Cremona
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Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the
Panorama of Cremona
The defence of the Carroccio during the battle of Legnano (1176) by Amos Cassioli (1832–1891)
Cremona in the 17th century
Po river in Cremona in the 18th century
Antonio Stradivari
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Antonio Stradivari was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, Stradivarius, as well as the coll
Cremona
…Cremona is especially noted for its musical history and traditions, including some of the earliest and most renowned luthiers, such as Giuseppe Guarneri, Antonio Stradivari, Francesco Rugeri, Vincenzo Rugeri, and several members of the Amati family. Cremona is first mentioned in history as a settlement of the Cenomani, a…
1712 copy of an unauthenticated portrait, possibly after a 1691 original
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero