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Soresina

Province: Cremona · Region: Lombardy · Population: 8,995 · Postal code: 26015

Soresina is said to have grown on one of the islets of Lake Gerundo, the marsh that once covered this part of the Cremona plain. The name has no agreed explanation: bishop San Siro, the paved road Silicina between Crema and Cremona, the raised site, or the cry of the only woman who survived a plague. It is that last, popular version that ended up in the town arms: a woman crowned in gold holding a small castle and a silver ribbon reading Sol Regina.

No trace of that castle has ever been found on the ground. Crema and Cremona fought over the town until the emperor Lothar had it levelled between 1133 and 1136 to end the quarrel; rebuilt, it was razed again in 1217. The detached bell tower of San Siro holds a peal of twelve bells, among the largest in Lombardy. The commune received a bronze medal of merit for the Calabrian and Sicilian earthquake and, in 1962, the title of city.

The Soresina guide

What to eat here 1

Risotto alla Milanese

Where to stay

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Events & festivals 1

Next up: Saint Sirus, patron with the Ariadello Fair and the Palio dei Rioni, Wednesday 9 December

Getting there

Nearest airport: Bergamo Orio al Serio, 44 km away

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Soresina 1

Patron saint festival In 54 days

Saint Sirus, patron with the Ariadello Fair and the Palio dei Rioni

📅 Every year, on 9 December; in May the Ariadello Fair, a gathering for many people of Soresina

Soresina celebrates Saint Sirus on 9 December, in the church dedicated to him. Every second Sunday of May, the traditional Ariadello Fair is held, always an occasion for many people of Soresina to gather amid picnics and stalls. Since 2015, the Palio dei Rioni has also been run, among San Francesco, San Rocco, Santa Croce and Madonnina, held biennially since 2017.

What's around

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Near Soresina

The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.

Casalmorano Casalmorano Cremona · 4 km Trigolo Cremona · 5 km Annicco Annicco Cremona · 5 km Cappella Cantone Cremona · 5 km Genivolta Genivolta Cremona · 6 km Azzanello Cremona · 6 km

Places to see within 25 km

Outside Soresina, but an easy day trip away.

Bellagio and mid-lake Como 📍 Bellagio · 8.0 km Positioned at the fork of Lake Como, Bellagio combines Celtic and Roman history with a spectacular alpine landscape. Villa Melzi d'Eril 📍 Bellagio · 10 km The lakeside garden of Napoleon's duke, with azaleas and a Moorish kiosk. Villa Serbelloni Rockefeller 📍 Bellagio · 12 km The villa on the point of Bellagio, now a Rockefeller Foundation study centre. basilica di San Giacomo 📍 Bellagio · 12 km Bellagio's Romanesque basilica, baroque for two centuries then restored. duomo di Como 📍 Como · 13 km Como Cathedral, founded in 1396, featuring Late Gothic architecture, 16th-century paintings, and fine tapestries. Tempio Voltiano 📍 Como · 13 km A Neoclassical lakeside museum in Como dedicated to Alessandro Volta's scientific discoveries.