Known for the traditional craftsmanship of the violin, the city is located in the center of the Po Valley, not far from the banks of the Po river. Cremona is located in southern Lombardy, in contact with the Po river. It is about 30 km from Piacenza in Emilia- Romagna, 65 km from Mantua, 50 km from Lodi, 50 km from Brescia, 56 km from Parma in Emilia-Romagna, 75 km from Bergamo and 85 km from Milan. The area of ​​the municipal territory is 70.4 km², the average altitude of 45 m a.s.l.
Based on the average of the reference period of 1961-1990, the average temperature of the month of January, the coldest, stands at +1.7 ° C; the hottest month of July is +24.3 ° C. Average annual rainfall is around 750 mm, distributed on average in 76 days, with a peak in the autumn season and relative minimums in winter and summer.
The toponym is of uncertain origin, but it appears to be pre-Roman, perhaps Gallic (from the Cenomani), linked to the prelatina variant "carm" of the term "carra", that is, stone, rock, and from the common suffix prelatino -ona. From Mario Monteverdi's book The History of Cremona published in 1955 by the local newspaper La Provincia, according to Sicardo a certain Brimonio, Trojan, escaped from the destroyed homeland and founded Brimonia, which over time became Cremona. For someone else, the founder was the alleged companion of Paris, Cremone.
Cremona
Address: Piazza del Comune, 8, 26100
Phone: 0372 4071
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