Chiaravalle della Colomba
4 km away you can visit the Chiaravalle della Colomba Abbey.
The abbey was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux himself around 1135. The complex was born when Bernard accepted the pleas of Bishop Arduino of Piacenza and his people: it was typical of Cistercian monasteries, in fact, to ...
Via Francigena
The Via Francigena is a main road traveled in the past by thousands of pilgrims traveling to Rome.
History has it that it was Sigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury, going to Rome to visit Pope John Rome and constituted one of the most important European communication routes in medieval time...
Fiorenzuola d´Arda
Of Roman origins, it was an important mercantile center, which is completely evident from the shape of its historic center. Historians´ opinions regarding the origins of the name are divided; in fact, at first it was thought to derive from Florentia, a military station 15 miles from Piacenza w...
Piacenza
Medieval Piacenza begins from Piazza Cavalli, which stands on the area of the ancient Roman Campus Martius, the military camp. This is attested by the stone inscription "haec est ara Bellonae" found during the excavations of the foundations of the Palazzo Comunale known as the "Gothic". Bellon...
Castell´Arquato
Castell´Arquato... Story of authentic magic
Castell´Arquato, City of Art, City of Wine, surprises at first glance, between Emilia and Lombardy, between the Po Valley and the Apennines, about thirty kilometers from the capital Piacenza and a little further from Parma, for its...
