Comune di Crema
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Cremona (CR)
Mayor	Bruno Bruttomesso (since May 28, 2007)
Elevation	79 m
Area	34 km²
Population
- Total (as of 2001)	32,913
- Density	968/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	45°22′N, 9°41′E
Gentilic	Cremaschi
Dialing code	0373
Postal code	26013
Frazioni	Santo Stefano, Mosi, Vergonzana, Ombriano, Sabbioni, Santa Maria della Croce, San Carlo, Crema Nuova, Porta Nova, SS Trinità, San Bernardino, Castelnuovo, San Giacomo
Patron	Saint Pantaleo
- Day	June 10
Location of Crema in Italy
Website: www.comunecrema.it

The Cathedral of Crema.

Crema is a town in the province of Cremona, in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is built along the river Serio at 43 km from Cremona. It is also the seat of a Catholic Bishop. Crema's main economic activities traditionally relate to agriculture and cattle breeding, but Its manufactures include now cheese, iron products and cotton and wool textiles. Inhabitants are called cremaschi, singular cremasco. Image File history File links Logo_comune. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia, Lombard: Lumbardìa) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Cremona (It. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Italy_Regions_220px_(including_Pelagie_Islands). ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Image File history File links Crema_duomo. ... Image File history File links Crema_duomo. ... Cremona (It. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia, Lombard: Lumbardìa) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... The Serio is a river that flow interactly in Lombardia and cross the province of Bergamo and Cremona. ... 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). ... This article is about a title or office in religious bodies. ...

History

Crema's origins has been linked to the Lombard invasion of 6th century CE, the name deriving from the Lombard term Krem meaning "little hill". Other authorities put its foundation back to the 4th century CE, when Milan was capital of the Western Roman Empire. According to another version, it was instead an even more ancient Celtic or Etruscan settlement. The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence comes the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... The Western Roman Empire is the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 286. ... This article is about the European people. ... Map showing the extent of the Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ...

Crema first appears in historical documents in the 11th century, as a possession of the counts of Camisano. It was then ruled by Boniface, margrave of Tuscany, and his daughter Matilde. In 1098, Matilde gave the town as a gift to the Bishop of Cremona. During this period the prosperity of Crema's territory began as agriculture was boosted and the Humiliates' Order introduced the working of wool, which was to be the area's main economic activity till the 19th century. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Boniface III (also numbered IV) (c. ... Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Matilda of Tuscany from (1115) Matilda, countess of Tuscany (1046 – July 24, 1115), called La Gran Contessa, was the principal Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the investiture controversy, and is one of the few medieval women to be remembered for her military accomplishments. ... Events First Crusade: end of the siege of Antioch. ... 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). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1159, after it had made an alliance with Milan against the Ghibelline Cremona, Crema was besieged, stormed and destroyed by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. The siege of Crema was marked by several episode of brutality. The Germans hung some Cremaschi prisoners to their siege machines hoping the defenders would not fire against their fellows. However, this expedient did not work, and turned into a slaughter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinals are given the right of election of the Pope. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting, respectively, the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in Italy during the 12th century and 13th century. ... Frederick in a 13th century Chronicle Frederick I (German: Friedrich I. von Hohenstaufen)(1122 – June 10, 1190), also known as Friedrich Barbarossa (Frederick Redbeard) was elected king of Germany on March 4, 1152 and crowned Holy Roman Emperor on June 18, 1155. ...

