornerstone of tourism in this center of precious beauty on the Lake Garda.
- Trescore Balneario - In Bergamasco, her Thermal baths between Bergamo, Valcamonica is Lake Iseo they were already known in the Middle Ages.
- Vallio Terme - In the territory Bresciano towards Val Trompia, his spa establishment the activity began in recent times, in the mid-twentieth century.
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How to get
By plane
Lombardy is served by the large intercontinental hub of Milan Malpensa (IATA: MXP), located in the province of Varese and connected to the center of Milan with the train service Malpensa Express and with several bus lines. The airport is divided into two terminals: from terminal 1, the most modern, the flights of the main national airlines depart, while from terminal 2 mainly low-cost flights of the company depart. Easyjet.
The airport of Milan Linate (IATA: LIN), on the other hand, which hosts only national, European and low-cost traffic, is located east of Milan.
TO Bergamo then you find theBergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (IATA: BGY), which is mainly used for low-cost, charter and cargo flights. The main company operating at the airport of Orio al Serio is Ryanair with flights to all major European cities such as Paris (Beauvais), London (Stansed), Dublin, Madrid, Brussels (Charleroi), Berlin (Schoenefeld) e Athens.
Finally, a Brescia, you find theMontichiari Airport (IATA: VBS), dedicated almost exclusively to freight traffic and charter flights.
All in all, the four airports handle traffic every year that exceeds 30 million passengers and represent the most important airport system in Italy (the majority of Italian air traffic is concentrated in the Lombardy area).
By car
Lombardy is served by many highways and ring roads:
A1: Connect Milan with Naples Street Bologna, Florence, Rome.
A4: Connect Turin with Trieste Street Milan, Bergamo is Brescia.
A7: Connect Milan to Genoa Street Pavia is Voghera.
A8: Starts from Milan four-lane and a Lainate it continues to three lanes for Varese.
A9: Starts from Lainate and continues to two lanes for Ponte Chiasso and the Switzerland, passing through Como.
A21: Connect Turin with Brescia Street Voghera, Piacenza is Cremona.
A22: Connect Modena with the Brenner pass Street Mantua.
A35: Connect Milan with Brescia.
A50: Connects the A8 from the Terrazzano barrier and the A1 to the Milano Sud barrier.
A52: Connect Monza with the A4.
On the train
The Suburban Railway Service ("S."), comprising a total of 10 suburban lines, connects a large part of the Milanese metropolitan area (Great Milan), and other important cities nearby (Saronno, Varese, Novara, etc.). The service is managed by Trenord and, for the S5 only, by the ATI between Trenord and ATM.
The 10 S lines guarantee a train every half hour from 06:00 to 00:30, every day of the year for a service similar to the subway (corresponds to the Parisian RER and the German S-Bahn). Trains always pass at the same minute of every hour (regular timetable) and make all stops along the route.
In Milan you travel with a city fare ticket Regional Railway Service ("R."), on the other hand, connects all the main cities of Lombardy and connects the region with the national railway network. The different transport networks are distinct and are recognizable outside the stations and the various stops thanks to specific luminous signs indicating S. or R., thus greatly facilitating the interchange between systems.
How to get around
| Regional Tickets |
To travel in Lombardy it may be convenient to purchase a daily or weekly pass I travel everywhere in Lombardy which allows you to use almost all public transport lines in the region: including urban and suburban buses, trams, trolley buses, subways, regional trains and boats of the Lake Iseo, but the arrows (high-speed trains), the Malpensa Express (to / from the airport) and other special services are excluded. The cost (2019) is € 16.50 for 1 day, € 27 for 2, € 32.50 for 3 and € 43.50 for 7. |
By car
Since the A4 motorway crosses Lombardy, with the road network radiating from its junctions, it is also possible to travel by car. The A4 is often congested and traffic jams can be long, especially around Milan, exactly between Pero and Agrate Brianza, where there can be traffic jams that last up to one or two hours for about 20 km.
On the train
Two integrated networks connect the region.
- The national network of Trenitalia, which mainly manages the east-west route (Modane-Turin-Trieste-Villa Opicina) and the north-south route (Domodossola-Milan-Rome-Palermo and Chiasso-Milan-Genoa).
- The regional network of Trenord, in the branches Milan is Brescia.
By bus
The region has a widespread system of suburban bus lines. Lines are generally operated on a provincial basis, so if you have to move from one province to another you will likely need to make a change.
By bike
 | To learn more, see: Cycle tourism in Lombardy. |
Mincio cycle path, connects Mantua to Peschiera del Garda (43.5 km)- Mantua-Sabbioneta cycle path, connects Mantua to Sabbioneta (46 km)
- Mantova-Grazie cycle path, connects Mantua to Thank you of Curtatone (8 km)
- Bicycle path of the lakes, route around the lakes of Mantua (14 km)
- Oglio cycle path, a path that runs along the river Oglio, from Wooden bridge in Ponte di Barche Torre d'Oglio, where the river enters the Po, passing through the Camonica Valley, the Lake Iseo and the Franciacorta (280 km). N.b. by 2019 the course is 90% complete.
