ボルゲット・ロディジャーノ周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

時計塔のある大聖堂は、ヴィットーリア広場の東側に位置し、家や宮殿のファサードがそのファサードを縁取っています。 今日私たちが目にしているような、市民や宗教の中心としての広場は、いくつかの時代を経て形成されました。 大聖堂の建設現場は当時の方法に従って組織され、つまり、地面に直接輪郭を描いてから後陣部分の建設を開始しました。 いわゆる「サルティエンティ」様式のファサードは、中央の身廊が2つの側廊よりも高く、幅が広い内部空間の構成を示唆しています。 ファサード中央上部には、サン・バッシアーノ像のブロンズコピーが収められた小祠が設置されています。元の銅像（金色のパティナ仕上げ）は、大聖堂の主身廊内に保管されています。 ファサード中央部はバラ窓が占めており、これは装飾的な要素であるだけでなく、内部に良好な採光を可能にしています。

バラ窓と屋根の傾斜部分の周りには、絡み合ったアーチの装飾と、ビザンチン様式に由来する多色のマヨルカタイルの装飾が見られます。 バラ窓の下には、ルネサンス様式の石造りの窓が2つ作られています。「燭台」様式の小柱と側面の紋章は、ヒューマニズム文化のモチーフを連想させます。 このファサードの最も特徴的な要素は、プロティロ（玄関ポーチ）です。ポータル（入口）の上のルネットには、救世主、王冠を戴いた聖母マリア、そして嘆願する聖バッシアヌスが描かれています。水平楣（まぐさ）の小柱にはアダムとイブが描かれ、その下には人間の悪徳を連想させる別の2人の人物が描かれています。ポータルは螺旋状の小柱で囲まれ、ポータルアーチを囲む装飾は、ロンバルディア派に由来する自然主義的な装飾モチーフで構成されており、蔓、螺旋、水生植物の葉などが特徴です。最後に、ポータルを囲み保護するキャノピーは、様式化されたライオンによって支えられています。

The villa was built according to its original design by Count Antonio Cavazzi della Somaglia, VIII Count and Baron of Somaglia, to showcase the power of his family, in an area where he owned several lands and estates. The count entrusted the design to architect Giovanni Ruggeri. Upon his death in 1688, Antonio bequeathed the villa to his great-nephew Antonio Dati, who subsequently assumed the title of Count of Somaglia. Dati oversaw the expansion of the palace, transforming it into a majestic residence intended as a holiday resort and meeting place for great figures of 18th-century Italian literature and culture, but he never lived to see the work completed, which was completed by his son Antonio Giovanni Battista in 1749.

An idyllic spot for a rest and a picnic! We soak up the peace and quiet. From here, it's supposedly possible to take a boat across, just as pilgrims did in the Middle Ages. It's probably busier here in the summer.

This palace is called the "Versailles" of Lombardy. Everything is locked. According to the sign, it can be visited by appointment. The grounds are vast.

Chignolo Po Castle

On gravel we followed dirt roads along waterways and cycle paths as much as possible, but you can get there faster with a road bike.

We left Gorgonzola in the direction of the Chignolo Po Castle, one of the sumptuous country residences of Lombardy, and after about three hours we arrived at our destination... discovering that the Castle was closed... no big deal we took pictures from the outside. Its oldest part is the tower, built as a garrison on the Po and on the connecting routes between northern Europe and Italy. The Castle, built in the thirteenth century, was transformed into a princely palace in the eighteenth century, through an imaginative stylistic reworking of the building. It appears as a majestic terracotta construction, surmounted by a protruding gallery supported by stone brackets. Each window is framed in white. The most spectacular element is the central tower, square and with battlements, embellished with a small loggia. Inside you can admire the apartments in which Pope Clement XI, Napoleon Bonaparte and Francis I of Austria were hosted, as well as the sumptuous ballroom on whose ceiling the glory of the four seasons is painted. The Castle is also home to the Museum of the History of Lombard Agricultural Civilization, created with the intent of bringing together the many historical realities that have formed the foundation of the agricultural activities of the lower Po Valley and the Lombard Wine Museum. The visit route aims to admire the monumental complex of the Castle of Chignolo Po and to enhance the history of its centuries-old royal fiefdom and its position along the Via Francigena. The visits are only guided as the Castle is a private residence. Nice trip!