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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 403 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CREMA , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Cremona, 26 m. N.E. by See also:rail from the town of Cremona. Pop. (1901) town, 8027; See also:commune, 9609. It is situated on the right See also:bank of the Serio, 240 ft. above See also:sea-level, in the centre of a See also:rich agricultural See also:district. The See also:cathedral has a See also:fine Lombard See also:Gothic See also:facade of the second See also:half of the 14th See also:century; the campanile belongs to the same See also:period; the See also:rest of the See also:church has been restored in the See also:baroque See also:style. The See also:clock See also:tower opposite See also:dates from the period of Venetian dominion in the 16th and 17th centuries. The See also:castle, which was one of the strongest in Italy, was demolished in 1809. The church of S. Maria, 4 m. E. of the town, was begun in 1490 by Giov. Batt.

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form of a See also:Greek See also:cross, with a central See also:dome, and the exterior is a fine specimen of polychrome Lombard See also:work (E. Gussalli in Rassegna d' See also:ark, 1905, p. 17). The date of the See also:foundation of Crema is uncertain. In the loth century it appears to have been the See also:principal See also:place of the territory known as Isola Fulcheria. In the 12th century it was allied with See also:Milan and attacked by Cremona, but was taken and sacked by See also:Barbarossa in 116o. It was rebuilt in 1185. It See also:fell under the See also:Visconti in 1338, end joined the Lombard See also:republic in 1447; but was taken by the Venetians in 1449, and, except from 1509 to 1529, remained under their dominion until 1797.

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