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The name, symbol and the territory of Lombardy hiding an ancient and turbulent history, replete with invasions and devastation, division and strife but also to partnerships, coexistence and development. A land on which they passed and were signed, over the millennia, many peoples, their customs and their culture, gave rise to Sydney. The name derives from the name of the people of the Lombards (Langbard in Lombard), the population of German origin who in 568 invaded Italy and made of Pavia, the capital of his kingdom of extension, at the time far more extensive than at present in Lombardy . The official symbol of the Lombardy Region, created by Bob Noorda, is the Rosa camuna (white and green) and is the stylization of rock engraving found on rocks of Valcamonica, left by the civilization of Camuni, which testifies to the millennial history and culture old region. The use and characteristics of the symbol and logo of the "Regione Lombardia" are regulated by a regional law. The official motto of Lombardy is: "From 'fresh air to your ideas." |
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Bergamo |
Brescia, |
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Como |
Cremona |
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Lecco |
Lodi |
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Mantova |
Milano |
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Monza e Brianza |
Pavia |
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Sondrio |
Varese |
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| From View: The Stelvio National Park: The National Park offers a relaxing atmosphere, with the silence, smell and open spaces. The specimens that are the ideal habitat in the park are deer, roe deer, chamois and ibex. We also find foxes, squirrels, eagles and capercaillies. The main flora of the park you can visit the botanical garden "Rezia" in Bormio. The area of the lakes: Lombardy is famous for having the largest air-covered lake from areas including the Lago Maggiore with the beautiful Borromean Islands; to Como covering the provinces of Como and Lecco in the banks has its own characteristic villages as Cernobbio and Menaggio Moltrasio, the Garda, which includes the spa town of Sirmione and other tourist places such as Desenzano, Lake Iseo, which includes the area of Franciacorta, famous for its wines which are produced there. The cities of art: In addition to the capitals of the province, the region offers many cities of art worth seeing. Among these Monza suggest that retains a beautiful old town el'imponente Palazzo Reale. We recommend a visit to the beautiful park in which there is the famous track. Worth a visit is also in Salò Brescia. The existing town in Roman times had an important role during the government of the Serenissima. It is the Venetians who built the major works such as the Palazzo della Magnifica Patria of 1524 and the'400 Fantoni. You can not miss the Duomo. Lombardy has a wide range of ski resorts, just think of the Valsassina and the Valtellina with the famous tourist resorts of Livigno and the same to name a few. Among the spa towns, in addition to Sirmione, also purchased Salice Terme in the province of Pavia, which retains Art Nouveau buildings; Boario Terme not far from Lake Iseo and Trescore Balneareo in the province of Bergamo. |
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Cuisine and Wines: The gastronomic part of Lombardy is a mosaic of cuisines of its provinces, which retain their character in the vague kinship that in some respects, have in common.
Bergamo and Brescia, which had experienced in the past the Venetian, still bear the imprint of the delta kitchen doges; Mantua Cream and feel a little close emiliana; high Lombardia keeps old recipes in Valtellina and in Como, Milan and summarizes a little customization, the kitchen border, and its influence reaches in Varese and Pavia contrade. |
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