More information on how to get around by bicycle on this site.
Here you find the complete map of cycle paths.
What see
Although Lombardy is often identified as a region with a strictly economic vocation, it possesses an artistic heritage of exceptional value. The many testimonies range from prehistory to the present day, passing through the Roman era but above all for the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, when Lombardy was first one of the areas of maximum flowering of medieval municipalities, then a fundamental center of the Renaissance. The many monuments are concentrated above all in the numerous cities of art which mostly correspond to the most important medieval towns and Renaissance cities and have become, with some exceptions, the current provincial capitals. In Lombardy, however, there are numerous smaller centers that present significant evidence of the past, in particular for the numerous ones castles and sacred buildings scattered throughout the region. As evidence of the value of the regional artistic heritage, Lombardy is, with nine sites, the Italian region that hosts the largest number of World Heritage of Humanity protected byUNESCO, and hosts the first Italian site to join the list, the rock engravings of Val Camonica.
Besides the UNESCO sites, Lombardy is home to many other treasures such as the Piazza Ducale di Vigevano, considered one of the most beautiful squares in Italy, Upper Bergamo, with its narrow streets and buildings enclosed in the walls to guard ancient beauties and the Cathedral of Cremona.
UNESCO sites
Sites recognized by UNESCO such as World Heritage of Humanity I'm:
 | Monte San Giorgio, a wooded mountain in the shape of a pyramid near the Lugano lake, is considered to be the best collection of marine life fossils from the Triassic period (245-230,000,000 years ago). These finds are a testimony of life in a tropical lagoon environment, sheltered and partially separated from the open sea by an offshore coral reef. Several forms of marine life flourished within this lagoon, including reptiles, fish, bivalves, ammonites, echinoderms and crustaceans. Since the lagoon was close to the mainland, terrestrial fossils of reptiles, insects and plants are also found among the remains, resulting in a very rich source of fossils. |
 | Last Supper, in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Milan, on the north wall is theLast Supper, the matchless masterpiece painted between 1495 and 1497 by Leonardo da Vinci, whose work was to herald a new era in art history. |
 | Crespi d'Adda: an outstanding example of a 19th / 20th century "corporate city" built in Europe and North America by enlightened industrialists to meet the needs of workers. The site is still remarkably intact and partly used for industrial purposes, although changing economic and social conditions today are a threat to its survival. |
.jpg/150px-Rosa_camuna_R24_-_Foppe_-_Nadro_(Foto_Luca_Giarelli).jpg) | Rock engravings of Val Camonica. There Val Camonica, located inLombard Alps, has one of the largest collections in the world of prehistoric petroglyphs; more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved into the rock over a period of 8,000 years and depicting themes related to agriculture, navigation, warfare and magic. Among the sculpted symbols, to remember is the Rosa Camuna, used as a symbol of the Lombardy Region. |
 | Bernina railway: a mountain railway line connecting the city of Tirano, in Italy, with the SwitzerlandSankt Moritz. Built between 1906 and 1910 for tourism purposes, the line reaches a maximum altitude of 2,253 m with daring railway engineering works, and is therefore the highest railway with natural grip in the Alps, as well as one of the steepest in the world. |
 | Sacri Monti of Varese and Ossuccio: i Sacred Mountains they are groups of chapels and other architectural elements created at the end of the 16th and 17th centuries and dedicated to different aspects of the Christian faith. In addition to their spiritual and symbolic significance, these are of great beauty by virtue of the skill with which they have been integrated into the surrounding natural landscape of hills, woods and lakes. |
 | Mantua is Sabbioneta, in Bassa del Po di Lombardia, represent two aspects of Renaissance urbanism: Mantua shows the renewal and expansion of an existing city, while 30 km away, Sabbioneta represents the implementation of the theories of the period on planning the ideal city. Typically, Mantua's pattern is irregular with regular parts showing different stages of its growth from the Roman period and includes many medieval buildings including an 11th-century rotunda and a Baroque theater. Sabbioneta, built in the second half of the 16th century under the rule of a single person, Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna, can be described as a single-period city and has a right-angled grid pattern. The ideals of the Renaissance, favored by the family Gonzaga, are present in the morphology and architecture of the cities. |
_int2.jpg/150px-Santa_maria_in_solario_(brescia)_int2.jpg) | Brescia is Castelseprio fall into category i places of power of the Lombards to which other Italian centers such as Benevento is Cividale del Friuli. The Temple is recognized as a World Heritage Site in Brescia Capitoline, from Roman times, and the monastery of Santa Giulia in which the Cross of Desire. |
 | THE Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps: a series of 111 pile-dwelling archaeological sites located on the Alps or in the immediate vicinity, some of these are located in Lombardy as Lavagnone, Lugana Vecchia, Lucone of Polpenazze and San Sivino in the vicinity of the Lake Garda. |
Notable museums
Lombardy has on its territory a high number of museums (over 330) of different types: ethnographic, historical, technical-scientific, artistic and naturalistic, which testify to the historical-cultural and artistic evolution of the region.
