Discover Codogno: Art, History and Italian Character

Codogno Between Art and Urban History

Codogno combines religious heritage, Italian architecture and historical traces with a cycling route through the southern Adda Park. This gives your travel planning a destination where art collections, squares, religious buildings and the history of the Po landscape can be experienced together.

Museums with a Personal Connection

The Museo Cabriniano preserves rooms, objects, garments and memorabilia with a direct or indirect connection to Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini and to the origins of the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which she founded. The museum was established in 1973 in the rooms of the motherhouse opened by Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. Numerous works and objects that belonged to the saint are housed there.

The Raccolta D'Arte Lamberti focuses on a different area. It opened in 1973 on the initiative of the painter Giuseppe Novello, is now located in the palazzo on Via Cavallotti in Codogno and bears the name of the collector and painter Carlo Lamberti. Visitors with reduced mobility can access it via the courtyard and a lift; prior telephone contact is required for this.

Squares, Buildings and Older Traces

Piazza XX Settembre dates from 1652 and was designed by the architect Barattieri. Also in 1652, Barattieri designed the Loggia dei Mercanti on the initiative of Cardinal Teodoro Trivulzio and the mayor Baldassarre Dragoni. The Chiesa di San Teodoro is also known as “del Cristo” and has a bold dome designed by Carlo Antonio Albino above a high octagonal drum. It was completed in the first half of the 17th century.

Codogno's older history also includes archaeological traces of the foundations of the medieval castle and the surrounding moat. The grounds of Villa Biancardi include a large tree-filled park, a greenhouse, a swimming pool, the former stables and the gatekeeper's lodge. Work on the villa, based on a design by the Florentine architect, sculptor and decorator Gino Coppedè, lasted from 1907 to 1911.

Step-Free Orientation at Villa Biancardi

The park of Villa Biancardi is accessible at street level for people with reduced mobility. The ground floor of the villa can be reached via a freight lift at the side entrance; a lift is available for the first floor. This specific route is particularly relevant to your planning if you would like to explore the historic grounds with varying mobility needs.

Cycling Route and Po History

The “Lungo l'antico alveo del Po” cycling route runs through Parco dell'Adda Sud, follows a section of the old Po riverbed and then returns to Codogno. Historically, Grana cheese wheels were transported from Codogno along the Po to Venice. Thus, a trip to Codogno brings together art and architectural history, a riverside route and a culinary connection associated with the historic movement of goods.

When choosing a hotel in Codogno, you can plan your days around these different interests: the collections of the Museo Cabriniano and the Raccolta D'Arte Lamberti, the town's buildings or a cycling tour that returns to Codogno. The choice of location therefore remains open to both a culturally oriented stay and a plan focused on cycling and the landscape.

Other Places in the Destination Area

For further orientation, you can also explore Mignete, Camairago, Montanaso Lombardo, Corno Giovine, Bertonico, Boffalora D'adda, San Martino In Strada and Cornegliano Laudense.

For the overview of the wider travel area: Lodi.