Castelleone (;
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) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Cremona
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in the
Italian
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region of
Lombardy
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, located about southeast of
Milan
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and about northwest of
Cremona
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.
Castelleone borders the following municipalities:
Cappella Cantone
Cappella Cantone ( Soresinese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona.
Cappella Cantone borders the following municipaliti ...
,
Fiesco,
Gombito
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Gombito borders the following municipalities: Bertonico, Castelle ...
,
Izano
Izano ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona.
Izano borders the following municipalities: Castelleone, Crema, ...
,
Madignano,
,
San Bassano
San Bassano (locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona.
San Bassano borders the following municipalities: Cappella Cant ...
,
Soresina
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It received the honorary title of city with a presidential dec ...
,
Trigolo
Trigolo (locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northwest of Cremona.
Trigolo borders the following municipalities: Castelleone, Cumignano ...
.
Main sights
*Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Misericordia, built in 1513-1516 by
Agostino de Fondulis in Renaissance style.
*Church of Santa Maria in Bressanoro, commissioned in the 15th century by
Bianca Maria Visconti
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. It has Renaissance frescoes of the ''Life of Jesus''
*Parish church of St. Philip and James (1551), with a Renaissance-style exteriori and a
Baroque
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exterior.
*Isso Tower (11th century)
Transportation
Castelleone has a railway station on the
Treviglio–Cremona line.
References
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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