▁success ive ▁waves ▁of ▁tribes , ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁German ic ▁Lomb ards ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁sixth ▁century . ▁St ability ▁followed ▁until ▁ 7 7 4 , ▁when ▁the ▁Frank ish ▁king ▁Char lemagne ▁conquer ed ▁the ▁area ▁and ▁an nex ed ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁the ▁Lomb ards ▁( most ▁of ▁northern ▁and ▁central ▁Italy ) ▁to ▁his ▁emp ire . ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁The ▁province ▁of ▁C rem ona ▁is ▁a ▁long , ▁relatively ▁narrow ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Pad ana ▁P lain ▁in ▁northern ▁Italy , ▁the ▁outline ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁circ ums cribed ▁by ▁rivers . ▁The ▁province ▁is ▁orient ated ▁from ▁north west ▁to ▁sout heast . ▁To ▁the ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁province ▁lies ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁L odi , ▁to ▁the ▁north west ▁lies ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Milan , ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁lies ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Berg amo , ▁to ▁the ▁east ▁lies ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Bres cia , ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁sout heast ▁lies ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Mant ua . ▁The ▁region ▁of ▁Em ilia - R om agna ▁lies ▁to ▁the ▁south , ▁C rem ona ▁ab ut ting ▁onto ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Reg gio ▁Em ilia , ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Par ma ▁and ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁P iac enza . ▁ ▁Several ▁rivers ▁flow ▁across ▁the ▁Lomb ard y ▁P lain ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁River ▁Po ▁which ▁runs ▁along ▁the ▁southern ▁border ▁of ▁the ▁province . ▁The ▁River ▁Add a ▁separ ates ▁C rem ona ▁from ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁L odi ▁and