Cittaslow
Cittaslow in Lombardia
5 towns
Lombardia holds 5 Cittaslow sites inside our catalogue. They are in the Sondrio, Lecco, and Milano provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Bellano, Tirano, and Chiavenna. 2 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
The towns
Bellano
Province: Lecco · 202 m
An eastern shore town where the Pioverna cut a gorge through fifteen million years of rock before reaching the water.
Tirano
Province: Sondrio · 441 m
A Valtellina town at 441 meters where a railway from across the border reaches Italy, beneath terraced Nebbiolo vineyards.
Chiavenna
Province: Sondrio · 333 m
An Alpine town at 333 meters on the Mera river, the historical Splügen Pass crossroads named for its key position and its rock-cellar crotti.
Morimondo
Province: Milano · 109 m
A Cistercian abbey village on the edge of the Ticino park, twenty-five kilometers southwest of Milano, founded by French monks in 1134.
Teglio
Province: Sondrio · 856 m
A Valtellina hilltown at 856 meters whose Latin name gave the entire valley its own.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Fara San Martino
Province: Chieti
A pasta-making town at 440 meters, where the Verde river runs out of a two-meter slot in the Majella wall.
Chioggia
Province: Venezia
Italy's second fishing port, on an island at the south end of the Venetian Lagoon, called Little Venice for its canal.
Fénis
Province: Aosta Valley
The Castello di Fénis, with its double ring of crenellated walls, eight cylindrical towers, and frescoed inner courtyard, sits at the center of a small Aostan commune east of Aosta, with an Alpine reserve climbing south to 3,000m.
Ghiffa
Province: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
A Lake Maggiore lakeside village facing the Lombard shore, with a UNESCO sanctuary on the slope above it and a century of hat-making behind it.
Castel di Lucio
Province: Messina
A Nebrodi village at 750 meters on the borderline of three provinces, with a medieval Ventimiglia castle and a Fiumara d'Arte sculpture by Paolo Schiavocampo.