Among the most famous we can mention:
- the National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci", the Pinacoteca of Brera, the Diocesan Museum, the Ambrosiana Picture Gallery, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, the Museums of the Sforzesco Castle, the Civic Museum of Natural History and the Twentieth century to Milan;
- L'Carrara Academy to Bergamo;
- the Museum of Santa Giulia, the National Museum of Photography and the Museum of Risorgimento of Brescia;
- the Museum of Ducal Palace of Mantua;
- the Volta Temple to Como;
- there Malaspina Art Gallery of Pavia;
- the museum Stradivarian of Cremona;
- the Museums of Sacred Art and Nativity Scenes of the basilica of Santa Maria Assunta of Gandino (Bergamo).
There are also numerous institutions that host relevant exhibitions and temporary exhibitions of the most important national and international artists, as the main exhibition centers of the region we can mention the Royal Palace and the Triennial in Milan, Palazzo Te in Mantua and the aforementioned complex of Santa Giulia in Brescia.
What to do
Lombard exhibition centers
- Milan Rho Fair.
- Bergamo New Fair.
- Brescia-Brixia Expo Fair.
- Millennial Fair of Gonzaga.
- Lario Fairs.
- Cremona Fairs.
- Villa Erba Fairs Cernobbio.
- Garda Montichiari Fair Center.
Naturalistic tourism
Given the conformation of the region, tourism related to natural beauty focuses mainly on Alps and in the lakeside resorts. There is also a limited tourist influx linked to the protected areas in the plains, in particular in the Ticino and Mincio river parks.
Alpine tourism
The Lombard Alps include several mountain massifs well known to mountaineering and mountain hiking practitioners, the most famous being Pizzo Badile, Pizzo Cengalo, Monte Disgrazia, the Bernina massif, Adamello and theOrtles-Cevedale. Around the latter extends the Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio, unico parco nazionale in territorio lombardo nel suo versante occidentale.Nella stagione invernale numerose sono le stazioni sciistiche, distribuite principalmente nelle provincie di Sondrio, Bergamo is Brescia.Tra le principali località turistiche di montagna, estive ed invernali, si ricordano:
- Aprica, Church in Valmalenco is Val Masino nella Sondriese Valtellina.
- Bormio, Livigno is Santa Caterina Valfurva in Upper Valtellina.
- Madesimo in Chiavennasco.
- Edolo, Wooden bridge is Borno in Val Camonica.
- Castione della Presolana, Colere, Foppolo is Selvino nell'Alto Bergamasco.
Anche le Prealpi lombarde, nonostante la minore altitudine, costituiscono un'attrattiva importante grazie al facile accesso dalla pianura ed ai panorami rimarchevoli (verso nord si può ammirare un'ampia parte della catena alpina mentre a sud lo sguardo spazia sulla Pianura Padana). Massicci più noti delle Prealpi lombarde sono il Gruppo delle Grigne e la Presolana.
Turismo sui laghi
Nel territorio lombardo sono compresi, interamente o in parte, tutti i maggiori laghi prealpini. Sulle loro rive numerose località sono meta di turismo lacuale, che coniuga bellezze naturalistiche e paesaggistiche, turismo storico-artistico e, limitatamente a certe zone, attività balneare (principalmente sul Lago di Garda).
Tra le principali località turistiche sui laghi della Lombardia si ricordano:
- Desenzano del Garda, Gardone Riviera, Limone sul Garda, Sirmione, Salò, Toscolano Maderno sulla sponda bresciana del Lago di Garda.
- Bellagio, Como, Menaggio, Tremezzo, Varenna, Cernobbio, Lecco sul Lago di Como.
- Champion of Italy is Porto Ceresio nella porzione italiana del Lago di Lugano.
- Luino, Angera, Ispra, Laveno-Mombello sulla sponda lombarda del Lago Maggiore.
- Iseo, Pisogne, Lovere, Sarnico is Monte Isola sul Lake Iseo.
At the table
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Per approfondire vedi Cucina lombarda, Cucina milanese, Mantuan cuisine, Cucina lodigiana, Cucina bergamasca.
