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	Cremona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cremona is a city in Northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left shore of the Po river in the middle of the Pianura padana (Po valley).
		It is the capital of the province of Cremona.
		In 1446 Cremona was encircled by the condottieri troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Verme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cremona (1690 words)

	Jewish and Kosher Italy - Lombardy - Cremona
		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)

	Search Results for Cremona
		Cremona, the capital of the Cremona region of Lombardy was situated on the north bank of the Po River southeast of Milan.
		Cremona transformations have been used for studying rational surfaces, for the resolution of singularities of plane and space curves, and for the study of elliptic integrals and Riemann surfaces.
		In November 1877, Cremona was appointed to the chair of higher mathematics at the University of Rome.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Search/historysearch.cgi?SUGGESTION=Cremona&CONTEXT=1 (2760 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 (208 words)

	Cremona, Italy: Violin Making ~ by Will Sullivan
		The floor of Antonia's flat in Cremona, Italy is covered with curvaceous, delicate wood shavings, and broken edges of overstretched strings.
		In Italy, beauty is ubiquitous, in the clothes, the cars, the food, the wine and most notably the art.
		For while much of Italy’s beauty is vividly apparent on the surface of everyday life, the violin, an instrument of pure human longing and passion, requires a look beneath the surface, beyond the drab gray buildings that blur seamlessly into the gray autumn sky.
	www.escapeartist.com /efam/52/cremona_Italy.html (1397 words)

	Pilot Guides.com:Stradivarius and the history of violin making in Cremona
		Cremona claims to be the birthplace of the violin and it has been its champion since 1566 when Andrea Amati invented the prototype modern violin from the viol - the Medieval fiddle.
		Although he was well renowned as a violin maker during his lifetime, his instruments did not become popular until the beginning of the nineteenth century when the incisive and powerful yet clear tone was found to be ideal for either the intimacy of the chamber music salon or the vastness of an orchestral auditorium.
		If you go to Cremona you have to visit the comune in the main square, which houses one of the most impressive collections of 18th century violins in the world including Stradivari and the famous golden cremonese 1715.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/europe/italy/cremona.php (720 words)

	Rare Prints
		This map of Cremona is one of my favorites, it is a print of the territories and dioceses of Cremona printed in 1704.
		This print "The Cathedral of Cremona" is fun beyond the beauty of main piazza of Cremona: the print shows gentlemen wearing tricorni, (three-cornered hats), women in hoop dresses, and generally the City life of 1843.
		Cremona was once known as the "City of a Hundred Towers"; this work, printed in Venice, shows the in three dimensions the many, many towers of the city.
	www.musafianorthamerica.com /rare_prints.htm (1242 words)

	Italian Violins - Violini di Cremona - Violins
		Cremona was the birthplace of the Amatis, Stradivari, Bergonzi, Guarneri del Gesu, Ceruti and Storioni.
		Over the years, Cremona produced great artists, musicians and scientists, all of whom have had their impact on the evolution of the violin family since its invention.
		We at Violini di Cremona are dedicated in acquiring the finest hand made Italian stringed instruments for you, the stringed instrument player.
	www.violinidicremona.com /about.html (137 words)

	Cremona, Lombardy, Pictures
		Cremona, city, northern Italy, capital of Cremona Province, in Lombardy (Lombardia) Region, on the Po River.
		Cremona is a bishopric see and is notable for its numerous churches.
		During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, Cremona was internationally famous for the violins made there by successive generations of the Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari families.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Cremona_city_and_Province_regional_capital.html (230 words)

	Cremona - Lombardia - Italy
		Cremona is situated on the left shore of Po river in the middle of the Pianura padana (Po valley).
		Founded in 218 BC by the Romans as a military outpost, it quickly grew into one of the largest towns in northern Italy, and was prosperous until 69 when it was destroyed after the second battle of Betriacum.
		In the later Middle Ages, Cremona took the side of the Ghibellines in the struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
	www.italyworldclub.com /lombardia/cremona/cremona.htm (371 words)

	Travel Journal - Northern Italy Tour
		I think travel in these areas of Italy is really what a trip to Italy is all above: easy driving from town to town, enjoying the lush scenery of the Regions and of course, eating a fine array of food and enjoying vwery good wine.
		I think travel in these areas of Italy is really what a trip to Italy is all above: easy driving from town to town, enjoying the lush scenery of the Regions and of course, eating and fine array of food and enjoying good wine.
		Cremona is known for its cathedral, nougat and violins.
	www.marcuslink.com /travel/italy-north.html (1078 words)

