Cittaslow
Cittaslow in Lombardy
5 towns
Lombardy holds 5 Cittaslow sites inside our catalogue. They cluster in the Sondrio, Lecco, and Milano provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Bellano, Tirano, and Chiavenna. 2 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
Bellano
Province: Lecco · 202 m
An eastern Lake Como town where the Pioverna cut a gorge through fifteen million years of rock before reaching the lake.
Tirano
Province: Sondrio · 441 m
A Valtellina town at 441 meters where the Bernina railway from St Moritz reaches Italy, beneath terraced Nebbiolo vineyards.
Chiavenna
Province: Sondrio · 333 m
An Alpine town at 333 meters on the Mera river, the historical Splügen Pass crossroads named for its key position and its rock-cellar crotti.
Morimondo
Province: Milano · 109 m
A Cistercian abbey village on the edge of the Ticino park, twenty-five kilometers southwest of Milano, founded by French monks in 1134.
Teglio
Province: Sondrio · 856 m
A Valtellina hilltown at 856 metres that gave its name to the whole valley (Vallis Tellina = Val di Teglio), home of the Renaissance Palazzo Besta with its frescoed Italian-Renaissance cycles, and the official birthplace of pizzoccheri pasta — recognised by the Accademia del Pizzocchero.
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Province: Treviso
The market town between the Soligo and Lierza rivers in the Prosecco UNESCO zone, birthplace of the twentieth-century poet Andrea Zanzotto.
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Province: Pesaro e Urbino
A 2014 merger commune at 295 meters in the Foglia valley, born from Colbordolo, birthplace of Raffaello's father, and Sant'Angelo in Lizzola.
Abano Terme
Province: Padova
Europe's oldest thermal town on the Euganean Hills' eastern slope, where 80°C bromo-iodine springs have been drawing bathers since the eighth century BC.
Bosa
Province: Oristano
A colour-washed riverside town on Sardinia's only navigable river, with a Malaspina castle on the hill and the tanneries of Sas Conzas along the Temo.
Castagnole delle Lanze
Province: Asti
An Asti hill town at 298 meters between Langhe and Monferrato, with two Baroque churches and a nineteenth-century astronomical tower.