{"id":37010,"date":"2022-06-04T14:19:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:02:29","slug":"the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/","title":{"rendered":"The first crusade was banned in Piacenza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Crusade was officially organised in Clermont-Ferrand, France, during November 1095. But it was annouced for the first time in Piacenza during the Spring of the same year, on occasion of the General Council wanted by the Pope Urban II.<\/p>\n<h3>The meeting<\/h3>\n<p>The meeting happened outside, into the fields around the church of Santa Vittoria, in the spot where actually the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santa-maria-di-campagna-basilica\/\">Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna<\/a> stands.<br \/>\nThe whole plain until the bank of Po river was transformed in a huge camp.<br \/>\nActually the city couldn&#8217;t host all the partecipants in the accomodation facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers of this attendance: 30.000 lay people, more than 200 bishops, 3.000 clerics and the Queen Prassede, wife of Enrico IV the Emperor, accompanied by the her whole establishment of domestics.<\/p>\n<h3>The surprise<\/h3>\n<p>At the end of the Council, the Pope suddenly announced the necessity of a Crusade to the Holy Land.<\/p>\n<p>His goal was to free the Holy Sephulcar from the infidels. The Pope foreshadowed the official decision of Clermont Ferrand.<\/p>\n<h3>Square name<\/h3>\n<p>Currently the square in front of the Church Santa Maria di Campagna is still called\u00a0 Piazzale delle Crociate(Crusade Square).<\/p>\n<p>A marble memorial plaque is shown on the Physchiatric Hospital&#8217;s building facade, to remeber that important occurence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first Crusade was officially organised in Clermont, France, during November 1095. But It was annouced for the first time in Piacenza during the Spring of the same year, on occasion of the General Council wanted by the Pope Urban II. The meeting happened outside, into the fields around the little church Santa Vittoria, in the spot where actually the Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna stends. The whole plain until the bank of Po river was transformed in a huge camp.\u00a0 Actually the city couldn\u2019t host all the partecipants in the accomodation facilities. The numbers of this attendance: 30.000 lay people, more than 200 bishops, 3.000 clerics and the Queen Prassede, wife of Enrico IV the Emperor, accompanied by the her whole establishment of domestics. At the end of the Council, the Pope, announced suddenly the necessity of a Crusade to the Holy Land. His goal was to free the Holy Sephulcar from the infidels. The Pope foreshadowed the official decision of Clermont Ferrand. Currently the square in front of the Church Santa Maria di Campagna is still called\u00a0 \u201cCrusade Square\u201d . A marble memorial plaque is shown on the Physchiatric Hospital\u2019s building facade, to remebering that important occurence.","protected":false},"featured_media":17483,"template":"","territorio":[939],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[928],"class_list":["post-37010","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-piacenza-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-curiosities"],"acf":{"contatti_iat":false,"location":{"lat":"45.05649725","lng":"9.680765416880408","address":"Piazzale delle Crociate 5, Piacenza"},"iat":false,"accessibilita_disabili":"","orario":"","chiusura_settimanale":"","tariffe":"","localita":33156},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The first crusade was banned in Piacenza - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first Crusade was banned in Piacenza by the Pope Urbano II, to free the Holy Sephulcar in Gerusalem from the infidels.\" \/>\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\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The first crusade was banned in Piacenza - Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first Crusade was banned in Piacenza by the Pope Urbano II, to free the Holy Sephulcar in Gerusalem from the infidels.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T15:02:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S.Maria-Camp-Esterno-archivio-immagini-Comune-di-Piacenza-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1187\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"816\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/\",\"name\":\"The first crusade was banned in Piacenza - Visit Piacenza\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S.Maria-Camp-Esterno-archivio-immagini-Comune-di-Piacenza-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-04T12:19:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-17T15:02:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"The first Crusade was banned in Piacenza by the Pope Urbano II, to free the Holy Sephulcar in Gerusalem from the infidels.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/the-first-crusade-was-banned-in-piacenza\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S.Maria-Camp-Esterno-archivio-immagini-Comune-di-Piacenza-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S.Maria-Camp-Esterno-archivio-immagini-Comune-di-Piacenza-1.jpg\",\"width\":1187,\"height\":816,\"caption\":\"Basilica Santa Maria di Campagna - Esterno, ph. 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