A pile-dwelling path where you can immerse yourself in the most ancient history of the territory and an ancient craft, these are the two heritages registered in the Unesco lists, the first in the list of places and the second in the immaterial heritage of humanity.
The first is located in the area of Piadena, and it is an archaeological area which is part of a complex of archaeological sites distributed along the Alps, entered in the World Heritage list because it represents an exceptionally well-preserved unique group of culturally rich archaeological sites.
In particular, these sites are a testimony of the presence of communities dating back to somewhere between 5000 and 500 BC and they allowed researchers to date the site between the Early and Middle Bronze Age.
The ancient Cremonese art of working woods and strings that emit extraordinary musical notes, instead, was inserted in a collateral list, that of the immaterial world heritage to be protected.
The violin making profession began to develop in Cremona in the sixteenth century. Whole families, including that of Antonio Stradivari, focussed in the manual work of the workshop, producing refined and unique pieces, and passing from father to son the in-depth knowledge of materials and processing techniques.
Even today, the tradition requires that the crafting of violins should be made exclusively by hand, with naturally seasoned wood and that under no circumstances parts of industrial origin should be used. Only by following this procedure it is possible to respect the traditional Cremona violin making art and guarantee an exceptional acoustic output. Every detail, even the ones that look just like ordinary decorations have their value and meaning in the making of the violin.
Over 150 luthier shops, every day, renew the tradition of the great masters of the past; next to the shops, an international school trains new violin makers while the Violin Museum preserves ancient pieces of extraordinary value
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