La Lombardia possiede tradizioni culinarie abbastanza differenziate, da piatti semplici e comuni come la cotoletta impanata o il risotto allo zafferano, di Milano, a quelli più raffinati come il pavone alla Mantegna, di Mantova, da quelli forti come la Cassoeula, a quelli delicati come i tortelli di zucca.
Primi o piatti unici
- Risotto alla Milanese: riso (solitamente vialone) cucinato in umido con brodo e midollo, con aggiunta di zafferano
- Cassoeula: piatto di costine di maiale, insaccati e verze
- Polenta: nella versione bergamasca, farina di mais macinata grossa bollita in acqua e sale, poi condita
- Polenta taragna: la versione valtellinese, miscela di farine di grano saraceno e mais
- Pizzoccheri valtellinesi: pasta di grano saraceno bollita con verza, patate, coste e condita con burro, formaggio casera e bitto
- Pizzoccheri bianchi della Valchiavenna
- Mariconda: zuppa di brodo di carne con pane, condita con uovo, noce moscata, formaggio grattugiato
- Casoncelli: ravioli di pasta sfoglia con carne condita
- Zuppa pavese
- Marubini (o marobini): anolini di pasta ripiena con un impasto di carne tritata, formaggio, pane grattugiato, uova, spezie; è un piatto comune a tutto il territorio lungo l'asta del Po, con varianti per carne trita che può essere lesso, stracotto, o con aggiunta di una parte di trito di salsiccia nella zona orientale, e utilizzo o meno di spezie.
- Bigoli al torchio
- Tortelli di zucca, tipici della cucina mantovana
- Tortello amaro di Castel Goffredo
Secondi
- Osso buco: taglio gamba posteriore bovina in umido, spesso unito al risotto alla milanese
- Cotoletta alla Milanese: fettina di vitello impanata e fritta nel burro
- Tinca al forno con polenta a Clusane
- Missoltit: pesce agone salato e lavato, cucinato con polenta
- Pavone alla Mantegna
- Rane e bòse
- Stracotto d'asino
- Sardine di lago (anche dette aole)
- Uccelli scappati: involtini di vitello o maiale
- Spiedo
Sausages
- Bresaola: filetto di manzo seccato, anche nella variante
- Slinzega: bresaola di coscia di bovino
- Salame d'oca: nelle varianti normale, con grasso di maiale, ed ecumenico, con grasso d'oca
- Strinù
Dolci
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- Torrone
- Panettone: il pan del Toni, rilanciato da Angelo Motta. Dolce da forno a base pane dolce con uova, condito con burro, uvetta, canditi
- Torta sbrisolona: torta dura e friabile, a base di farina, fecola e mandorle
- Pan meìn / Pan de mèj: Pan di Spagna fatto con farina di grano e mais (anticamente con farina di miglio (mej)
- Bossolà: Una torta di farina e fecola di patate
- Polenta e Osei: un dolce tipico bergamasco simile alla vera polenta
Formaggi
- Valtellina: Bitto, Casera,
- Valsassina: Taleggio, Robiola
- Pavese: Stracchino
- Pianura: Gorgonzola, Grana padano, Quartirolo
Drinks
Vini
La Lombardia ha i seguenti vini DOCG:
- Moscato di Scanzo
- Sforzato (Sfursat) di Valtellina
- Valtellina Superiore
- Franciacorta
oltre ai precedenti ha una discreta serie di vini DOC: Bonarda dell'Oltrepò Pavese, Botticino, Buttafuoco dell'Oltrepò Pavese, Capriano del Colle, Casteggio, Cellatica, Curtefranca, Garda, Garda Colli Mantovani, Lambrusco Mantovano, Lugana, Oltrepò Pavese, Oltrepò Pavese Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero dell'Oltrepò Pavese, Riviera del Garda Classico, San Colombano al Lambro, San Martino della Battaglia, Sangue di Giuda dell'Oltrepò Pavese, Terre del Colleoni, Valcalepio e Valtellina Rosso.
Altri vini degni di nota sono:
- Valtellina: Inferno, Sassella
- Oltrepò Pavese: Barbera
Itineraries
- Cammini della Lombardia — 12 itinerari alla scoperta di arte, natura e storia.
- Via Carolingia - European itinerary that crosses the places traveled by the court of Charlemagne between the 8th and 9th centuries to travel from Aachen to Rome, where Pope Leo III crowned the Carolingian sovereign emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas night in the 19th century.
- Foliage in Lombardy - In search, in autumn, of the dazzling and spectacular phenomenon of "foliage".
- Cascate della Lombardia
- Lombardy Refuges
Safety
La Lombardia è una regione sicura e le forze dell'ordine svolgono un buon servizio di controllo. Chiaramente il buon senso non va mai abbandonato specialmente a Milano che essendo una metropoli molto popolata può essere in alcune zone meno raccomandabile.
