Gradella is a village in the

province of Cremona The province of Cremona (; Cremunés dialect, Cremunés: ; ; Emilian dialects, Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section of Pa ...

in Italy. It is a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' of the ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' of

Pandino Pandino ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. Pandino borders the following municipalities: Agnadello, Dovera, Monte Cr ...

. It is one of

I Borghi più belli d'Italia () is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the a ...

("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

History

The origins of Gradella come back to the

Early Middle Ages The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages (historiography), Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century. They marked the start o ...

(probably between the 8th and the 9th centuries), and it had to be a lombard garrison with a castle probably destroyed in the 13th century.Giorgio Zucchelli, Le ville storiche del Cremasco, vol. 1, Libreria editrice Buona Stampa, Comune (Italia) 1997

Main sights

* The parish church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Bassian, 19th century

Notable people

Egidio Miragoli Egidio Miragoli is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Mondovì since September 2017. Biography Egidio Miragoli was born in Gradella, a frazione of Pandino, in 1955, and was ordained a priest on 23 June 1979 ...

, (born 1955) bishop of

Mondovì Mondovì (; , ) is a town and ''comune'' (township) in Piedmont, northern Italy, about from Turin. The area around it is known as the Monregalese. The town, located on the Monte Regale hill, is divided into several '' rioni'' (ancient quart ...

References

Cities and towns in Lombardy Frazioni of the province of Cremona Borghi più belli d'Italia {{Lombardy-geo-stub