| Sigh | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Cremonese | |
| Altitude | 36 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 19 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 3.174 (2016) | |
| Name inhabitants | Suspended | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0372 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 26040 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Siro (December 9) | |
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Sigh is a center of the Lombardy.
To know
Agricultural and service center in the Po Valley near the Po. It plays an important role in the socio-health services of the province thanks to the large residential structure for the elderly and for rehabilitation recovery located in the prestigious Villa Cattaneo Ala Ponzone, as well as in the pavilions of contemporary construction.
Geographical notes
In Bassa del Po di Lombardia, is located on the provincial road Giuseppina that connects Cremona to Casalmaggiore, not far from the provincial 33 on the main road BresciaParma across the bridge over the Po di San Daniele Po.
Background
The Roman presence in the territory is testified by numerous finds of clay finds and Roman coins also from the 2nd century BC, as well as by the evident traces of the centuriation that can still be read in the countryside. However, the discovery of a well-defined archaeological site that identifies an organized inhabited center, as it can be, is missing Bedriacum to Calvatone.
After the end of the Roman Empire, Sospiro was the center of the Royal Court of Sexpilum (name indicating the distance of six milestones from Cremona), which was a vast imperial territory that reached the gates of Cremona, mentioned in numerous documents starting from the ninth century. In the royal palace of Sospiro were present the emperors Lothair I (nephew of Charlemagne; King of Italy from 822; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 840) and Lodovico II (son of Lothair I, King of Italy from 850 ; Holy Roman Emperor from 855), who issued sentences and held court meetings from that seat. Sospiro is called a castle, indicating that in this period some form of fortification existed on the spot.
With the increase of the political power of the Bishop of Cremona begins the decline of the Court of Sigh. After the year 1000 the town was given as a fief to the Bernardingi, palatine counts of Pavia. Important building testimonies of the area date back to the medieval period, especially in the religious field. Later, Sospiro follows the events of Cremona in all.
How to orient yourself
Sigh: full screen map.Its municipal territory also includes the hamlets of Longardore, San Salvatore and Tidolo.
How to get
By plane
- Airport greens of Parma
- Airport Catullus of Verona
- Airport D 'Annunzio of Montichiari (BS)
- Airport Caravaggio of Orio al Serio (BG)
By car
It is located on the Provincial Giuseppina Cremona - Casalmaggiore
It is lapped by the provincial 33 which connects Brescia with Parma through the bridge over the Po di San Daniele Po
On the train
- Cremona station on the Mantova - Cremona line
- Station a San Giovanni in Croce on the line Parma - Brescia
By bus
Coach line Cremona - Casalmaggiore
How to get around
What see
- Villa Cattaneo - Ala Ponzone. It is one of the greatest examples of neoclassical Villa in this area of Lower Lombardy, a stone's throw from the Po and surrounded by the Oglio. It was commissioned by the Marquis Antonio Cattaneo, who made it a summer residence. The Cremonese architect Faustino Rodi was its creator, and he devoted himself to this work for most of his life. The completion of this large structure took a few decades between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and constitutes a high example of the neoclassical taste of that period.
The two long buildings that extend from the central villa to the square end scenographically with a colonnaded pronaos surmounted by a tympanum, a reproduction of the classical temple, one and the other preceded by a staircase. From the front there is the main body of the Villa, in the central part of which there is also an identical porticoed structure with Ionic columns reproducing a temple. The whole imposing U-shaped architectural structure embraces a large central garden area divided into four sectors by two perpendicular avenues, which connect to the perimeter walk along the buildings and along the access side.
The palace was enriched by a large quantity of paintings, sculptures, stuccos, inlays. At the extremity of the western wing there is the Gentilizia Chapel dedicated to the Beata Vergine del Carmelo, which shows a balcony with Ionic columns that runs all around the temple.
The Marquis Antonio Cattaneo was the last representative of this noble Cremonese family; on his death in 1817 he left the Villa in inheritance to his nephew, son of his only sister Paola, the Marquis Daniele Ala Ponzone, who added and linked his surname to the Palazzo. The whole complex was then transformed, in 1902, into a Hospice. This new destination unfortunately resulted in the loss of a large part of the paintings, stuccos, inlays that made the Villa spectacular, in addition to the total loss of the Theater, which was located in the eastern wing and was sacrificed to obtain shelter rooms for the sick.
Fortunately, several rooms still retain the decorations of the ceilings and walls, as well as the artistic stuccoes.
- Bell tower. It is one of the most significant works of the Romanesque in this part of the Lombard plain. It was built by Bendiadeo de 'Berenzano in 1261. It has become the symbol of the town.
- Church of San Siro.
Church of San Soro
It has been extensively remodeled, but retains important traces of the original building dating back to the 12th century; an even older nucleus is mentioned in a document of 1010.
It is flanked by the imposing and ancient rectory, dating back to the 12th century, enlarged in later periods.
- Church of San Sisto (in San Salvatore). In the inhabited area of San Salvatore, a small town in the territory of Sospiro, the church of San Sisto preserves a tower dating back to the second half of the 12th century.
- Church of San Giovanni (in Longardore). In the inhabited area of Longardore, another small town in the territory of Sospiro, the tower of the church of San Giovanni shows a lower part dating back to the 13th century; the church also retains parts of the medieval building.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
Pharmacy
- 1 Della Giovanna, Via Giuseppina, 100, ☎ 39 0372 623059.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 2 Italian post, via Garibaldi 5, ☎ 39 0372 623193.
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.
- San Lorenzo de 'Picenardi - Its Castle, built in the fifteenth century, was enlarged over time to then arrive at its present form, majestic and decidedly castellana, in the nineteenth century, the work of the architect Luigi Voghera. The vast building, in perfect condition, shows numerous crenellated towers which give it the characteristic medieval aspect, however mitigated by the elegant character of a noble castle residence. It is surrounded by a large park.
- 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 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.
- 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.
