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Crema
Italy, officially the Italian Republic is a Southern European country. It comprises the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot, or due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula. Italy is called, Il Belpaese, Italian for beautiful country by its inhabitants, due to the beauty and variety of its landscapes and for having the world's largest artistic patrimony; the country is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Rome is its Capital city and incidentally its largest city as well.
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 43 kilometers from Cremona. It is also the seat of a Catholic Bishop.
Crema's main economic activities traditionally relate to agriculture and cattle breeding, but it manufactures include now cheese, iron products and cotton and wool textiles. Inhabitants are called cremaschi or singularly cremasco. It is situated at an altitude of 79 meters having a population 32,913, as of 2001, within an area of 34 square kilometers and has a density of 968 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Crema's main attractions include the monuments of the Duomo, Cathedral, 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 from 1493 to 1500 by Giovanni Battacchio and Antonio Montanari, the church of Saint Spirit of the 16th century, the Palazzo Comunale, Town Hall, the Palazzo Pretorio and the Palazzo Vescovile.
Crema gave birth to many illustrious people, like, the painters Civerchio, Buso and Urbino, the musicians Petrali, Giovanni Bottesini, Benzi and Cavalli, the mathematician Giovanni Vailati, the journalist Giuseppe, Beppe Severgnini and the poet Pesadori. According to documents held in the archives of the Diocese, Crema was also the town of origin of the Mastai Ferretti, the Senigallian family of Pope Pius IX.
As it is often regarded as among the most beautiful parts of Italy, it is one of the most visited places amongst the most die-hard travelers the world over.
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