Hotels: Province Bergamo | Province Brescia | Province of Como | Province Cremona | Province of Lecco | Province of Lodi | Province Mantova | Province Milano | Province Monza-Brianza | Province Pavia | Province Sondrio | Province Varese.Two of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (see Unesco listing), that is Sacro Monte del Rosario di Varese and Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine del Soccorso, at Ossuccio, province of Como Where to stay.The prehistoric Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (see Unesco listing).Crespi d'Adda, and example of industrial archeology (see Unesco listing).In Milan, the Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (see Unesco listing).Lombardy includes four World Heritage Sites: In the early 2020, Lombardy was hit tremendously in the coronavirus pandemic, the first area in Europe to experience an epidemic outbreak, with over 16,000 victims as of June 2020. Since then, Lombardy has become the commercial and financial engine of Italy, with Piazza Affari in Milan being the seat of the Italian stock market. During World War Two, Milan was liberated by the Allies on 25 April 1945, which has since become the National liberation anniversary for Italy. A true revival only took place in the mid-18th century when the region was under the Austrians who, after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 established in Northern Italy the Lombardo-Veneto Kingdom, always under their influence.ĭuring the Second War of Italian Independence the region was among the first to be annexed to Italy, in 1859, when the Milanese rose against the Austrians in the glorious "Five Days" and saluted the coming of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of Italy.
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