| Soresina | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Cremonese | |
| Altitude | 69 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 28.57 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 8.964 (2016) | |
| Name inhabitants | Soresinesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0374 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 26015 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Siro (December 9) | |
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Soresina is a city of Lombardy.
To know
Geographical notes
In the Po Valley Cremonese, is traditionally an agricultural center; has developed important industries related to agricultural and livestock products, including a dairy that has achieved national notoriety. Once a landmark of the area between the cities of Cream is Cremona, in recent decades has seen tarnish its role and has recorded a slow but continuous decline in inhabitants, passing from over eleven thousand to the current nine thousand, and has been bypassed by the neighboring Castelleone.
It is 23 kilometers from Cremona, 48 from Milan, 53 from Brescia, 13 from Soncino, 18 from Orzinuovi, 21 from Cream, 7 from Castelleone.
Background
The Roman domination determined the construction of new roads and the reclamation of part of the territory, previously made up of many islets of the very ancient and no longer existing Lake Gerundo; during this period there was probably not a single inhabited area, but several isolated houses that exploited the fertility of the land. Only later, during the Lombard occupation, a single center was created, with the function of organizing the agricultural production of the whole neighboring territory.The origin of the name of the city dates back to the medieval period, although the exact meaning is not known of the toponym: in this regard, historical and legendary testimonies intertwine, which attribute the foundation of the place to the bishop San Siro, to the paved road that joined Cream to Cremona (Silicin), to the elevated position of the town, or to the exclamation of a woman who escaped a terrible plague: the latter version, traditional and popular, finds graphic expression in the municipal coat of arms, in which a female figure is portrayed and an inscription that reads: "Sol Regina".
Soresina is mentioned for the first time in a document from the year 1000, in which the purchase of some possessions in Surrecina by Usberto, bishop of Cremona. Between 1133 and 1136 the Emperor Lothair II, to put an end to the discords between Crema and Cremona for the possession of the village, completely destroyed Soresina: subsequently rebuilt the town was razed to the ground again in 1217 and was the subject of bitter conflicts in the course of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, on the occasion of the struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines, between the factions commanded by Buoso da Dovara, Ponzino Ponzone and Cabrino Fondulo. The latter in 1403 became lord of Cremona and Soresina, until he was defeated and expelled by the Visconti. From that moment, the town found itself in the orbit of Milanese influence, first with the Visconti and then with the Sforza.In the sixteenth century it was granted as a fief to some noble families of the place, including the Stanga, Agostino Centurione, the Affaitati and Barbò, lords of Soresina until 1714. Under the marquisate of the Barbò Soresina had great development in agriculture, industry and trade. Its Monday market, granted to it in 1492 by Ludovico Maria Sforza, grew ever larger, attracting businessmen from all over. Only the period of Spanish domination represents for Soresina, as indeed for Lombardy, a real calamity: it was targeted by many wars that devastated its territory and the news of peace between Spain and the France which took place in 1659 was received with great joy. The Spanish government was succeeded by the French one, which in 1707 was replaced by the Austrian one who ruled almost continuously until 1796.When the French army, headed by Napoleon Bonaparte, occupied northern Italy, the Soresinesi welcomed them as liberators and Soresina, who part first of the Cisalpine Republic and then of the Kingdom of Italy, he made a notable contribution to the cause of the Risorgimento, and not a few of them participated in the wars of Independence and the Expedition of the Thousand. After the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy and the achieved national unity, a new era of work and prosperity began for Soresina. In 1863 the Treviglio - Cremona railway line was built thanks to the decisive contribution of the Soresinese Doctor Francesco Genala (parliamentarian of the Kingdom of Italy who politically instituted its viability), integrated in 1914 by the local line for Soncino, subsequently extended towards Cremona (1926) e Rovato (1932) In the two world wars Soresina gave proof of her generosity with the assistance and charity works for the military deployed on various fronts. The second post-war period was particularly hard for the city, hit in its main industrial and commercial activities and unable to give work to its exuberant mass of workers.In 1962, after the reconstruction was completed, Soresina was awarded the title of city by the President of the Republic Antonio Segni "for the industriousness of its people, the virtues of so many of its children, the fervor of its civic, charitable and economic initiatives".
How to orient yourself
Soresina: full screen map.Neighborhoods
The municipal territory also includes the villages of Dossi Pisani, Moscona and Olzano.
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 Milan-Linate airport (Enrico Forlanini).
