Castelleone (;
locally ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Cremona
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The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the ...
in the
Italian region of
Lombardy, located about southeast of
Milan
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and about northwest of
Cremona
Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...
.
Castelleone borders the following municipalities:
Cappella Cantone,
Fiesco,
Gombito
Gombito ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona.
Gombito borders the following municipalities: Bertonico, Castell ...
,
Izano,
Madignano
Madignano ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. As of 31 December 2006, it had a population of 2,977 and an area o ...
,
,
San Bassano,
Soresina
Soresina ( Soresinese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona.
It received the honorary title of city with a presidential dec ...
,
Trigolo.
Main sights
*Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Misericordia, built in 1513-1516 by
Agostino de Fondulis in Renaissance style.
*Church of Santa Maria in Bressanoro, commissioned in the 15th century by
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti (31 March 1425 – 28 October 1468) was Duchess of Milan from 1450 to 1468 by marriage to Francesco I Sforza. She was regent of Marche during the absence of her spouse in 1448. She served as Regent of the Duchy of Milan dur ...
. It has Renaissance frescoes of the ''Life of Jesus''
*Parish church of St. Philip and James (1551), with a Renaissance-style exteriori and a
Baroque exterior.
*Isso Tower (11th century)
Transportation
Castelleone has a railway station on the
Treviglio–Cremona line.
References
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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