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The event is the pre-view of Stefano Bombardieri's exhibition at Fodri Palace

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Santa Maria Assunta Church is considered the most ancient pieve in Cremona’s diocese, founded by the Goths in the 5th Century. At the beginning of the 17th Century it became the bishopric, because of the forced exile of Cremona’s bishop. In the 9th Century it was named Collegiate Church, its archpriest was nominated by the Pope. It was destroyed and re-built several times during its history and it was seriously damaged in 1802 because of an earthquake. At the end of the 19th Century, the architect Carlo Maciachini built the big octagonal dome and gave to the church its current layout. Among the church’s paintings, the most important one is by  the Flemish painter Matthias Stom (Rubens disciple). It represents a not ecclesiastical subject: the liberation from the chains of Flavio Giuseppe by the Roman emperor Vespasian. There is also a second peculiar element: a Middle Ages Trinity which had always be considered an Aryan Trinity.  

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In a unique and solitary location you can find one of the oldest churches of the entire territory of Cremona.

The tower is the only remain of an ancient castle built during the Age of Comuni by Cremona citizens to defend the border towards Lodi. It has a square layout and medieval crenellations. In Spring 1525 it was for 50 days the prison of the French King Francesco I, kidnapped by the Spanish army in the battle of Pavia.In the rooms at the ground floor there are still some pieces of the frescos dating back to the first years of the Castle. The room at the second floor which was, according to the legend, the prison of the King has some interesting elements: a copy of the king’s armor, a window-seat and some paintings on the walls.

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The workshop-house of the painter from Casalmaggiore Giuseppe Diotti is a museum: it contains some artworks and drawings of Giuseppe Diotti, who was an important artist of the 19th Century painting school. The museum offers a an overview on the local modern painting school, which was particularly rich. A section is dedicated tot he materials of the atelier and it contains a specialized library, an area of holy art with some drawings and cartoons which testify the decorative activity of Cremona’s churches in the 20th Century.