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Cremona is first mentioned in history as a settlement of the Cenomani, a Gallic tribe that arrived in the Po valley around 400 BC. However, the name Cremona most likely dates back to earlier settlers and puzzled the ancients, who gave many fanciful interpretations.
The Battle of Cremona took place on the night of 31 January to 1 February 1702, during the War of the Spanish Succession, ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cremona in the Lombardy region of Italy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
It is unclear exactly where torrone originated, but the recipe used in Cremona is the best known. [12] The city of Cremona has a strong musical tradition. The cathedral, built in the twelfth century, provided a focus for musical activity and by the sixteenth century, the town was the musical centre of the region.
The peoples of Cisalpine Gaul, 391-192 BC. The Cenomani (Greek: Κενομάνοι, Strabo, Ptol.; Γονομάνοι, Polyb.), was an ancient tribe of the Cisalpine Gauls, who occupied the tract north of the Padus (modern Po River), between the Insubres on the west and the Veneti on the east.
[45] [46] The two tribes were defeated, whereupon they ceased their invasion and sent Ballomar, King of the Marcomanni, as ambassador to Aelius Bassus, who was then administering Pannonia. Peace was made and the two tribes returned to their homes, which in the case of the Lombards was the lands of the lower Elbe. [47] [48] [49] [50]
He was released Monday and was jailed in lieu of $200,000 bail for the murder of his brother and $50,000 on an aggravated assault charge for firing shots at Cremona.
Cremona Farm is a 1275-acre estate comprising a 650-acre former slave plantation and surrounding lands in Mechanicsville, Maryland, on the west bank of the Patuxent River. The estate is under perpetual conservation easements with the Maryland Environmental Trust and Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust, and owned by a non-profit foundation, the ...