Assisi’s Peace Lamp reached Cremona by bicycle on 20 October 2026, when a delegation from the Brescia area brought it to the town hall. Mayor Andrea Virgilio received the symbol of the peace relay, according to the municipality.
A handover at the town hall
The cyclists represented Paciclica FIAB Brescia and Per…corri la Pace–ACLI. Agostino Zanotti, vice-president of the Brescia coordination network of local authorities for peace and a councillor in Roncadelle, presented the lamp. Cremona’s councillor for social policies, Marina Della Giovanna, also attended.
The municipality and local outlet Cremona Netweek reported the completed handover. The city’s statement did not give the size of the delegation.
A relay connecting communities
Cremona will keep the lamp until 1 November. The handover forms part of the Giro d’Italia per la Pace, an initiative connecting Italian towns through a culture of peace and civic cooperation.
The municipality, schools and local organisations are planning meetings and other peace events from 23 October to 1 November. That programme had yet to begin when the lamp arrived: the cyclists’ journey served as a symbolic prelude.
Photo: Comune di Cremona / Ufficio Stampa. Agostino Zanotti and Andrea Virgilio at the Peace Lamp handover, Cremona, 20 October 2026. No editorial alterations. Comune di Cremona · CC BY 4.0.