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	Cremona
		ocated in the hills that surround Milan, Cremona was one of the largest DP camps in northern Italy and housed between 1,000 and 1,200 refugees in 1945-47.
		Founded by the UNRRA in the quarters of a requisitioned schoolhouse, Cremona DP camp suffered a severe clothing and food shortage in the summer of 1946, partially due to the difficulty of providing for a transient population.
		The shortage led to a decline in the population from nearly 1,100 in June 1946, to 950 in November 1946.
	www.ushmm.org /museum/exhibit/online/dp/camp3b.htm (191 words)

	Cremona - LoveToKnow 1911
		CREMONA, a city and episcopal see of Lombardy, Italy, the capital of the province of Cremona, situated on the N. bank of the Po, 155 ft. above sea-level, 60 m.
		Cremona was founded by the Romans in 218 B.C. (the same year as Placentia) as an outpost against the Gallic tribes.
		The commune of Cremona is first mentioned in a document of r098, recording its investiture by the countess Matilda with the territory known as Isola Fulcheria.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Cremona (1093 words)

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		Cremona is first mentioned in history as a settlement of the Cenomani, a Gallic(Celtic) tribe that arrived in the Po valley around 400 BC.
		Cremona quickly grew into one of the largest towns in northern Italy, as it was on the main road connecting Genoa to Aquileia, the Via Postumia.
		Cremona was rebuilt with the help of Vespasian himself, but it seems to have failed to regain its former prosperity as it disappeared from history until the sixth century, when it resurfaces as a military outpost of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire during the Gothic War.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cremona (1883 words)

	Pilgrims from Cremona
		I also greet the priests, the deacons, the consecrated persons, the men and women religious, the members of secular institutes, the seminarians and all the lay faithful, with a special thought for everyone involved in pastoral organizations and the tasks of the new evangelization.
		Lastly, I respectfully and cordially greet the Mayor of Cremona and all the authorities who have wished to be present at this meeting.
		The extraordinary figure of Homobonus, a cloth merchant, husband and father of a family, who was converted to the mystery of the Cross and became the "father of the poor", an artisan of reconciliation and peace, acquires exemplary value as a call to conversion.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2000/jan-mar/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20000304_cremona_en.html (506 words)

	Jewish and Kosher Italy - Lombardy - Cremona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Located in the hills that surround Milan, Cremona was one of the largest DP camps in northern Italy and housed between 1,000 and 1,200 refugees in 1945-47...
		Cremona: expulsion in 1597 and Rabbis of Cremona
		Cremona, founded by the Romans in 218 BC, is quite simply the violin capital of the world...
	www.kosherdelight.com /ItalyLombardyCremona.htm (218 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cremona
		Cremona is a city (31,661 in 1901) in the Province of Lombardy, Italy, on the left bank of the Po.
		Thenceforth Cremona became a citadel of Ghibellinism and was greatly favoured by Frederic Barbarossa and Frederick II, though for the same reason frequently at war with the neighbouring cities.
		The cathedral of Cremona is a splendid specimen of Romanesque architecture, dates from the beginning of the twelfth century, and is noted for its facade in alternate courses of red and white marble.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04483a.htm (608 words)

	Cremona - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cremona, city, northern Italy, capital of Cremona Province, in Lombardy (Lombardia) Region, on the Po River.
		Cremona, Luigi (1830-1903), Italian mathematician who is famous for his work in projective geometry.
		Cremona was born in Pavia, Italy, and educated...
	encarta.msn.com /Cremona.html (80 words)

	Cremona Violins
		I've interviewed Cremona Violins http://www.cremonaviolins.com/ and welcome you to learn more about their violins.
		It is about an Association of Violin & Bow Makers of Cremona and its province.
		It is possible to find all the information about the Consorzio itself and there also exists the chance to know the Permanent Exhibit of contemporary instruments made by the members.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/violin/39539 (358 words)

