{"id":38085,"date":"2022-07-30T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/annibale-barca\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:13:01","slug":"annibale-barca","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/annibale-barca\/","title":{"rendered":"Annibale Barca (Hannibal)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second Punic War, led by the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca, left many traces on Piacenza land. The <strong>Trebbia&#8217;s battle<\/strong> was the first win over Rome and it was the only battle where some <strong>elephants<\/strong> were used to impres the enemies. It took place between the areas of Ancarano and <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/places\/gazzola\/\">Gazzola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The carthaginian place-names<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Many place-names of the Val Boreca are connected to passage of Hannibal in this area. <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/places\/zerba\/\">Zerba<\/a> seems to come from Djerba, Tartago from Chartago, Suzzi from Soussie.<\/p>\n<p>Rottofreno village looks like it got this name, cause nearby Hannibalbroke the break of his horse. This episode is still rememberd in the city crest.<\/p>\n<h3>The stories about Hannibal Barca<\/h3>\n<p>There are many other stories about the Carthaginian general, they are belong to the legend.<\/p>\n<p>The Mount Lesima, for exemple, got that specific name cause, during the climbing, Hannibal accidently hurt his hand. From &#8220;laesa manus&#8221; (in latin &#8220;hurt hand&#8221;) the name became similar, <strong>Lesima<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another story.<\/p>\n<p>The city of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/places\/gossolengo\/\">Gossolengo<\/a> is still keeping inside of his city crest the image of an elephant, as a memory of the gift, which Hannibal gave to the city. It&#8217;s seem that one of the elephant of Annibale got hurt, so the army had to stop for a long time in Gossolengo area. Hannibal decided to offer the elephant to the citizen, who used the big animal to work the fields around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second Punic War, led by the carthaginian general Annibale Barca, left many traces on Piacenza Land. The Trebbia\u2019s battle was the first win over Rome and it was the only battle where some Elephants were impressively used. It happened between Ancarano village and the area of Gazzola town. Many place names of the Val Boreca and not only, are reminding to the passage of Annibale in this area. Zerba seems to come from Djerba, Tartago from Chartago, Suzzi from Sousse. Rottofreno village looks like it got this name, cause nearby Annibale broke the break of his horse. This episode is still rememberd in the city crest. There are many other stories about him, they are describing of the legend as a truth. The Lesima mountain, for exemple, got that specific name cause during the Annibale\u2019s climbing; accidently he hurt his hand: from \u201d laesa manus\u201d ( in latin the hand is hurt) to the similar name Lesima. The city of Gossolengo is still keeping inside of his city crest the image of an elephant, as a memory of the gift which Annibale gave to the city. It\u2019s seem that one of the elephant of Annibale got hurt, so the army had to stop for a long time in Gossolengo area. 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