| If you are looking for a European tourist
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| | International School of Violin Making and
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| destination, consider the Lombardy region
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| | Stradivarius Museum.
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| of northern Italy. This beautiful area
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| | Mantua is a city of about fifty thousand.
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| might be an ideal vacation spot. You can
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| | Romeo fled to Mantua after killing
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| get classic Italian food, and wash it
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| | Juliet's cousin in a swordfight. The
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| down with fine local wine. Some parts of
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| | 500-room Palazzo Ducale was built between
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| Lombardy are relatively undiscovered by
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| | the Fourteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
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| tourists. This article presents Lombardy
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| | Its centerpiece, the Wedding Chamber room
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| outside the capital Milan or the
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| | took seven years to paint. When you see
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| beautiful Lake districts, described in
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| | it, you'll know why. Don't forget to look
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| companion articles in this series.
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| | at the ceiling.
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| Over the millennia Lombardy has been in
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| | The Sixteenth Century suburban Palazzo Te
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| the hands of numerous invaders from the
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| | is one of the greatest Renaissance
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| Etruscans and the Gauls, to the Spaniards
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| | palaces. Make sure to see Cupid and
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| and the Lombards, among others. They all
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| | Psyche's Room showing a wedding with
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| left their mark.
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| | interesting and unusual guests. The walls
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| The internationally known University of
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| | contain Seventeenth Century graffiti.
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| Pavia was founded in 1361 and is still
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| | Cremona is known for Mostarda, mustard
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| going strong. Visit Pavia's Fourteenth
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| | flavored candied fruits that accompany
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| Century Visconteo Castle now home to the
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| | Bollito Misto, mixed boiled meats. A
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| Municipal Museum filled with great
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| | local version includes calf's head, veal
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| paintings and archeological material. The
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| | tongue, and pig's foot. See our companion
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| Cathedral's dome is the third largest in
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| | article I Love Touring Italy - Small Town
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| Italy. Pavia's top attraction is the
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| | Lombardy for a sample menu and more
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| Fifteenth Century Charterhouse of Pavia
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| | information on Lombardy wines plus an
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| monastery, north of the city.
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| | in-depth examination of its tourist
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| The city of Cremona, population about
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| | attractions. The area's best-known wine
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| seventy thousand, was settled over two
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| | is the Oltrepò Pavese DOC grown south of
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| thousand years ago. It was home to
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| | Pavia, across the Po River, hence its
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| Stradivari, the world's greatest
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| | name. This wine is made in multiple
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| violinmaker. Actually the violin was
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| | styles from multiple grape varieties and
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| invented in Cremona way before Stradivari
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| | is said to be the most popular wine in
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| was born. Today one finds more than 50
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| | Milan.
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| violinmakers in Cremona, plus an
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