- 4 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 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
It is not far from the provincial road 415 PaulleseCremona - Milan
On the train
It has its own station on the line Cremona - Treviglio
By bus
How to get around
What see
- 1 Provostal church of San Siro, via Genala. It is the most important in Soresina. Built between 1584 and 1588, it looks like a Mannerist style building, with an imposing tripartite facade (restored in 1941) and a richly decorated interior with three naves. The bell tower looms over the churchyard, completely detached from the church, 51 meters high (56 if we consider the imposing statue of Christ the Redeemer in gilded copper placed on top) and built on a project by Luigi Voghera between 1836 and 1839 to replace the old Romanesque tower which has become unsafe. The large sundial on the bell tower is the work of Leone Lodi.
- Church of Santa Maria del Boschetto (Small temple). It is a building dating back to 1606; it was built by the brotherhood of the Holy Trinity and has been restored.
- Church of San Francesco al Dosso. It was built in the first half of the 17th century by the Franciscan friars of the Third Order Regular, who resided in the adjacent convent, and subsequently enlarged with the opening of some side chapels. The interior, with three naves separated by Botticino marble columns, preserves some valuable paintings, a crucifix and a wooden altarpiece by the Soresinese carver Giacomo Bertesi. Currently the church is a subsidiary of the parish.
- Church of the Madonna della Mercede (of the Madonnina or of the Cingaro). It is a small sixteenth-century temple with a simple facade and a single nave interior, decorated with some wooden sculptures attributed to Giacomo Bertesi and Giuseppe Chiari.
- 2 Church of San Rocco, Via Genala. It was built in the sixteenth century where there was a modest oratory dedicated to San Sebastiano, dating back to the previous century. It underwent an expansion in 1577 when a nave was added on its left side, giving the temple a curious two-nave plan. Inside the church there are paintings by Francesco Boccaccino and Luigi Miradori. A sturdy bell tower, with seventeenth-century lines, is leaning against the apse
- 3 Church of the Holy Cross. Formerly the chapel of the ancient hospital of the same name founded in 1582, it is flanked by a curious bell tower built in the 17th century.
- 4 Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin (in Ariadello). It is located in the open countryside about 3 km from the historic center of Soresina, almost on the border with the municipality of Genivolta. It can be reached through a campereccia that branches off from the provincial 84 Soresina-Genivolta, or along the Cycle path of the Walled Cities. It is included in the Ariadello Park and the Navigli Valley.
- In the place there was around 1640 a portico under which a votive image with the Madonna and Child Jesus was painted which attracted the devotion of many faithful and was considered miraculous. In May, the feudal lord of Soresina, the Marquis Giovanni Battista Barbò and his wife Eleonora, accompanied by their children, visited it. One of these was deaf and dumb. The young woman, approaching the image, acquired hearing and speech by pronouncing the name of the Virgin.
- The ecclesiastical authorities, fearing episodes of fanaticism, had the image of the Virgin covered and enclosed the porch and for some years did not allow the construction of religious buildings. However, an act dated 26 September 1663 is known by which Captain Pietro Maria Barbò, brother of the Marquis Giovanni Battista, intended to establish a benefit for a church. Once the marquis himself became a widower, he became a priest and, although no document certifies this, it is not possible to exclude a priori that he himself had left goods or money for a building. The laying of the first stone is dated 21 January 1664 and the works continued for two years. The factory raised enough money to erect new altars. In 1670 a portico was leaning against the right side of the church, while four years later the Community of Soresina donated some adjacent land to build a sacristy and a house for the custodian.
- The facade of the church, facing south, is divided by four high Ionic pilasters on piers. The pilasters support a triangular tympanum. Rectangle mirrors characterize the facade, all blind except one, used as a window to give light to the interior. The entrance portal with a mixed-line frame is anticipated by a wrought iron gate. A volute connects the facade to the side portico.
- On the bottom hangs a recently made Madonna painted on glass. The interior has a single hall, with two side chapels dedicated to St. Fermo and the Visitation of Mary to St. Elizabeth. The medal on the vault, made by Giovanni Battista Galizzi, represents the Madonna of Ariadello with the city of Soresina at its feet. An ancona in Baroque style contains the fresco, presumably from the sixteenth century, with the sacred image of the Madonna of Ariadello with the Child. The very elaborate scagliola ancona has no attribution: it is probably the result of artists working in the surroundings of Soresina during the seventeenth century.
- Anonymous are also four paintings hanging on the walls, probably from the Cremonese school of the second half of the seventeenth century; they represent the members of the Barbò family in adoration before the Madonna of Ariadello.
