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Tourist Spot Attractions In Piacenza

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Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. The etymology is long-standing, tracing an origin from the Latin verb placēre, to please. In French, and occasionally in English, it is called Plaisance. The name means a pleasant abode, or as James Boswell reported some of the etymologists of his time to have translated it, comely. This was a name of good omen.Piacenza is located at a major crossroads at the intersection of Route E35/A1 between Bologna and Milan, and Route E70/A21 between Brescia and Tortona. Piacenza is also at the confluence of the Trebbia, draining the northern Apen...
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  • 1. Piazza Cavalli Piacenza
    The Gallerie di Piazza Scala is a modern and contemporary museum in Milan, Italy. Located in Piazza della Scala in the Palazzo Brentani and the Palazzo Anguissola, it hosts 195 artworks from the collections of Fondazione Cariplo with a strong representation of nineteenth century Lombard painters and sculptors, including Antonio Canova and Umberto Boccioni. A new section was opened in the Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana on October 25, 2012 with 189 art works from the twentieth century. During the 2017 Corporate Art Awards Ceremony hosted by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace , Gallerie di Piazza Scala received a special award as “Patron of the XXI century” .
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  • 3. Duomo Di Piacenza Piacenza
    Piacenza Cathedral , is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Piacenza, Italy. It was built between 1122 and 1233 and is one of the most valuable examples of a Romanesque cathedral in northern Italy. The dedication is to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and to Saint Justina. It is the seat of the diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio. The cathedral has a total external length of 85 m, and a façade height of 32 m, dimensions which make it the largest Romanesque church in Emilia-Romagna. The façade, in Veronese pink marble and gilded stone, is horizontally divided by a gallery that dominates the three portals, decorated with capitals and Romanesque statues. The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided by twenty-five massive pillars. Its noteworthy frescoes were made in the 14th-16th centuries by Camillo ...
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  • 5. Chiesa di San Francesco Piacenza
    The entry Church of San Francesco includes churches linked to the devotion to St Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan order. They mainly include churches or monasteries in the Italian peninsula in the following cities/towns and regions: San Francesco, Acquasparta, Umbria San Francesco alle Scale, Ancona, Marche San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany San Francesco, Assisi, Umbria San Francesco, Atri, Abruzzo San Francesco, Bologna, Reggio-Emilia San Francesco, Canicattì, Sicily San Francesco, Casalbuttano, Lombardy San Francesco, Cortona, Tuscany San Francesco di Paola, Florence, Tuscany San Francesco, Grosseto, Tuscany San Francesco, Larino, Molise San Francesco, Lucca, Tuscany San Francesco, Lucignano, Tuscany San Francesco, Mantua, Lombardy San Francesco, Mondavio, Marche San Francesco delle Mo...
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  • 11. Stadio Calcio Leonardo Garilli Piacenza
    The Stadio Leonardo Garilli is a multi-use stadium in Piacenza, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Piacenza Calcio 1919 and from 2014 also those of Pro Piacenza 1919. The stadium was built in 1969 and was renovated in 1993 passing from 12,000 to the current 21,668 when the former Piacenza were promoted. The Stadium used to be called 'Galleana' after the area of the city in which it is situated but currently named after Leonardo Garilli , to whom the city and fans are highly grateful because of his dedication and competence showed when he was the president of the former Piacenza.
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