Cattedrale di Sant'Ambrogio
Cathedral on piazza Ducale with Caramuel's concave Baroque façade and the Treasury Museum.
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Churches and places of worship
4Chiesa della Madonna della Neve
Church of 1600 built where Santa Maria dei Pesci stood, with the Virgin between Saints Roch and Sebastian.
Chiesa di San Bernardo
Church rebuilt after 1498; in 1672 the gallows for public executions were set beside it.
Chiesa di San Francesco
Franciscan church of 1379 with its restored Lombard Gothic façade and the «chiesetta dei morti».
Castles, palaces and villas
1Castello Sforzesco
Visconti-Sforza complex at the highest point of Vigevano, with the Bramante tower and three museums.
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Civico Teatro Cagnoni
The Teatro Cagnoni is the theatre of Vigevano, named after the Vigevano composer Antonio Cagnoni.
What to see
Begun in 1871 and inaugurated in 1873, it became necessary after performances had for years been held in adapted premises. The exterior has the typical features of nineteenth-century eclectic architecture, with string-course mouldings and simple window frames. Inside, the broad foyer gives access to the stalls, while two flights of stairs lead to the three tiers of boxes, the gallery and the Ridotto.
The broad proscenium arch separates the auditorium from the stage; a gridiron allows scene changes. Two drop curtains were created by the Vigevano painter Giovanni Battista Garberini: the first shows a festive outing of the people of Vigevano on the bank of the Ticino, the second is devoted to the siege of Vigevano with the heroic Camilla Rodolfi. In 1896 the theatre took the name of the composer Antonio Cagnoni, to whom the city dedicated it; a bust in the atrium commemorates him. Another sculpture is dedicated to Eleonora Duse, born in Vigevano itself.
Visiting
The theatre is in Vigevano. The sources consulted give no opening hours, programme or visiting arrangements: check them.
Our editors' tip
According to other sources, the composer Antonio Cagnoni was maestro di cappella of the cathedral of Vigevano from 1852 to 1879.
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