| Lombardy ((it)Lombardia) | |
.jpg/210px-Another_day_in_Milan_-_panoramio_(1).jpg) | |
| View of Milan from the duomo. | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Italy |
|---|---|
| Chief town | Milan |
| Area | 23 860 km² |
| Population | 10 023 876 hab. () |
| Density | 420,11 inhab./km² |
| Nice | Lombard |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 45 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ N 9 ° 51 ′ 50 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
| Touristic site | |
The Lombardy is a region of North West of the'Italy.
Understand
Lombardy is a region in northern Italy, and with 10 million people it is the most populous. Producing 1 / 5th of Italy's GDP, it is also the most powerful economically. Geographically, Lombardy encompasses both the Alps and the Pre-Alps to the north, and the relatively flat plains to the south along the Po and its tributaries. Between these regions are many picturesque lakes. The Alps as a backdrop make even the low towns picturesque and the air rather fresh.
Lombardy is highly industrialized, although most of the industry is not heavy, but rather made up of companies specializing in machine building and other assembly and engineering companies, as well as consumer industries such than food and clothing.
The regional capital, Milan, is the second largest city in Italy and the leading center of commerce and a fashion capital of the world. Smaller cities also have considerable economic power, and have done so for many centuries. Lombardy is the region of Italy with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites and simply plenty of history and scenery to explore.
Regions
 |
|
Cities
- Lombardy Alps
- (Arco alpino lombardo)
- Pre-Alps and Great Lakes of Lombardy
- (Prealpi and grandi laghi Lombardi)
- 3 Bergamo (Bergamo) – Old town on the hill and administrative center in the lower town.
- 4 Brescia
- 5 Clusane – A village on the shores of Lake Iseo.
- 6 Como (Como) – The largest lakeside town of the same name.
- 7 Lecco – Old streets, medieval remains, museums, Villa Manzoni.
- 8 Varese (Varese) – Villa Panza. In the vicinity: Sacro Monte di Varese, Castiglione Olona, collegiate church.
- Lombardy Plain
- (Pianura padana lombarda)
- 9 Milan – Capital of Lombardy. Second city of Italy by its population and first economic center of the country.
- 10 Monza
- 11 Vigevano
- Lombardy Po Basin
- (Bassa del Po di Lombardia)
- 12 Castel Goffredo
- 13 Cremona (Cremona)
- 14 Lodi
- 15 Mantua (Mantova) – Old town classified by UNESCO.
- 16 Pavia (Pavia)
Other destinations
- 1 Bormio – Summer and winter spa resort.
- 2 Capo di Ponte – Rock engravings.
- 3 Sabbioneta –
Palazzo Giardino and the Gallery of Antiques, Teatro all'Antica, Palazzo Ducale, Chiesa della Beata Vergine Incoronata. - 4 Como lake
- 5 Lugano lake – Lake shared with the Swiss canton of Ticino.
- 6 Lake Maggiore – Lake shared with the Swiss canton of Ticino and Piedmont.
- 7 Garda lake – Lake shared with Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige.
- 8 Lake Iseo
- Varese lake.
- Lakes of Briance: Montorfano, Alserio, Pusiano, Segrino, Annone, Garlate, Olginate.
- Idro Lake.
- Cavedine lake.
To go
By plane
Three of Italy's four busiest airports are in Lombardy:
- TheMilano Malpensa airport is an intercontinental airport, and the second Italian aviation center after Rome Fiumicino. It has multiple direct connections to Africa, Asia and North America, as well as to Europe, where it is served by full-service, low-cost carriers.
- Milano linate is the closest airport to the city of Milan, served by commercial flights to the main European centers, as well as by a dense Italian domestic network.
- TheBergamo Orio al Serio Airport is served almost exclusively by low cost carriers, taking advantage of its proximity to Milan and the Alps.
By train
Road and rail links link the region to Switzerland. As Switzerland is not part of the EU, you may be delayed by border checks, although these are infrequent and generally not very strict. Remember your passport.
Circulate
There is a relatively dense rail network connecting the towns and villages of Lombardy, although the layout is complex and getting from one place to another is not straightforward. You should be able to reach your destination in 1 or 2 h by train. Otherwise, buses and minibuses connect important destinations, especially those that are popular with tourists. Crossroads are generally located in regional centers, as well as near major train stations and airports; you can try to change it if there are no direct connections. The regional rail network is fully managed by Trenord.
