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Podenzano
Podenzano ( egl, label= Piacentino, Pudinsàn ) is a in the Province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is bordered by the following municipalities: Gossolengo, Piacenza, Pontenure, Rivergaro, San Giorgio Piacentino, Vigolzone. The patron saint is San Giovanni Bosco. The main parish church is San Germano e San Giovanni Bosco. Twin towns Podenzano is twinned with: * Hajdúdorog, Hungary * Kanibonzon, Mali See also *San Polo, Podenzano San Polo is the 16th-century Roman Catholic parish church located on Via all Chiesa #10 in the town of Podenzano, Province of Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (wo ... References Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Germano E San Giovanni Bosco, Podenzano
San Germano e San Giovanni Bosco is the 20th-century Roman Catholic parish church of Podenzano, Province of Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Art and Architecture Construction of the church began in 1934, and the church was consecrated in 1940. The architect Camillo Uccelli designed the Neo-Romanesque architecture, Neo-Romanesque church with some Byzantine architectural touches, including a Greek-cross layout. The interior declaration was performed by Uso Albertelli and Alberto Aspetti. The image of the Redeemer on the facade was painted by Ernesto Giacobbi. The organ is originally derived from the Cathedral of Piacenza. From 1957-1978, the painter Luciano Ricchetti completed a cycle of frescoes including two lateral chapels dedicated to the Rosary and St John Bosco. He also painted the Via Crucis series throughout the aisles, a ''Holy Trinity'' on the counterfacade, and the ''Symbols of the Four Evangelists and the Virgin with the Bible'' in the apse. The sculptor Paolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Polo, Podenzano
San Polo is the 16th-century Roman Catholic parish church located on Via all Chiesa #10 in the town of Podenzano, Province of Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ..., Italy. History The layout of the parish church we see today dates to 1520. The first church on the site was razed and burned by the troops of Galeazzo Visconti in 1321. The neoclassical-style façade and interiors was refurbished in 1843. The interiors were frescoed by Alberto Aspetti and Nazareno Sidoli. entry on parish church. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigolzone
Vigolzone (Emilian language#Dialects, Piacentino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about south of Piacenza. Vigolzone borders the following municipalities: Bettola, Podenzano, Ponte dell'Olio, Rivergaro, San Giorgio Piacentino, Travo. In the early 20th century, the ''frazione'' of Grazzano received the name Visconti when Giuseppe Visconti, father of the filmmaker Luchino Visconti, Luchino, restored the medieval castle built there by Gian Galeazzo Visconti. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajdúdorog
Hajdúdorog () is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. In 2001, 80.9% of the population of Hajdúdorog was Greek Catholic. It is located at . Hajdúdorog had a population of 8797 in 2014 (down from 8888 in 2006), with a population density of 89,97 people per km². The city is 130 m above sea level and the district area is 100.65 km². History The city is one of the so-called "old haiduk towns" and appears to have been inhabited since Paleolithic times, but the first written records come from 1301. Archaeological remains of the so-called ''rézbalta culture'' from 1380–2200BC have been found in the area as have Iron Age Scythians settlements. Roman era tombs were found in the area in 1938. The Sarmatian, Celtic, and Roman tombs were located near the church and the area appears to have been the frontier between Roman and Sarmation lands at the time. Avars immigrated into the area in 567AD and Hungarian Magyars in 896AD. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanibonzon
Kanibonzon or Kani-Bonzon (''Kǎ:n-bɔ̀ⁿzɔ̂ⁿ'') is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bankass in the Mopti Region of Mali. It is part of the Kani village cluster. In 1998 the commune had a population of 9,497. Twin cities * Podenzano, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... References Communes of Mopti Region {{Mopti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilia-Romagna
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Province Of Piacenza
The province of Piacenza ( it, provincia di Piacenza) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Piacenza. As of 2016, it has a total population of 286,572 inhabitants over an area of , giving it a population density of 111.38 inhabitants per square kilometre. The city Piacenza has a population of 102,269, as of 2015. The provincial president is Patrizia Barbieri and it contains 48 ''comuni'' (singular: ''comune''). The province dates back to its founding by the Romans in 218 BCE. History Piacenza was founded by the Romans for military purposes in 218 BCE. It was conquered by Carthaginian Hasdrubal II in 207 BCE and the city was sacked in 200 BCE by the Gauls. A key city in the region, it was destroyed by barbarians but the town was rebuilt under the rule of bishops in the 10th century. By the 12th century, the city was a free ''comune'' and it later fought against Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor as part of the Lombard League. In the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piacentino Dialect
Emilian ( egl, emigliàn, links=no, ; it, emiliano, links=no) is a Gallo-Italic language spoken in the historical region of Emilia, which is now in the northwestern part of Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy. There is no standardised version of Emilian. Emilian-Romagnol has a default word order of subject–verb–object and both grammatical gender (masculine and feminine) and grammatical number (singular and plural). There is a strong T–V distinction, which distinguishes varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity or insult. The alphabet, largely adapted from the Italian ( Tuscan) one, uses a considerable number of diacritics. Classification Emilian is a Gallo-Italic unstandardized language, part of the Emilian-Romagnol dialect continuum with the bordering Romagnol varieties. Besides Emilian-Romagnol, the Gallo-Italic family includes Piedmontese, Ligurian and Lombard, all of which maintain a level of mutual intelligibility with Emilian, the latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can also have the title of ('city'). Formed '' praeter legem'' according to the principles consolidated in medieval municipalities, the is provided for by art. 114 of the Constitution of Italy. It can be divided into '' frazioni'', which in turn may have limited power due to special elective assemblies. In the autonomous region of the Aosta Valley, a ''comune'' is officially called a ''commune'' in French. Overview The provides essential public services: registry of births and deaths, registry of deeds, and maintenance of local roads and public works. Many have a '' Polizia Comunale'' (communal police), which is responsible for public order duties. The also deal with the definition and compliance with the (general regulator plan), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special district (United States), special-purpose district. The term is derived from French language, French and Latin language, Latin . The English language, English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction (area), jurisd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over 102,000 inhabitants. Westernmost major city of the region of Emilia-Romagna, it has strong relations with Lombardy, with which it borders, and in particular with Milan. It was once defined by Leonardo da Vinci as "Land of passage", in his Codex Atlanticus, by virtue of its crucial geographical location. Piacenza integrates characteristics of the nearby Ligurian and Piedmontese territories added to a prevalent Lombard influence, favored by communications with the nearby metropolis, which attenuate its Emilian footprint. Piacenza is located at a major crossroads at the intersection of Route E35/A1 between Bologna and Milan, and Route E70/A21 between Brescia and Turin. Piacenza is also at the confluence of the Trebbia, draining the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