After the Peace of Constance (1185) the city was allowed to be rebuilt as a castrum ("castle"). Henry VI give it back to his allied Cremonese. A period as a free commune followed, in which however the tendency to partisan struggles, typical of the Northern Italy communes of that age, soon showed. In any case, the city was reinforced with new walls, ditches and gates (1199), and a network of canals further improved agriculture. In the 13th century Crema was also enriched with its famous Cathedral and the Palazzo Pretorio. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Events April 25 - Genpei War - Naval battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan. ... Henry VI (November 1165 – 28 September 1197) was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197, Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King of Sicily from 1194 to 1197. ... Events John Lackland, becomes King of England Births Isobel of Huntingdon (d. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

The communal autonomy ended in 1335, when the city surrendered to Gian Galeazzo Visconti, whose family held the city until the end of the century. In 1361 Crema was touched by the Black Death. A brief period of rule by the Guelph Benzoni family followed (Bartolomeo and Paolo from 1403 to 1405, then their nephew Giorgio until 1423). The seignory passed again to the Visconti, and, from 1449 onwards, to the Republic of Venice. Events Abu Said dies and the Ilkhan khanate ends Slavery abolished in Sweden Charles I of Hungary allies with Poland against the Hapsburgs and Bohemians Carinthia and Carniola come under Habsburg rule. ... A 19th century version of Giangaleazzo Visconti. ... Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411) The Black Death, or Black Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. ... Events July 21 - Battle of Shrewsbury. ... Events May 29 - Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, meets Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them June 8 - Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, executed in... Events July 31 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ... Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Italian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789-1797 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 727 (697)  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000. ...

As a Venetian inland province, Crema obtained numerous privileges and was safe from the economic decline of the nearby Duchy of Milan under the Spanish rule. It kept a substantial autonomy, which permitted a program of new buildings. These included a new line of wall, the rebuilding of the Palazzo Comunale (1525-1533), the Palazzo della Notaria, now Palazzo Vescovile. In 1580 Crema became a diocese and built the new, splendid church of Santa Maria della Croce (1490). The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1395 to 1797. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ...

The 17th century saw the beginning of the decadence of the city, caused by the fall of its industrial activities, although agriculture continued to flourish. In 1796 an Academy of Agriculture was founded. After the fall of the Serenissima in 1797, the French army deposed the last podestà and created a municipality. At first Crema formed the province of Crema-Lodi, but later it was annexed to the province of Cremona. In 1814, Napoleon’s Empire fell apart, and Crema became an Austrian possession. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Crema was annexed to Italy in the Risorgimento. Thenceforth it was a part of the Italian Kingdom and, after World War II, of the Italian Republic. Italian unification, also known as Risorgimento (resurrection), was a historical process by which the Kingdom of Sardinia (ruled by the Savoy dynasty with Turin as its capital) gradually conquered the Italian peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Modena, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy...

Santa Maria della Croce. Restoration

Crema gave birth to many illustrious people: the painters Civerchio, Buso and Urbino; the musicians Petrali, Giovanni Bottesini, Benzi and Cavalli; the mathematician Giovanni Vailati, the journalist Giuseppe (Beppe) Severgnini and the poet Pesadori. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Giovanni Bottesini. ...

According to documents held in the archives of the Diocese, Crema was also the town of origin of the Mastai Ferretti, the Senigallian family of Pope Pius IX. Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Elevation 3 m Area 115 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 43,899  - Density 359/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Senigalliesi Dialing code 071 Postal code 60019 Frazioni see list Patron St. ... Pope Pius IX (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from his election in June 16, 1846, until his death more than 31 years later in 1878, making him the longest-reigning Pope since the Apostle St. ...

Crema is also the hometown of writer and journalist Beppe Severgnini Beppe Severgnini Giuseppe Severgnini (born December 26, 1956 in Crema), commonly known as Beppe, is a well-known Italian journalist, writer and columnist. ...

Main sights

Crema's main monuments include:

• The Duomo (Cathedral) in Lombard-Gothic style, with a tall bell-tower completed in 1604
• The church of Santa Maria della Croce (St. Mary of the Cross) built in 1493-1500 by Giovanni Battacchio and Antonio Montanari
• The church of the Santo Spirito (16th century).
• The Palazzo Comunale ("Town Hall").
• The Palazzo Pretorio.
• The Palazzo Vescovile.

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Sister cities

• Melun, France since 2001