- Hall of the Podestà. Today accessible from the elementary school courtyard, it is the last remaining remnant of the ancient palace, seat of the administrative bodies of the city, dating back to the 13th century. It was transformed and refurbished several times. It is currently a place for meetings and assemblies.
- 5 Social Theater. It was built in 1840 on a project by the architect Carlo Visioli. For a certain period it served only as a cinema, until it was acquired by the Municipality, in the seventies, restored and opened to the public.
- Public Astronomical Observatory.
free. 
every Saturday evening from 9 pm.. Inaugurated on June 2, 1974, it was the first public astronomical observatory opened in Italy. It is now managed by the Soresinesi Astrofili Group and is open to the public for sky observation. the Observatory was dedicated to the memory of Pietro Borelli who tenaciously wanted it to be built.
free. 
every Saturday evening from 9 pm.. Inaugurated on June 2, 1974, it was the first public astronomical observatory opened in Italy. It is now managed by the Soresinesi Astrofili Group and is open to the public for sky observation. the Observatory was dedicated to the memory of Pietro Borelli who tenaciously wanted it to be built.Events and parties
- Songs of the Merla. on 30 and 31 January and 1 February. In the city districts songs are sung in dialect that refer to the customs of the peasant tradition. A mixture of comedy and propitiatory rites with a final bonfire (brüsaa la écia) as a wish for a quick end to winter.
- Market of the Angel. on Easter Monday. The traditional Monday market is extended throughout the public holiday. The event is enriched by cultural events offered by local realities.
- Ariadello Festival (in Ariadello). every second Sunday of May.
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
Restaurants
- 1 New hat, via XX Settembre 45, ☎ 39 0374 342391.
- 2 En Sol Dos, piazza San Francesco 4, ☎ 39 0374 340737.
- 3 Osteria La Mucca della Nonna, Via Francesco Genala, 47, ☎ 39 0374 343191.
- 4 The Binary, Republic Square 13 (Near the train station), ☎ 39 0374 341846, @[email protected].
- 5 The fortress, via Miglioli 73, ☎ 39 0374 341186.
- 6 King Noir, via Biasini 52, ☎ 39 0374 412741.
- 7 Sound, via Muzio da Soresina 20, ☎ 39 0374 342346.
- 8 Monastery tavern, via Caldara 8, ☎ 39 0374 341470.
- 9 Trattoria Milano, via Verdi 16, ☎ 39 0374 344089.
- 10 Trattoria dei Fiori, via Unica (Moscona locality), ☎ 39 0374 343040.
- 11 Old Baker, via Dante 17, ☎ 39 0374 344091.
Pizzerias
- 12 The wolf, via del Lupo 6, ☎ 39 0374 344079.
- 13 New Kiss, via IV Novembre 54, ☎ 39 0374 343568.
- 14 Out of Pizza, via IV Novembre 45, ☎ 39 0374 343690.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Station Hotel, Via Giacomo Matteotti, 35, ☎ 39 0374 343046.
- 2 [link not working]Escondido Hotel Restaurant, via Olzano 2, ☎ 39 0374 340398.
- 3 La Bassa - Hotel Restaurant, via Caldara 37, ☎ 39 0374 340024.
Safety
Pharmacies
- 5 Central, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1, ☎ 39 0374 342624.
- 6 Lombardini - Ghezzi, Via Genala, 16, ☎ 39 0374 342483.
- 7 Solzi, Via Genala, 72, ☎ 39 0374 34222.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 8 Italian post, via Barbò 12, ☎ 9 0374 349732.
Around
- 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.
- 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.
- Soncino - Fortified village with walls and a fortress in excellent condition, it was for a long time an outpost of the Cremonese against the Brescians. It is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
- Orzinuovi - Center on the Oglio, it was opposed as a stronghold to Soncino on the opposite shore. It has remains of fortifications, the castle, and a beautiful square with a Venetian flavor, a legacy of the domination of the Republic of Venice
Itineraries
- Soresina is part of the Strada del Gusto Cremonese in the land of Stradivari, a route of food and wine tourism promotion, about 560 kilometers long and recognized by the Lombardy Region, which winds through the province of Cremona on a territory of 115 municipalities, including: Rivolta d'Adda, Spino d'Adda, Soncino, Cream, Castelleone, Cremona, Casalbuttano, Robecco d'Oglio, Pescarolo and United, Dovarese Island, Piadena, Torricella del Pizzo, Rivarolo del Re is Casalmaggiore.
Useful information
- 9 Pro Loco - Tourist information, Piazza Garibaldi, 4, ☎ 39 0374 340307, @[email protected].
