Cremona (ita)

Cremona

Cremona ranks 472nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ufa, Almaty, and Paterson, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Cremona include Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Stradivari, and Sofonisba Anguissola. Memorable people who died in Cremona include Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri, and Nicola Amati. Cremona has been the birth place of many writers, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Cremona is located in Italy.

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 Pianura Padana. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city and province governments. The city of 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. Read more on Wikipedia