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The “pearl necklace” frieze is located on the facade of the Former Asilo Luigi Visconti, it was built by the will of Donna Carla Erba…Discover more
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The miraculous event of the appearance of the “Madonna della Quercia”, made Bettola village well known as a littlereligious location in Nure valley. Between 1496…Discover more
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San Damiano, a little village in the municipality of San Giorgio Piacentino, it’s located 20 kilometers from Piacenza on the right bank of the Nure…Discover more
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Luchino Visconti was born in 1906, in Milano. He was the son of Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, the creator of the Neogothic village of Grazzano…Discover more
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Between the end of the XIX and the beginnig of the XX the neo middle age style got diffused: many architects took care of old…Discover more
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Edoardo Amaldi was born in Carpaneto piacentino on the 5th September 1908, from Ugo Amaldi, a mathematician and Laura Basini; he studied in Rome, where…Discover more