	Italy’s Po River @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Italy’s Po River Punished for centuries by destructive floods, northern Italians stubbornly embrace their nation’s longest river, which nurtures rice fields, vineyards, fisheries—and legends.
		The Po’s waters, fed by 141 tributaries draining a catchment basin of 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers), created the Val Padana, the plain that stretches across northern Italy from the French border on the west to the Adriatic Sea on the east.
		It was during this trip to Italy that Thomas Jefferson discovered that Piedmont rice was a species superior to rice grown in the U.S. and could be husked by machine.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0205/feature6 (892 words)

	AllRefer.com - Cremona, Italy (Italian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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)

	Home Page
		Musafia Cremona - Italy Cases for violin and viola.
		These makers know that while the "Cremona" label may get their foot in the door, the over all quality of their instruments must still be better than the competition (from both new and older instruments).
		Cremona Exhibition The 9th annual event (beginning Fall '06) will again bring more than 100 violins, violas, and cellos to the United States.
	www.musafianorthamerica.com (736 words)

	Delicious Italy - Crema, Cremona and Cremeno in Lombardia region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cremona was already a prestigious municipality in medieval times.
		Cremona offers over two thousand years of history and is surprisingly still fairly undiscovered.
		It is a varied area where tradition, culture and gastronomy have blended with such harmony that it should be visited in a discerning way.
	www.deliciousitaly.com /cremona.htm (183 words)

	A Cremonese Sound: The Violin Makers of Cremona, Italy - Martin Gani
		These three families of violin makers not only invented the modern violin but took this noble art to such a height that experts are still laboring to discover the secrets behind the masterfully crafted instruments no one seems able to re-create today.
		It is not by coincidence that these violins of inestimable value are kept in Cremona, a provincial city of some eighty thousand situated fifty-three miles southeast of Milan.
		Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari families were born and worked in Cremona and brought much fame and pride to their native city.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/2001/february/Sa21251.htm (334 words)

	Cremona villa rentals, Cremona villa rentals Italy, Cyber Rentals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Due Colonne is in a newly renovated (2005) building in the historic district of Cremona.
		Your apartment in Cremona is centrally located to many other wonderful destinations in northern Italy: In about one hour you can tour: Milano, Verona, Parma, Mantova, Lago di Garda, Castell'Arquato (a quaint medieval town), The Alps and others.
		Cremona itself has an excellent urban transport system, and from the train station Milan, Piacenza, Fidenza, Crema, Lodi, Parma, Mantua and Brescia can be reached directly in about an hour or under, with Modena, Pavia, Bergamo and Bologna Taking somewhat longer.
	www.cyberrentals.com /Italy/Lombardy/vacation-apartment-Cremona/p122224.htm (567 words)

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		Ahmed El Bouhali, Faycal Boughanemi and Abdelkader Laagoub are members of a fundamentalist Islamic terrorist organization established in Cremona, Italy in 1998 with the aim of committing terrorist attacks in Italy and other countries, including Morocco and Tunisia.
		Boughanemi was investigated and prosecuted by Italian authorities for participating in a criminal conspiracy to commit terrorist activities; he is in Italian custody.
		Laagoub was investigated and prosecuted by Italian authorities for participating in a criminal conspiracy to commit terrorist activities; he is in Italian custody.
	www.treas.gov /press/releases/js2668.htm (481 words)

	Romantic Northern Italy
		Cruise the fabled canals of Venice, explore the "Violin Town" of Cremona and marvel at the masterpieces of the Renaissance in the cities you will visit on this delightful holiday.You will also explore the islands of Venice's Lagoon as you visit both Burano and Murano.
		Cremona offers some very attractive churches and palaces, richly decorated with terra cotta tiles, as well as a harbor on the Po Canal.
		The city is also famous as the setting for the story of Romeo and Juliet.
	uniworld.com /Dunhill/landing/northernitaly.html (1097 words)

