The natural landscape of Lombardy, its art and architecture offers to tourists many routes to visit. There are 5 UNESCO places: Mantua, Gonzaga and Sabbioneta, the “ideal city” of the Italian Renaissance; the Sacred Mountains a devotional route in Varese and Ossuccio; the prehistoric cave paintings of Valcamonica; the nineteenth-century industrial settlement of Crespi d’Adda and finally Milan, with its beautiful church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, where the great artist Leonardo da Vinci left part of his works. In the capital, Milan, it is important to list the Theather la Scala, worldwide famous stage of the opera, the Castello Sforzesco and the monumental Cathedral, the church of white marble dedicated to “Maria nascent”. In Monza is absolutely to see the very modern Autodromo, the Villa Reale and the Cathedral, in which is guarded the ancient “iron crown” that contain one of the nails of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Brescia, the complex of the Monastery of San Salvatore is particular interesting to see. In Cremona, a city of Renaissance palaces where is still a living tradition of violin makers who had in Stradivari their maximum expression. Not to be misses are also the workshops of liutai (violin makers) and Stradiviarian Museum. Varese is called the “garden province”, while Sondrio, with the Castle Masegra owes its charm to the mixture of different eras and styles. The city of Lecco takes its importance from “I Promessi Sposi”, masterpiece of the writer A. Manzoni, with the famous “branch of the lake” on which the city stands. In Bergamo the Accademia Carrara is one of the largest Italian art galleries, the Colleoni Chapel and the Donizetti Theatre, dedicated to the most illustrious citizen and renowned composer of Bergamo. The Victory Square features the medieval landscape of Lecco overlooked by the Cathedral and the Town Hall. Finally Como, at the very tip of the western side of the lake, is known for its beautiful villas including Villa Olmo, an impressive neoclassical building.