Torre de' Picenardi
Torre de' Picenardi (Cremunés: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about east of Cremona. Torre de' Picenardi borders the following municipalities: Ca' d'Andrea, Cappella de' Picenardi, Drizzona, Isola Dovarese, Pessina Cremonese, and Voltido. History The ancient history of the village of Torre de' Picenardi is very fragmentary, with a few finds from prehistoric times related to the Copper Age, while artifacts already appear more abundant for the Roman period, with numerous finds now preserved at the archaeological museum in Piadena. In 1984, in the vicinity of the village, on the border with the town of Isola Dovarese, the remains of a rustic villa from the Roman period dating from the 1st–2nd century AD were found, confirming the activity of the village, which was not coincidentally located a short distance from the Via Postumia that connected Genoa with Aquileia, crossing the entire Cremonese territory. Medieval documents relating to the history of the municipality date back to the 13th century, and precisely in 1278 it was called Torre de' Malamberti in reference to the ancient Cremonese family of the same name that owned those lands before it