The Val Nure is the valley of the Nure river, a tributary of the Po. The valley lies almost entirely in the

Province of Piacenza The province of 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 ...

, in the

Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...

region of Italy. It forms part of the Comunità Montana Valli del Nure e dell'Arda.

Geography

The Val Nure is approximately long, and runs from south-west to north-east. The source of the Nure is at the Lago Nero. It runs into the Po about east of Piacenza, close to Roncarolo, a

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

of the

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

of Caorso. The valley lies between the Val d'Arda to the east, the Valle del Ceno to the south-east, the

Val d'Aveto The Val d'Aveto, or Aveto valley, straddles the Province of Genoa and the Province of Piacenza, between the Italian regions of Liguria and Emilia-Romagna. The river Aveto runs through the valley, to later join its waters with those of the Trebbia ne ...

to the south-west and the Val Trebbia to the west. The Val Nure lies in the Colli Piacentini, or "hills of Piacenza", wine-growing region. Colli Piacentini Valnure is a ''

Denominazione di Origine Controllata The following four classification of wine, classifications of wine constitute the Italy, Italian system of labelling and legally protecting Italian wine: * ''Denominazione di origine'' (DO, rarely used; ; 'designation of origin'); * ''Indicazione ...

'' white wine made in the comuni of

Ponte dell'Olio Ponte dell'Olio ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Piacenza, in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, located about south of Piacenza, about south of Milan and about northwest of Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the cap ...

San Giorgio Piacentino San Giorgio Piacentino (, or ) 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. San Giorgio Piacentino borders the following municip ...

and

Vigolzone Vigolzone ( 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, ...

from Malvasia di Candia aromatica, Ortrugo and Trebbiano Romagnolo grape varieties.

History

feudal Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in Middle Ages, medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of struc ...

times control of the valley was disputed between the Anguissola, Camia, Malaspina and Nicelli families. In the early 17th century it passed into the hands of Ottavio Farnese. There are some eighty castles and fortifications in the valley, among them the Castello di Riva at Ponte dell'Olio, and the castles of Altoè, of Grazzano Visconti, of Paderna, of Podenzano and of Vigolzone.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Val Nure is twinned with: *

Nogent-sur-Marne Nogent-sur-Marne () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a ''Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''Depar ...

, France

References

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(in Italian). IAT Grazzano Visconti Val Nure e Val Chero. Accessed May 2013. Dario Busolini (1995
FARNESE, Ottavio
''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 45'' (in Italian). Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed May 2013.
(in Italian). IAT Grazzano Visconti Val Nure e Val Chero. Accessed May 2013.

Geography

History

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

References

Further reading