The best walks and hikes around Montanaso Lombardo

The Adda River is the fourth longest watercourse in Italy with its 313 kilometers and is entirely within the Lombardy region. It represents one of the main left tributaries of the Po River and has a very large hydrographic basin that covers about a third of the regional territory.

The Adda River is the fourth longest watercourse in Italy with its 313 kilometers and is entirely contained within the Lombardy region. It represents one of the main left tributaries of the Po River and has a very large hydrographic basin that covers about a third of the regional territory.

The Adda River is the fourth longest watercourse in Italy with its 313 kilometers and is entirely contained within the Lombardy region. It represents one of the main left tributaries of the Po River and has a very large hydrographic basin that covers about a third of the regional territory.

Montanaso Lombardo is an Italian municipality of 2,243 inhabitants [2,244] located in Lombardy, in the province of Lodi. The village is situated a few kilometers from the provincial capital Lodi, immersed in the Po Valley and bordered by the waters of the Adda river and the Muzza canal.

The story told by Giovanni Guareschi – the literary "father" of "Don Camillo and Peppone" – ends with the sentence, "Things happen there, in that strange place... where people think more with their clubs than their brains, but where at least they respect the dead." To understand it, one must recall the political situation in Italy at that time, immediately after the end of the Second World War: The monarchy had been abolished, the royal family was in exile, and the Communists were partly in power (including in Don Camillo's village). In the story "The Old Schoolteacher," the aforementioned lady, who had taught generations of villagers the ABCs, has died. She had expressed her last wish to Mayor Peppone and Don Camillo that she be buried with her flag – the old one "with the coat of arms" from the time of the monarchy – placed over her coffin. However, all the factions of the town council had spoken out against it, to which Peppone replied: “So I tell you… that I don’t give a damn about your opinion and that Signora Cristina will go to the cemetery tomorrow with the flag she likes, because I value her more dead than you alive.” Hence the sentence quoted at the beginning, “where at least the dead are respected.”

Beautiful bridge to Napoleon Bonaparte

Moo8 walking along the Adda River

The Church of San Rocco is a Catholic parish church located in Lodi, in the Borgo Adda neighborhood, near the Napoleon Bonaparte Bridge. In ancient times, Lodi had four churches dedicated to San Rocco, each positioned at the city gates to protect against plagues. In the 17th century, the destruction of the extramural villages left only the Church of San Rocco standing, located outside Porta d'Adda. At the beginning of the 20th century, the church proved too small and in poor condition. The parish priest, Father Ponzoni, proposed demolishing it and building a new, larger church. The project was approved in 1906 by the city council, which also decided to demolish the adjacent Porta d'Adda arch. The cornerstone of the new church was laid on May 31, 1909. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style by Milanese architect Cecilio Arpesani (a design similar to his other work, the Basilica of Sant'Agostino in Milan), it was completed and consecrated on May 28, 1911. The bell tower, initially only half-built, was completed and inaugurated on September 25, 1937. It houses an old clock from the Lodi Cathedral dating back to 1787, and at its base, a plaque commemorates the fallen of the Ethiopian War and the proclamation of the Empire.