Moscazzano

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| name = Moscazzano

| official_name = Comune di Moscazzano

| native_name = {{native name|lmo|Muscasà}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|17|N|9|41|E|type:city(833)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Lombardy

| province = Cremona (CR)

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| mayor = Gianluca Savoldi

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| area_total_km2 = 8.15

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

| population_total = 784

| population_as_of = 30 November 2017

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| population_demonym = Moscazzanesi

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| elevation_m = 67

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| postal_code = 26010

| area_code = 0373

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.moscazzano.cr.it/}}

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Moscazzano (Cremasco: {{lang|lmo|Muscasà}}) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about {{convert|45|km|mi}} southeast of Milan and about {{convert|30|km|mi}} northwest of Cremona.

Moscazzano borders the following municipalities: Bertonico, Credera Rubbiano, Montodine, Ripalta Cremasca, Ripalta Guerina, Turano Lodigiano.

Main sights

File:Moscazzano1.jpg seen from the main road (2011).]]

  • The parish church of St. Peter was built between 1797 and 1801 in a style that already turns to the neoclassical; numerous paintings by Mauro Picenardi and fresco by Angelo Bacchetta
  • The oratory of St. Charles Borromeo, built in the late 50s and later equipped with a sacristy.
  • The oratory of San Donato, near a group of farmhouses, already existing in the 16th century but rebuilt in 1708
  • Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Prati, a place of worship of uncertain history, dating probably before 1483
  • Villa Albergoni, a 17th-century mansion. It was the main set in the 2017 film Call Me by Your Name{{Cite web | url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-story-behind-the-italian-villa-in-call-me-by-your-name |title = The Story Behind the Italian Villa in Call Me by Your Name| date=16 November 2017 }}{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/t-magazine/call-me-by-your-name-set-villa-albergoni.html |title = The Making of a Family Home in 'Call Me by Your Name'|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 20 November 2017|last1 = Moss|first1 = Hilary}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.elledecor.it/en/homes/villa-albergoni-from-call-me-by-your-name-on-sale |title=Villa Albergoni is now on the market: The house from 'Call me by your name' by Luca Guadagnino - Elle Decor Italia |access-date=2018-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319213639/http://www.elledecor.it/en/homes/villa-albergoni-from-call-me-by-your-name-on-sale |archive-date=2018-03-19 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/a13120998/call-me-by-your-name-movie-set/ | title=Tour the 17th-Century Italian Villa in Director Luca Guadagnino's 'Call Me by Your Name'| date=7 November 2017}}
  • Villa Groppelli, late neoclassical style villa on the edge of an English park
  • Villa Marazzi, country house probably already existing in 1650, but the current appearance derives from a renovation carried out in the 18th century

People

References

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{{Province of Cremona}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Lombardy

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