Riserva Naturale
Riserva Naturale in Lombardia
5 towns
Lombardia has 5 Riserva Naturale communes in our index. Most cluster in the Brescia, Cremona, and Mantova provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Cimbergo, Soncino, and Pomponesco. 2 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
The towns
Cimbergo
Province: Brescia · 851 m
A village of 538 at 851 meters above the Oglio, with castle ruins on a spur and UNESCO petroglyphs on the slopes below.
Soncino
Province: Cremona · 88 m
A walled borgo on the Oglio, held by a brick Sforza fortress and a printing house that once worked in Hebrew.
Pomponesco
Province: Mantova · 21 m
A Mantova river village at 21 meters on the Po's left bank, with a late-Cinquecento Gonzaga grid and arcaded central piazza.
Varzi
Province: Pavia · 416 m
A medieval Malaspina town at 416 meters in the Staffora valley of the Oltrepò Pavese, the seat of one of Italy's first DOP cured meats.
Iseo
Province: Brescia · 198 m
The main town on the southeast shore of Lake Iseo, gateway to the Franciacorta sparkling wine country.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Sassoferrato
Province: Ancona
A two-level Apennine town above Roman Sentinum, where the consuls Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus defeated four allied tribes in 295 BC.
Auletta
Province: Salerno
A Tanagro hill town above the Cilento-Vallo di Diano park, fortified by 1000 AD, scene of an 1861 anti-Piedmont massacre and an 1857 earthquake.
Trevignano Romano
Province: Roma
A volcanic-crater lake town on the northern shore of Bracciano, thirty-five kilometers from Rome, with a medieval rocca above the water.
Aritzo
Province: Nuoro
A Mandrolisai mountain village at 800 meters in chestnut and hazelnut forest, where snow once traveled out in straw and came back as lemon sorbet.
Scurcola Marsicana
Province: L'Aquila
At 700 meters below Monte San Nicola, the field where a medieval battle ended Swabian power in southern Italy.