Po, the Great River

Moving around Viadana, you can appreciate archaeological sites, bog drainages and good food. Still, you can easily ride on the cycle tracks along Po riverbanks.
Some interesting churches are in VIADANA, such as Santa Maria in Castello - which hosts several XVI and XVII century paintings, among which a Bartolomeo Vivarini's polyptyc -, or San Rocco – a good example of late baroque style. Parazzi museum hosts precious Etruscan, Roman and Egyptian relics.
You may visit another archaeological museum in PIADENA, and a really peculiar bijou museum in CASALMAGGIORE.
In SAN MATTEO DELLE CHIAVICHE, the old bog drainage plant “tells” you about the relationships between the Great River and the people who lived here. In TORRE D'OGLIO there is a very rare early XX century pontoon bridge. You can easily cycle along Po and Oglio wide riverbanks.
Still, Viadana area produces lambrusco, sausages and renowned melons.