Monuments to visit Lombardy

Mr 1 San Babila. This is the Milanese housing of the family of major conductor Arturo Toscanini.

Dating back to the th century, it has a beautiful facade characterized by a wrought iron balustrade and a beautiful, quiet inner courtyard.

Imposing, the ramparts are flanked on their northern side by six semi-circular towers. Well preserved, they contain dwellings from the medieval period.

The interior is famous for two preserved frescoes from the games room. It is visible in the week by large windows.

Built by Giuseppe Piermarini (1781), this palace is one of the finest examples of Milanese neoclassical architecture. Inside, a monumental staircase and a gallery whose vault is decorated by a fresco by Martin Knoller.

This medieval tower, which dominates the foundations of a th century Roman palace, is an example of how the lords of the Upper Middle Ages affirmed their authority.

In the tower of this castle, 800 Swiss soldiers were burned alive by French soldiers. After the defeat of Pavia and before being made prisoner, François I found refuge on a farm in the vicinity where a peasant was cooking soup. According to the use of the time, soups were consumed in a bowl with soaked bread. Intimidated by the high rank of the king and wanting to make beautiful figure, the peasants ran to the chicken hen, took two eggs and broke them directly in hot soup. This was one of the most typical recipes of the region, the pavese pavese, which is still preparing today with hot broth, crusts of dry bread and fresh egg.

A large medieval tower overlooking the town of Pizzighettone. His museum retains several documents relating to the Battle of Pavia.

Here you will find an admirable reproduction of the armor of François I.

The largest fortress in the Duchy of Milan. It is here that François I was imprisoned a few months before being sent to Madrid.

Built in the th century by Canon Giovanni Perego, this beautiful palace saw the work of the greatest architects of the time. Among them Piermarini, author of La Scala in Milan and Villa Reale in Monza, and Simone Cantone who succeeded Villa Olmo in Como. The previous chapel (th century) is decorated with frescoes from the Bergognone.