Patron saint festival
Feast of Saint Defendens
📅 Every year, on 14 September
On 14 September Romano di Lombardia celebrates Saint Defendens; the church bearing his name is linked by two sacristies to the parish church next door.
On September 17, 1962, President Antonio Segni signed a decree officially granting Romano di Lombardia the honorary status of a city. Currently home to 18,784 residents, this municipality serves as the administrative center for the eastern plains of the Bergamo province.
Located roughly 20 kilometers southeast of Bergamo and 45 kilometers east of Milan, the town—locally called Romà—also operates as the headquarters for the Serio River Regional Park. The park's administrative presence here makes the settlement a logical starting point for walking the protected riparian corridors of northern Lombardy.
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Porta Mosa 📍 Cremona · 7.3 km The last gate left in Cremona, medieval in origin, with a sixteenth-century archway and the bastion of San Giorgio. Chiesa di San Sisto 📍 Piacenza · 20 km Renaissance church in Piacenza that kept Raphael's Sistine Madonna, with the tomb of Margaret of Austria. Palazzo Farnese 📍 Piacenza · 20 km Great Farnese palace of Piacenza designed by Vignola, home to the civic museums with the Etruscan liver and Botticelli. Chiesa delle Benedettine 📍 Piacenza · 20 km Deconsecrated Baroque church of 1681 built by the Farnese, with a double church for nuns and faithful and a great dome. Basilica di San Savino 📍 Piacenza · 21 km Romanesque basilica in Piacenza with a Baroque façade of 1721, a crypt with zodiac mosaics and Saint Sabinus's relics. Violin Museum 📍 Cremona · 24 km Housed in Cremona's Palazzo dell'Arte, this museum displays masterpieces by Stradivari and the city's greatest luthiers.