Selection of Rice for Great Cooking (Lombardy) - Cities
Bergamo | (surroundings) |
Brescia | (surroundings) |
Como | (surroundings) |
Cremona| (surroundings) |
Lecco | (surroundings) |
Lodi | (surroundings) |
Mantova | (surroundings) |
Milano City | (surroundings) |
Monza e Brianza | (surroundings) |
Pavia |
(surroundings) |
Sondrio | (surroundings) |
Varese | (surroundings)
"Lombardy holds the deepest roots of rice cultivation in Italy: it is from Cassolnovo, in the province of Pavia, that the first documented evidence of this crop in Italy originates — a covering letter signed by Galeazzo Maria Sforza on 28 September 1475. Since then, the region has never ceased to be a leading player in national rice production, thanks to its vast plain, the abundant waters of the Alps and one of the most efficient irrigation networks in Europe."
