Crema, Lombardy
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Crema is a city and comune in the province of Cremona, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is built along the river Serio at 43 km from Cremona. It is also the seat of the Catholic Bishop
Town Hall in Piazza Duomo
Santissima Trinità church
Palazzo Terni Gregori
Palazzo Vescovile, official residence of the bishop
Crema Cathedral
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The Crema Cathedral, is the main and oldest place of worship of the Catholic faith in the city of Crema, serving as the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Crema.
Crema, Lombardy
…new walls, ditches and gates (1199), and a network of canals further improved agriculture. In the 13th century Crema was also enriched with its famous cathedral and the Palazzo Pretorio. The communal independence ended in 1335, when the city surrendered to Gian Galeazzo Visconti, whose family held the city until…
The facade
Layout of the pre-Barbarossa cathedral (detail from the synoptic panel located in the crypt)
The cathedral in 1891, without pinnacles, with the southern wall altered by 17th-century chapels and peculiar "bean-shaped" windows
Detail of the right bifora