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Monuments, Squares and Palaces
It’s inside  St. Peter’s Church . It was built in the sixteenth century by Barbieri. The monument, which was reassembled after having been forgotten for…Discover more
Curiosities
Cristoforo Colombo. A Piacenza’s citizen discovering America The origin of Cristoforo Colombo is cloudy. Despite the fact that Genova city has always claimed his origin,…Discover more
Museums and Galleries
According to the tradition, Colombos family lived in a tower house in Pradello (tower houses are typical of mountain areas:rooms are one over the other…Discover more
Monuments, Squares and Palaces
Bettola is supposed to be Christopher Columbus’s native town:according to the tradition his house is in Pradello: it’s a characteristic medieval tower house. Tower houses…Discover more
Villages and Castles
The Dego castle (or The Barberino castle) is a fortress located in municipality of Bobbio. The structure is composed by two mighty towers, inner connected…Discover more
Religious architecture
The building is at a few metres from Collegio Alberoni in San Lazzaro district, where it was built in 1962 upon a project by the…Discover more