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Built between 1278 and 1363<\/strong> upon the will of the Ghibelline Ubertino Landi, it is in Gothic Lombard style<\/strong>, with a terracotta fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n

The history of the Church of San Francesco<\/h3>\n

The Friars Minor built the church and the adjoining monastery. The monastery consisted of three cloisters with gardens.<\/p>\n

During the Napoleonic period, the church remained almost always open, preserving its function, apart from a brief interlude in which it became first a warehouse and then a hospital.<\/p>\n

After Napoleon’s exile it returned to the Friars; in 1848 Piacenza annexion to the Piedmont kingdom was declared here.<\/p>\n

The architecture of San Francesco<\/h3>\n

Restored several times, San Francesco has similar characteristics to the basilica of the same name in Bologna, in which the influences of Burgundian Cistercian monastic architecture can be felt.
\nThe fa\u00e7ade has two buttresses, a rose window, spiree and pinnacles, a 15th century middle portal and, on both sides, two imposing flying buttresses. The cloister was on the right side: only an arcade has remained today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Built between 1278 and 1363 upon will of the ghibelline Ubertino Landi, it is in Gothic Lombard style, with a firebrick fa\u00e7ade. A work by the Minor Friars who wanted to expand the primitive church, at the end of the 18th century it was transformed into hospital and warehouse .After Napoleon\u2019s exile it returned to the Friars; in 1848 Piacenza annexion to the Piedmont kingdom was declared here. The fa\u00e7ade has two buttresses, a rose window, spiree and pinnacles, a 15th century middle portal and, on both sides, two imposing flying buttresses. The cloister was on the right side: only an arcade has remained today.","protected":false},"featured_media":18122,"template":"","territorio":[939],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[924],"class_list":["post-22561","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-piacenza-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-religious-architecture"],"acf":{"tariffe":"","location":{"lat":"45.052231","lng":"9.693949","address":"Piazza Cavalli, 68"},"contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":"+39 0523 321988"}],"accessibilita_disabili":"","orario":"

Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.\/4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (in the afternoon the opening hours may vary)
\nSaturday: 8 a.m.-6.30 p.m.
\nSunday: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.\/4 p.m.-6 p.m.<\/p>\n","chiusura_settimanale":"Open everyday","iat":30186,"localita":33156},"yoast_head":"\nSan Francesco's Church - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Built between 1278 and 1363 upon will of the ghibelline Ubertino Landi, it is in Gothic Lombard style, with a firebrick fa\u00e7ade.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/san-francesco-church\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"San Francesco's Church - Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Built between 1278 and 1363 upon will of the ghibelline Ubertino Landi, it is in Gothic Lombard style, with a firebrick fa\u00e7ade.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/san-francesco-church\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-23T11:57:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S.Francesco.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/san-francesco-church\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/san-francesco-church\/\",\"name\":\"San Francesco's Church - 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