Lombardia What to see

The Lombardy is not only a region with a great productive vocation and center of important commercial and fair cities, but also a territory rich of history and culture, over that of interesting natural parks.
Its ancient traditions also reflect in the long list of sites protected by the UNESCO.
The art and the genius of Leonardo da Vinci are the “craftsmen” of the famous fresco of the Cenacle, protected by the UNESCO together with the Church of Saint Maria of the Graces for which was commissioned to the great artist in 1495.
The second important place protected by the UNESCO valorizes an important historical patrimony like that of the Val Camonica, famous for the rocky incisions, almost 300.000.
Still perfectly preserved, they are the testimony of the ancient population of the Camunis, already installed in Val Camonica8.000 years before Christ.

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From the terraces of to the roof of the Dome of Milan, to the fantastic curtain of peaks and valleys of the same city, one can see nearly all of the Lombardy with the help of a clear day: from the low opulent green, to the first signs of the PreAlps and to the alpine dorsal.Milan, the heart of the region, the metropolis, after Rome the most populated city of Italy, it is a very active city, even though it has centuries of history and fabulous monuments it has a totally modern aspect. The most interesting testimonies are those of the period of the rinasciment, of these: The Dome, the Sforzesco Castle, S.Maria of the forgiveness, the Pinacoteca of Brera, the ex hospital Maggiore and S.Ambrogio that with many other monuments, museums, Pinacoteche and Churches need at least two days for a complete visit.

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