	Cremona - Lombardia - Italy
		Cremona is situated on the left shore of Po river in the middle of the Pianura padana (Po valley).
		In the later Middle Ages, Cremona took the side of the Ghibellines in the struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
		From the 16th century onwards, Cremona was renowned as a center of musical instrument manufacture, beginning with the violins of the Amati family, and later including the production of the Guarneri and Stradivari shops.
	www.italyworldclub.com /lombardia/cremona/cremona.htm (373 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - CREMONA: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1582 a Christian, having murdered a Jew, was punished on complaint of the community; whereupon the Christian citizens of Cremona sent a deputation to Philip II.
		When the Bishop of Cremona was elevated to the papacy in 1590 as Gregory XIV., the Jews were in danger of being plundered, and dared not leave their houses for several days.
		The inhabitants of Cremona and Padua, however, offered considerable sums of money to Philip as an inducement to expel the Jews, and, advised thereto by his confessor, he acceded to their wishes.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=873&letter=C (1218 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Stradivarius Violins
		If there is no maker convenient to your area, you may elect to send to one of these members three fl-and-white photographs of your violin showing straight-on front, side, and back views of the instrument.
		Antonio Stradivari was born in 1644, and established his shop in Cremona, Italy, where he remained active until his death in 1737.
		This inscription indicates the maker (Antonio Stradivari), the town (Cremona), and "made in the year," followed by a date that is either printed or handwritten.
	www.si.edu /Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/stradv.htm (748 words)

	AllRefer.com - Cremona, Italy (Italian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		B.C.) a Roman colony, Cremona was in the Middle Ages an independent commune frequently at war with Milan until its surrender to that city in 1344.
		It was known in the Middle Ages as a center of learning, in the late Renaissance for a school of painting founded (16th cent.) by Giulio Campi, and later (17th–18th cent.) for the violins made by the Amati, the Guarneri, the Stradivari, and their successors.
		The cathedral (12th–16th cent.), the tall campanile, the baptistery, the city hall (13th cent.), and the Soldiers' Loggia (13th cent.) adorn Cremona's impressive main square.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Cremona.html (237 words)

	Gerard of Cremona Summary
		Born in Cremona in Italy, Gerard eventually died in 1187 in Toledo, Spain.
		Gerard of Cremona is remembered not for any original contributions to scientific knowledge, but rather for his role as a translator.
		Gerard of Cremona's Latin translation of an Arabic text was the only version of Ptolemy’s Almagest that was known in Western Europe for centuries, until George of Trebizond and then Johannes Regiomontanus translated it from the Greek originals in the 15th century.
	www.bookrags.com /Gerard_of_Cremona (1382 words)

	Cremona, Italy
		The provincial capital of Cremona lies in the fertile North Italian plain just north of the Po, near the mouth of the River Adda, some 70km/43mi southeast of Milan, the capital of Lombardy.
		Today efforts are made to perpetuate this musical tradition by means of concerts, etc. In Cremona there is an Institute of Professional Violin Makers, and in the cultural center exhibitions on the same theme are held.
		Cremona was also the birthplace of the composer Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643).
	www.planetware.com /italy/cremona-i-lo-cr.htm (209 words)

	Municipality of Cremona - TOURIST INFORMATION - The Torrazzo
		Its inspirational source is the Lombardy, Romanesque dome covering and particular tower originating in Burgundy (end of the 12th century) in a harmonic fusion; implications to which there could be added an affinity between the Cremonese monuments and some towers of the Moorish-influenced Christian world.
		The Torrazzo, too, like other examples in Lombardy, including the facade of the duomo of Cremona in the phase of the early 14th century, reflects a significant change in taste expressed mainly in the modulation of the walls, substantially pictorial rather than architectural.
		The marble crown, characterised by exquisite decorative elements, complete in chromatic terms and in lighting technique with its shaft in double-walled brickwork, giving it a conspicuous ascensional emphasis, further underlined by the octagonal two-layered spire and by its vertically narrowing width.
	old.comune.cremona.it /doc_comu/info/torrazzo/engl_info_torrazzo.shtm (237 words)

	ItalianVisits.com - Welcome to Cremona, Lombardia, Italy
		The Romans conquered Cremona in the year 218 BC, and together with Piacenza, it grew and prospered into one of the largest cities in northern Italy: it was conveniently situated along the main commercial road that connected Genoa to Aquileia - the Via Postumia.
		Cremona can be very hot during the summer months, due to its wide-open, sun-baked location on the plain, so close to the Po River.
		Cremona is so renowned, in fact, for its violins and its rich musical history, that many strugle to name some of its other delightful aspects...of which, there are many!
	www.italianvisits.com /lombardia/cremona/index.htm (925 words)

	Italy Magazine - Focus on Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta - News, holiday, property, food and drink
		Cremona digs confirms Tacitus’s account of city’s destruction
		Piazza Marconi is not in the heart of Cremona but lies within the boundaries of the ancient city walls.
		The sack of Cremona occurred in the “Year of the Four Emperors”, the period of civil war that followed Nero’s forced suicide in 68 AD.
	www.italymag.co.uk /italy_regions/piedmont_lombardy_valle_d_aosta/2005/history/cremona-digs-confirms-tacituss-account-of-citys-destruction (730 words)

