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City Line-Up
For an architectural and artistic tour of northern Italy's glittering medieval and Renaissance
heyday, look no further than the elegant cities of the Po valley.
Milan
, with its huge crenel-
lated castle and glittering Duomo, was the medieval muscle in the west. Just check out the
collection in Castello Sforzesco and the rich legacy of art in its four basilicas. But Milan
didn't have the medieval monopoly on culture. A half-day trip to nearby
Pavia
will give
you time to enjoy Giangaleazzo's enormous Certosa monastery, and you'll need another
day to browse the violin shops in
Cremona
, where Stradivarius started a musical tradition
that resonates around the world even today. Then head onto
Bergamo
for Lombardy's
finest Renaissance architecture and to
Brescia
and
Verona
for Roman ruins and fine din-
