Palazzo Pignano is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Cremona

Province of Cremona

The Province of Cremona is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cremona.The province has an area of 1,771 km² and in 2008 census, had a population of 358,628. There are 115 comuni...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 35 km southeast of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 45 km northwest of Cremona

Cremona

Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...

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Palazzo Pignano borders the following municipalities: Agnadello

Agnadello

Agnadello is a comune and village in the province of Cremona, lombardy, northern Italy. It was the location of the battle of Agnadello in which Louis XII of France defeated the Venetians on 14 May 1509....

, Bagnolo Cremasco

Bagnolo Cremasco

Bagnolo Cremasco is a comune in the province of Cremona, in Lombardy....

, Monte Cremasco

Monte Cremasco

Monte Cremasco is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southeast of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Cremona...

, Pandino

Pandino

Pandino is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km east of Milan and about 50 km northwest of Cremona...

, Torlino Vimercati

Torlino Vimercati

Torlino Vimercati is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km east of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Cremona....

, Trescore Cremasco

Trescore Cremasco

Trescore Cremasco is a comune in the province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km east of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Cremona....

, Vaiano Cremasco

Vaiano Cremasco

Vaiano Cremasco is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southeast of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Cremona...

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The main sights is the medieval pieve

Pieve

In the Middle Ages, a pieve was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.The Italian word pieve is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people...

 (rural church), dating from the 4th century AD but later rebuilt in Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...

 style. It houses a terracotta cycle by Agostino Fondulis.

External links

• Official website