The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Lombardy, Italy

Fratelli Cozzi Museum stemmed from the passion of Pietro Cozzi for Alfa Romeo cars, after he decided to collect one sample of each model produced by "Casa del Biscione". Beginning with 1950s' designs, it was decided to identify the quintessential models, special series, top-performance engines, and more than 50 cars were assembled, including some that are unique worldwide. Nor does the museum lack for original documents, books, drawings, films, signs, trophies, photographs, and objects that, as much as the cars, bear witness to the history of Fratelli Cozzi's strong and enduring partnership with Alfa Romeo. The collection is constantly updated with new models and is an important legacy for 20th-century history of Italian cars, as well as playing a key role in understanding the industrial growth of this outstanding brand, born in Milan in 1910.

Palazzo Martinengo da Barco, sede storica della Pinacoteca, accoglie le collezioni civiche bresciane, formatesi grazie al generoso lascito del conte Paolo Tosio (1844) e alle acquisizioni susseguitesi nel corso degli anni. Il percorso prende avvio dal XIV secolo e, passando per opere d'arte di assoluta fama quali l'Angelo e il Redentore di Raffaello e l'Adorazione dei pastori di Lorenzo Lotto, si si arriva all'importante nucleo della pittura bresciana del Rinascimento, con i dipinti di Vincenzo Foppa, Romanino, Savoldo e Moretto. Si manifesta qui una peculiare attenzione per la realtà, che arriva poi fino all'umanissima stagione dei "pitocchi" di Giacomo Ceruti. Concludono il racconto le grandi commissioni dei collezioni bresciani di età neoclassica e romantica, tra Angelica Kauffmann, Andrea Appiani, Francesco Hayez e Antonio Canova.

The red swiss UNESCO train ends in TIRANO a relevant political centre in the 16the century. In the ancient centre the magnificent Palazzo Salis (16th century),can now be visited with its all fresco and plasterwork decorated rooms,furnished and fit out with precious documents like the original count letter by the emperor Leopold I. A cosy barock church and a rare italian style garden complete the visit. Special promotion offers for guided tour of Palazzo Salis + typical lunch.

Nestled amongst the stunning Southern hills of Lake Garda, in the heart of the historical centre of Lonato, lies the home of the Ugo Da Como Foundation with the castle (Rocca Visconteo Veneta) and the house-museum (Casa del Podestà). An evocative visit takes you through the furnished rooms of the house, also to a stunning library filled with a precious ancient book collection. The house is surrounded by splendid private gardens and the last step of the visit takes you up to the Visconti-Venetian fortress, admired by Napoleon.