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Village of castelponzone

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Castelponzone (CR)

A rope connecting earth and river – the ancient walled village of Castelponzone (CR) has a distinct Renaissance flavour (even without walls).

It rises over the placid countryside of Cremona evoking memories of the past when trade flourished and draped ropes were a common sight. The agriculture-handicraft industry weaves a fabric of land, hemp ropes and shops. The heart of everything was always the countryside and the Po, which once flowed only 2 km away. Life thrived in the narrow village streets under the sixteenth century arcades, with taverns, shops and cellars.

The red bricks laid bare under flaking plaster reveals forgotten stories. Here there was a castle: now the walls have been flattened and the moats filled leaving a village that wants to be reborn.

Castelponzone has given life to the facades, closed off traffic and restored the original cobblestone paving to allow visitors to experience the history between the parish church and the eighteenth-century mansion known as the villa, with its portico of Doric U columns. The rest are rural houses, often embellished with balconies and flowered windows, immersed in the quiet of the plain, bounded by ring road that traces the route of the ancient walls.

Beyond remain scattered houses and agricultural courts, among green expanses of fields and country lanes: porches, barns, stables, drinking troughs, portals and of course the manor houses and labourers.

You come here for the country life, for the nostalgia of the rows of trees that mark the fields, for the views of the plains: open horizons, the smell of flowers and the flow of water. Simple life and delicious cuisine.


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Places

Santi Faustino and Giovita Church

  • Art & Culture
Santi Faustino and Giovita Church
120 mt

The Ropemakers' Museum

  • Art & Culture
The Ropemakers' Museum
212 mt

Santissima Trinità Church

  • Art & Culture
Santissima Trinità Church
5 km

Medici del Vascello Villa

Since 2005, the villa and the garden have been owned by the Municipality of San Giovanni in Croce and in 2014 they were opened again.
  • Art & Culture
Medici del Vascello Villa
5.01 km

San Zavedro Church

  • Art & Culture
San Zavedro Church
5.61 km

Mina della Scala Castle

Built at the end of the 16th Century to welcome the noble family Schizzi during the Summer, it offers a wonderful landscape
  • Art & Culture
Mina della Scala Castle
7.31 km

San Lorenzo Castle

  • Art & Culture
San Lorenzo Castle
8.95 km

Sommi Picenardi Villa

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Sommi Picenardi Villa
9.24 km

Diotti Museum

  • Art & Culture
Diotti Museum
11.38 km

Casalmaggiore’s Cathedral

The Cathedral is located at the end of Favagrossa Street. It is a Neo-Classical building built at the half of the 19th Century.
  • Art & Culture
Casalmaggiore’s Cathedral
11.47 km

Garibaldi Square in Casalmaggiore

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Garibaldi Square in Casalmaggiore
11.66 km

Museo del Bijou

The realm of costume jewelery
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Museo del Bijou
11.78 km

San Giuseppe Church

  • Art & Culture
San Giuseppe Church
12.32 km

Sanctuary of the Lady of the Fountain

  • Art & Culture
Sanctuary of the Lady of the Fountain
12.36 km

Giacomo Matteotti Square

  • Art & Culture
Giacomo Matteotti Square
12.55 km

San Nicolò Church

  • Art & Culture
San Nicolò Church
12.6 km

Events

WorldSBK 2025

Cremona Circuit
via Giuseppina, 2, San Martino del Lago, CR
02/05/2025 - 04/05/2025
  • Sport
WorldSBK 2025
4.38 km

Where to sleep

CASA DELLE RONDINI

SCANDOLARA RAVARA
CASA DELLE RONDINI
220 mt

B&B IL BOSCHETTO

SAN MARTINO DEL LAGO
B&B IL BOSCHETTO
1.16 km

LOCANDA ZIA NENA

SAN MARTINO DEL LAGO
LOCANDA ZIA NENA
1.37 km

BED & BIKER

CINGIA DE' BOTTI
BED & BIKER
3.84 km

MOTEL CIRCUIT DRIVE

MOTEL CIRCUIT DRIVE
3.96 km

HOTEL NUVOLE

HOTEL NUVOLE
3.98 km

LOCANDA LA MOTTA

MOTTA BALUFFI
LOCANDA LA MOTTA
4.5 km

LOCANDA CA' ROSSA

San Giovanni in Croce
LOCANDA CA' ROSSA
4.58 km

LA QUERCIA

San Giovanni in Croce
LA QUERCIA
5.06 km

B&B AURORA

GUSSOLA
B&B AURORA
5.99 km

OSTELLO LA CANONICA

Motta Baluffi
OSTELLO LA CANONICA
6.36 km

IL CORVO VIAGGIATORE

MOTTA BALUFFI
IL CORVO VIAGGIATORE
6.54 km

SILVIA BIGLIARDI

CASTELDIDONE
SILVIA BIGLIARDI
7.19 km

CASTELLO MINA DELLA SCALA

Casteldidone
CASTELLO MINA DELLA SCALA
7.3 km

ON THE ROAD

MARTIGNANA DI PO
ON THE ROAD
7.35 km

LA ROSA DEI VENTI

MARTIGNANA DI PO
LA ROSA DEI VENTI
7.35 km

LA FAVORITA

Casalmaggiore
LA FAVORITA
8.66 km

LUNA RESIDENCE HOTEL

Casalmaggiore
LUNA RESIDENCE HOTEL
10.4 km

ECOOSTELLO INTERFLUMINA-CASCINA SERENI

CASALMAGGIORE
ECOOSTELLO INTERFLUMINA-CASCINA SERENI
11.29 km

LE GHIANDE

Sospiro
LE GHIANDE
11.33 km