Also the provincial little towns in Italy, as you know, nearly always deserve a visit.
If you want to discover one of them go to Lodi (and, by the way, do you remember the bawdy goliardic song?).
You’ll have the nice surprise of visiting a pleasant town center. Walk around its streets and squares and admire the buildings and the shops showing the local delicacies.
A feature to be observed is certainly the richness of the wrought iron of the handrails and of the gates closing the courtyards.
So Lodi really deserves to be visited and to be enjoyed |
Among the most notable buildings and churches we mention for example:
Palazzo Broletto (the Town Hall - 1284) built next to the cathedral of the Vergine Assunta (1158), the church of the Beata Vergine Incoronata (a masterwork of the Lombard Renaissance), the church of San Lorenzo (one of the oldest of Lodi), Palazzo Mozzanica (maybe the best example of the local patrician residences) and finally the head office of the Banca Popolare planned by Renzo Piano.
We can’t forget the local products:
the cheeses as the Granone (the father of all the Parmesan cheeses), the mascarpone, the pannerone and the typical raspadüra (very thin slices of young Parmesan)
the sausages
and the desserts as the tortionata (an almond cake), the Amaretti Fanfullini (a sort of macaroons) and the gnam-gnam.
To know more:
wikipedia |