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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.”

In view of this small wayside shrine, which the builders dedicated to the Madonna, I would like to offer the viewer a brief reflection from Saint Padre Pio (Pio da Pietrelcina, 1887 to 1968): “Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, for she is the sea that must be crossed to reach the shores of eternal splendor.”

Beautiful bridge to Napoleon Bonaparte

On April 25, 2025, the cycle path that runs alongside the Adda was interrupted by the fall of a large tree, just 50 meters before it ended, to leave the zeal good persico of the nature trail and climb the old Adda bridge. We passed but with great difficulty

old bridge but still passable by bike

A piece of history of Lodi and its ancient walls

Beautiful panoramic point and useful passage for passing from one bank of the Adda to the other avoiding the traffic of the bridge on the provincial road

I went there with both the city bike and the folding one with 20 wheels Of course, you can access it by bringing your bikes. If the problem is the bridge, don't be discouraged and don't go over the paullese with your bikes, that's what I mean