Crema, Italy

Crema is a town in the province of Cremona in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is built along the river Serio, at 79 m. over sea level and at 43 km from Cremona. It has about 40,000 inhabitants, and is also the seat of a Catholic Bishop. Its main economic activities relate traditionally to agriculture and cattle breeding, but Its manufactures include now cheese, iron products and cotton and wool textiles.

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Cremona - Lombardy - Italy - Serio - Catholic - Bishop

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Among its main monuments are the duomo (1284-1341) in Lombard-Gothic style, with a tall bell-tower completed in 1604; the church of Santa Maria della Croce (St Mary of the Cross) built in 1493-1500 by Giovanni Battacchio and Antonio Montanari; the church of St Spirit of the sixteenth century; the Town Hall, and also the ancient palaces of some important families, like the Zurla and Sanseverino.

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Giovanni Battacchio - Antonio Montanari

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