Emilia-Romagna, Italy · Europe
Piacenza is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Guardamiglio, 40km from Ponte Gobbo, Bobbio.
Piacenza is a city located in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. With a population of 103,607, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Piacenza sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Piacenza to your route.
Piazza dei Cavalli is one of the oldest and main public squares in the historic center of the city of Piacenza, Italy. Once called Piazza Grande, it competes with the Piazza del Duomo, located some 4 blocks southeast for prominence. This square, unlike the latter, is mainly ringed by secular buildings relating to theRead more
political and business community.
The piazza spaces here are irregular, lined to the northwest by the former city hall, the Palazzo Gotico, which is flanked to the south in a recessed fashion by the present city hall, the Palazzo del Collegio dei Mercanti. Along the east of the recess are two modern buildings, till one arrives to the contiguous open space east of the piazza before the church of San Francesco. To the north of the piazza rises the large neoclassic-style Palazzo del Governatore.
The two equestrian statues that give the piazza its name are astride of facade of the Palazzo Gotico. The statues were designed by Francesco Mochi and commissioned on occasion of the arrival to Piacenza of Margherita Aldobrandini, the wife of Ranuccio I Farnese. The cost of the bronze statues was then 44,107 Roman scudi (presumably 7200 lira reggiana). The statue of Ranuccio was erected in 1620, and the statue of his father Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545-1592) in 1624. The steed of the former horseman, who acquired a reputation as a brutal tyrant, appears tamed relative to that of Alessandro. The bas-reliefs at Alessandro's base depict military service of the Duke performed with Catholic armies: the capture of Antwerp in 1585 and relieving the Siege of Paris (1590). The base of Alessandro's statue has an allegory of good government.
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Piacenza is located in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 45.0524 latitude, 9.6934 longitude.
Piacenza has a population of approximately 103,607 people, making it a city in Italy.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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cafe
The 1959 Pavesi bridge restaurant spanning the A1 Autostrada del Sole near Fiorenzuola d'Arda: Europe's first over-motorway diner and a design icon of Italy's postwar road-trip boom.
22 km · about 25 min drive
bridge
Eleven irregular humpbacked arches carry this medieval 'devil's bridge' across the Trebbia at Bobbio, the abbey town Hemingway reputedly called part of 'the most beautiful valley in the world'. The SS45 Trebbia gorge drive to reach it is half the reward.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Interactive motorsport engineering museum and experience center by the legendary racing chassis manufacturer.
52 km · about 60 min drive
racetrack
Modern circuit in Lombardy's sparkling-wine country, home to Italy's official Porsche Experience Center. Combines track drives with the vineyards of Franciacorta on your doorstep.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
A refined Emilian city famous for Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Parma ham, and magnificent Correggio frescoes in its Romanesque cathedral.
57 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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