The Lombardy Region offers a good trip planner that allows you to query the entire public transport system.
As the A4 Motorway crosses Lombardy, with the road network radiating from its junctions, you can also get around by car. The A4 is often congested and traffic jams can be long, especially around Milan. Be aware that Italians drive fast and ignore strangers, so be sure to watch out for traffic and the occasional signs of impatience from other drivers.
Milan, Bergamo and Brescia have efficient and extensive public transport systems.
Make
- Fashion Weeks attract crowds of fashionistas to Milan every year.
- La Scala in Milan is the Mecca for opera enthusiasts.
- Practice of water sports or navigation on the various lakes.
- The Alps and Pre-Alps offer possibilities for hiking, skiing and other mountain sports in summer and winter.
Buy
Local agro-food products: wines, grappa, vermouths, liqueurs, fruit juices, syrups, mineral water, beers, honey, jams, mostarda di mele or mantovana, cold meats, cheeses, various preserves, panettone, torrone, amaretti, cannoncini (cream puff pastry), resta (almond cakes), bacetti di Salo. Local craft products: ceramics, fabrics, shoes, Cremona violin making, Briance furniture.
Eat
Lombard cuisine is rich in its great diversity and has offered the grateful world some famous recipes, such as osso buco (cooked veal shoulder), risotto alla milanese or panettone.Its rich cereal production has enabled it to develop multiple recipes based on rice, pasta or polenta. Minestrone is a soup of seasonal vegetables topped with small pasta. Bergamask and Brescian casoncelli are made with spinach, eggs, cheese, amaretti and breadcrumbs. The pizzoccheri de la Valtellina are short buckwheat wheat tagliatelle garnished with kale, lots of butter and stringy cheese. Polenta taragna is made from buckwheat wheat flour. A specialty is the risotto alla pilota.
When it comes to meat, recipes use veal, such as cotoletta alla milanese, a breaded and grilled chop, large and thin, and vitello tonnato, a dish made in the fillet (braised then finely sliced, and topped with a tuna mayonnaise). Mainly pork, as with casoeula, a stew with sausage simmered in wine with cabbage, cotechino and all the cold cuts that derive from it. Zuppa di trippa is tripe soup. In Bergamo, the favorite dish is polenta e osei, thrushes and larks cooked in a sage leaf and served with a grilled polenta pancake. In Mortara, in the province of Pavia, gourmet products made from goose meat are eaten, such as large sausage and delicate foie gras. Risotto alla certosina is a unique dish that combines frog legs and crayfish. In the villages around Lake Garda, we taste a lot of freshwater fish
When they are not feeding their calves, the cows produce quality milk which allows the region to claim the paternity of cheeses as famous as gorgonzola, taleggio, bel paese or mascarpone.
For dessert, the region offers more biscuits or pastries, with brioches (panettone or colomba), Cremona torrone and Saronne amaretti (a kind of macaroons). The honeys and jams are produced by hand, both in the plains and in the mountains.
More confusing the mostarda, served as an accompaniment to meats, is a specialty from Cremona and Mantua made from fruits macerated in vinegar.
Finally, the region produces several wines classified DOC- franciacorta, valtellina, sforzato, oltrepo pavese, capriano, sarda bresciano, ..., of all kinds (from reds to grappa, including vermouths). 'amaretto, an almond liqueur from Saronno. There are also craft beers, handcrafted fruit juices and syrups, and local mineral waters, including the world famous San Pellegrino.
Have a drink / Go out
security
SOS Police Rescue: 113 Emergency response by riflemen: 112 Firefighters: 115 Health emergencies: 118 SOS Forest fires: 1515 ACI road assistance: 803 116;
Around
In Italy:
- Piedmont
-Major Piedmontese lake: Borromean Islands-Vercelli, -Turin, -Monferrato
- Liguria
-Gênes, -Riviera du Levant
- Emilia Romagna
-Plaisance, -Parme, -Modena, -Bologna, -Ferrare, -Park Natural Park of the Po Delta
- Veneto
-Padua, -Verona, -Vicenza, -Bassano del Grappa, -Lake Garda Veneto
- Trentino Alto Adige
-Stelvio National Park, -Merano-Bolzano-Val di Genova, -Trento, -Lake Garda in Trentino-Dolomites.
In Swiss:
- Ticino
-Lugano, -Bellinzona, -Locarno, -Ascona,
- Graubünden
-Saint-Moritz, -Davos, -Chur.
