Lombardia may be Italy’s beating economic and industrial heartland, but the verdant region stretching from the Po to the Alps is a landscape of surprises in art, culture, cuisine, and design
FUN FACTS
Gorgeous lakes make up Lombardia including Como, Orta, Maggiore, Iseo and Garda
Napoleon Bonaparte had himself crowned King of Italy in Milan.
“Lombardia” comes from a Germanic word “long beard”
Masterpiece Cenacolo (Last Supper) by Leonardo da Vinci is in Milan.