Vigoleno
The foundation of the original fortress probably dates back to the 10th century, but the first historical evidence dates back to 1141, when Vigoleno was an outpost of the Municipality of Piacenza on the road towards the Parma territories; around the thirteenth century it came into the possession of ...
Roncole Verdi
Roncole Verdi (Roncal in Parma dialect), formerly Le Roncole, is a small hamlet located a few kilometers away from the city of Busseto, in the province of Parma. The town owes its fame to being the birthplace of the composer Giuseppe Verdi, so much so that the municipal name changed from "Le Roncole...
Riva di Ponte dell´olio
The first mention of the locality appears in a feudal investiture of 1199 in which Obizzo and Giulio Ardizzoni, who owned the castle together with Ghislerio Ardizzoni, sold their share to Obizzo Visdomini; but the construction of the current manor dates back to 1177 as evidenced by the inscription c...
Gropparello
Even though it is composed of parts dating back to different eras, it has the compact appearance of a stronghold with double crenellated walls, courtyard, towers, entrance tower with double drawbridge (one for pedestrians and one for vehicles), keep, patrol walkways dug into the rock . Irregular in ...
Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore is a small but splendid Renaissance village in Lower Piacentina.
Founded in 1479 by Gian Ludovico Pallavicino, it preserves the Renaissance urban structure intact in its historic centre, on which the most important civil and religious monuments stand.
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Fontanellato
It stands enchantingly in the center of the village, surrounded by a large water moat, and contains, as a precious pearl, one of the masterpieces of Italian mannerism, the small room painted by Parmigianino in 1524 with the myth of Diana and Actaeon. Still intact is the the noble apartment of the Sa...