	Sumiko Audio : Sonus faber
		Inspired by the development of the Cremona, the Cremona auditor offers much of Cremona’s qualities in a smaller and less expensive.
		When high-resolution performance is required, the Cremona auditor is the ideal choice for listening rooms where the larger Cremona would be impractical or excessive.
		Meticulously fitted into the highly braced lute-shaped cabinet consisting of 32 pieces of solid and laminated maple these drivers are optimized for high acoustic output and dynamic range that belies the speaker’s physical size.
	www.sumikoaudio.net /sonus/prod_cremonaauditor.htm (241 words)

	Case in vendita e appartamenti in affitto a Cremona e provincia - Consulta le offerte immobiliari di Eurekasa.
		Case in vendita e appartamenti in affitto a Cremona e provincia - Consulta le offerte immobiliari di Eurekasa.
		Su Eurekasa inoltre puoi trovare un ampio numero di negozi, locali commerciali, attività commerciali, uffici, capannoni, a Cremona e nella provincia di Cremona.
		Adiacenze cremona, a circa 6 Km di distanza, PALAZZINA CIELO TERRA, disposta su tre livelli per complessivi 550 mq oltre piano interrato di circa 115 mq, divisa in sette unità, insistente su area cortilizia, da ristrutturare.
	annunci-casa.eurekasa.it /vendita/residenziale/Lombardia/Cremona/Cremona.html (809 words)

	Cremona Vacation Rentals, Cremona Rentals, CyberRentals
		Cremona Vacation Rentals can feature Condos, cabins, villas, cottages and vacation homes in Cremona Italy.
		Cremona Condos, cabins, villas, cottages and vacation homes in Italy are an affordable vacation lodging option and are perfect to rent for family vacations, group travel, weddings, honeymoons, family reunions or anytime you want more space than a hotel room provides.
		To search Cremona Vacation Rentals available for rent for specific travel dates enter your dates in the search boxes in the above left navigation area.
	www.cyberrentals.com /Cremona/s/1246/fa/find.squery (133 words)

	Encyclopedia of Organ Stops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This name is an English corruption of Krummhorn, and has been used mainly as a synonym for Clarinet.
		In the past, some organ builders have incorrectly interpreted it as indicating a violin, after the Italian city of Cremona, famed for its violins.
		Cremona 4' (flue), Schwellwerk; Propsteikirche, Beckum, Germany; Klais 1913.
	www.organstops.org /c/Cremona.html (236 words)

	Provincia di Cremona
		Le idee, gli attori, gli strumenti per efficaci politiche di sviluppo integrato del territorio provinciale (segue...).
		Gian Antonio Stella l'11 ottobre a Cremona (segue...)
		Periodico informativo sul mercato del lavoro in provincia di Cremona (numero 1 - numero 2 - numero 3 - numero 4 - numero 5 - numero 6).
	www.provincia.cremona.it (422 words)

	italian violin maker from Cremona Italy violinmaker - Violini di Cremona Italia Vittorio e Marcello Villa maestri liutai
		In their workshop in Cremona, Italy, they make violins, violas, cellos, bowed baroque instruments according to Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati's violinmaking style.
		Marcello Villa was born in Monza in 1965.
		He graduated in 1983 at the International School of Violin-making in Cremona, obtaining the highest possible merit in his final year.
	www.violini-villa.com (457 words)

	Hotel Cremona, Hotels Cremona, Welcome, Cremona, Hospitality Cremona, Lodge Cremona, Lodges Cremona, Lodging Cremona, ...
		Lying near the left bank of the Po, the city of Cremona is a crossroads between the Po valley and the cities of Piacenza, Mantova, Brescia and Milano.
		Cremona is unique for its wealth of magnificent architecture: the Mediaeval Piazza del Comune, the 12th-century Baptistery, and the Romanesque cathedral.
		Cremona owes much of its fame to the violin-making art of Stradivarius.
	www.emmeti.it /Welcome/Lombardia/ProvCremona/Cremona/index.uk.html (141 words)

	Cremona — Infoplease.com
		74,113), capital of Cremona prov., Lombardy, N Italy, on the Po...
		Cremonas - Cremonas Violins of the greatest excellence; so called from Cremona, where for many years lived...
		Cremona - Cremona An organ stop, a corruption of the Italian cormorne, which is the German krummhorn, an...
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/cremona.html (174 words)

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