Monza Attractions

Northeast of Milan, on the River Lambro, is the industrial town of Monza (162m/535ft; pop. 124,000), which together with Pavia was the place of coronation of the Lombard kings from the 11th century. In the Piazza Roma stands the old Town Hall ("Arengario") of 1293, and close by the cathedral, founded in 590 and rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries in Lombard Gothic style, with a beautiful facade and a harmonious interior. In the Cappella di Teodolinda are frescoes and the famous "Iron Crown", said to be the royal crown of the Lombards, with which the German emperors were crowned as kings of Italy.