declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. Internationally, the city's craftsmen are renowned for the unique process used in crafting bowed stringed instruments which are assembled and moulded by hand without using any industrial materials. Cremona had a band tradition linked to the Guardia nazionale founded under Napoleonic influence. In 1864, native son Amilcare Ponchielli became its leader and created what might be considered one of the greatest bands of all time. In his role as capobanda, Ponchielli founded a band school and a tradition that waned only at the onset of World War I. Transport Cremona railway station, opened in 1863, is a terminus of six railway lines, all of which are regional (semi-fast) or local services. Main destinations are Pavia, Mantua, Milan, Treviglio, Parma, Brescia, Piacenza and Fidenza. Sport Cremona's favourite sport is football. The U.S. Cremonese played for several years in Serie A, its most renowned players being Aristide Guarneri, Emiliano Mondonico, Antonio Cabrini and Gianluca Vialli — all born in or near Cremona. The brightest page in the more than one-century-old history of Cremonese was written in the early 1990s, when the president of the team was Domenico Luzzara and the coach was Gigi Simoni; the team managed to stay in Serie A for three consecutive years, ending one championship at tenth place. By defeating English team Derby County in the Final to win the Anglo-Italian Cup (27 March 1993), Cremonese became the second Italian team in football history to win at Wembley. Cremona, by the 1980s, had built a strong basketball tradition, now brought on by Vanoli Basket, a team from Soresina which however usually plays in Cremona. Cremona has also a waterpolo club that play in the regional divisions. There is a century-old tradition in rowing and canoe racing, with three different clubs, located along the Po river, that trained many world and Olympic champions. Twin towns — sister cities Cremona is twinned with: Alaquàs, Spain, since 2004 Krasnoyarsk, Russia, since 2006 Füssen, Germany, since 2018 People Notable people born in or associated with Cremona include: Andrea Amati, luthier Nicolò Amati, luthier Sofonisba Anguissola, painter of the Renaissance Gaspare Aselli, physician Francesco Aureri, sculptor Eugenio Beltrami, mathematician Francesco Bianchi, composer Leonida Bissolati, leading exponent of the Italian socialist movement at the turn of the nineteenth century Antonio Cabrini, footballer and manager Bernardino Campi, painter Giulio Campi, painter Massimo Capra, Italian-born Canadian celebrity chef Giulio