Comune di Pavia

Pavia, town of art, cradle of culture

Those who for the first time arrive in Pavia wishing to discover its soul immediately realise to be in a place which has not lost the bond with its historical and cultural roots. A bond which can be discovered in the warm colour of the stones making up the city outline: Romanesque before (11th-12th centuries) and Renaissance afterwards (14th-17th centuries).

This bond is clearly palpable in the harmonious relationship between the plain where Pavia lies, the medieval towers rising to the sky and the hilly landscape in the distance. Petrarca, whom Galeazzo the Second had entrusted with the task of collecting the Library of the Visconteo Castle, gives a similar description of Pavia in a letter to Boccaccio in 1365: “The position of the town is much more striking than other towns [...], Pavia emerges from the plain, just enough to dominate it and, stretching on a hillside, the town raises its numerous towers to the sky in such a free and panoramic view that I do not believe another lowland town has a more magnificent and wonderful sight”.

For all informations:
Office of Tourism
Tel. +39 0382 079943 - 597002
turismo@comune.pv.it
turismo@provincia.pv.it