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Monuments, Squares and Palaces

CRISTOPHER COLUMBUS STATUE

Bettola commemorates Christopher Columbus’s birth with a statue in the large square bearing the same name, in the village centre; the statue was built in…Discover more
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DUKE’S PALACE

The duke’s Palace owes its name to the fact that, in the first half of the 17th century, it was residence of duke Alessandro Sforza…Discover more
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DUKES FOUNTAIN

Built in 1292, it’s below the Dukes Palace. A stairway leads to it. It is opposite an open space, on a stone wall, under a…Discover more
Monuments, Squares and Palaces

ECCE HOMO BY ANTONELLO DA MESSINA

One of the most important masterpieces of the painter from Messina has been kept in Piacenza since 1761, and belongs to cardinal Giulio Alberoni’s(1664-1752) bequest…Discover more
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EQUESTRIAN MONUMENTS TO THE FARNESE

Undoubted masterpiece of the Baroque statuary art, the two equestrian monuments located in Piazza Cavalli (its name derives from them), were made by the Tuscan…Discover more
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ETRUSCAN LIVER

In 1877 this object, mysterious at first, was found by a peasant who was ploughing a field near Gossolengo. Although its importance wasn’t understood immediately,…Discover more

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