	Cremona hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Lombardy, by All-Hotels(tm) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 53 guestrooms has been recently renovated and the choice of furnishing is in keeping with Impero style.
		The Delli Arti Design Hotel has an innovative framework, it is located in the history center of Cremona that is famous for the...
		The 53 guestrooms have been recently renovated and the choice of furnishing is in keeping with Impero style.
	www.all-hotels.com /europe/italy/lombardy/cremona_e1.htm (582 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gerard of Cremona
		A twelfth-century student of Arabic science and translator from Arabic into Latin; born at Cremona, in 1114; died in 1187.
		Tiraboschi, in his "Storia della letteratura italiana", is at pains to refute the contention of some Spanish writers that Gerard was born, not at Cremona in Italy, but at Carmona in Spain.
		He died in the year 1187 and was buried in the church of St. Lucy at Cremona, to which he bequeathed his valuable library.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06468a.htm (286 words)

	Tenor viola by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1664
		Cremona, December 7, 1698) was the patriarch of the great Guarneri family of violin makers and the grandfather of the famous violin maker, Giuseppe Guarneri (del Gesù).
		It is remarkable that Andrea, as a toddler, survived the horrible plague that ravaged northern Italy between 1629-1630, killing more than 17,000 of Cremona's 37,000 inhabitants and almost half of nearby Brescia's population, including it's premier luthier, Giovanni Paolo Maggini (1580-ca.
		He then set up his own shop in Cremona and built the NMM's tenor viola when he was about 38 years old.
	www.usd.edu /smm/Violas/Guarneri3354/3354GuarneriViola.html (753 words)

	Cremona Shopping - Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
		This is the most famous candy store of Cremona - since 1836 - where the "torrone" (nougat) and "mostarda" (sweet, sour and pickled fruit) are produced with the trademark of Enea Sperlari.
		Owner of the first commercial license of the region, Sperlari was the supplier to the prince of Piedmont and the Queen Mother.
		These local specialties are bought and eaten especially during the Xmas period and particularly in the northern Italy.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Cremona-151777/Shopping-Cremona-R-1.html (224 words)

	Bernardino Gatti (Getty Museum)
		By 1543 he was working in Piacenza, where he completed Pordenone's frescoes in the dome of a church.
		He moved to Cremona six years later, where his commissions included a large religious fresco of 1552, notable for its vividly naturalistic portraits of contemporary noblemen in the guise of biblical characters.
		In the following year he returned to Cremona in order to paint a high altar for the city cathedral, but he died before finishing it.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=530&page=1 (142 words)

	Giulio Campi (Getty Museum)
		Leading member of an artistic dynasty in Cremona, Giulio Campi trained his much younger brother, with whom he sometimes collaborated; his own sons; and a group of pupils who dominated Cremonese painting in the last half of the 1500s.
		Around 1539, Campi and his rival were both painting decorations in Cremona's church of San Sigismondo.
		His frescoes and altarpiece typify an eclectic style combining Giulio Romano's monumental classicism with the elegant, sensuality of Parmigianino, influences also displayed in his rival's nervously rhythmic frescoes.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=2971&page=1 (177 words)

	Cremona villa rentals, Cremona villa rentals Italy, Cyber Rentals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cremona Vacation Rentals can feature Condos, cabins, villas, cottages and vacation homes in Italy.
		Condos, cabins, villas, cottages and vacation homes in Italy are an affordable vacation lodging option and are perfect 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 for specific travel dates enter your dates in the Search for specific available dates box below and to the right of this text.
	www.cyberrentals.com /Cremona/s/1246/fa/find.squery (156 words)

	Violoncello by Andrea Amati, Cremona, after 1538
		1505-1577) in Cremona, Italy, in the middle of the 16th century that the form of the instruments of the violin family as we know them today first crystallized.
		The King, as it is now called, is the earliest bass instrument of the violin family known to survive, built perhaps as early as 1538, originally with only three strings.
		In 1982, it was featured in an exhibition mounted for the Ente Triennale Internazionale degli Strumenti ad Arco at the Palazzo Comunale di Cremona, October 9-18.
	www.usd.edu /smm/Cellos/Amati/Amaticello.html (602 words)

	Cremona Hotels - Cremona Italy Hotel Reservations
		TravelEurope provides you with a wide variety of lodging and hotel options, from cheap accommodation to luxury hotels in Cremona.
		Quick and easy hotel reservations with instant confirmation and great value for money whether you travel for business or tourism all over Italy.
		Dellearti design hotel is in Via Bonomelli, 8 only 50 metres from the Torrazzo, the highest medieval bell tower in Europe which, flanking the Cathedral, soars above the m...
	www.traveleurope.it /itinerari/c/cremona.shtml (148 words)

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