Tagliatelle al Ragù egg tagliatelle with meat ragù, soffritto and tomato
Ribbons of egg pasta, meat ragù and soffritto: the real bolognese has had a recipe deposited at the Chamber of Commerce since 1982.
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Piacenza sits in the far north-western corner of Emilia-Romagna, and most of its border is with somewhere else: Lombardy to the north and west, Piedmont beyond that, Liguria and the hinterland of Genoa to the south. Only its eastern side, towards Parma, stays inside the region. The 46 municipalities run from the flat farmland of the Po valley up to the ridges that separate Emilia from the Ligurian coast, and the capital, just over 100,000 people, is the only real city.
Most visitors start in Piacenza itself. West of it, Castel San Giovanni and Borgonovo Val Tidone face the Pavia border; Rivergaro sits on the river Trebbia; Fiorenzuola d'Arda and Carpaneto Piacentino lie along the Via Emilia, the Roman road running towards Parma. No single famous monument holds the province together, which is rather the point of it.
Towns in the province of Piacenza
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46 towns
Agazzano Alseno Alta Val Tidone Besenzone Bettola Bobbio Borgonovo Val Tidone Cadeo Calendasco Caorso Carpaneto Piacentino Castel San Giovanni Castell'Arquato Castelvetro Piacentino Cerignale Coli Corte Brugnatella Cortemaggiore Farini Ferriere Fiorenzuola d'Arda Gazzola Gossolengo Gragnano Trebbiense Gropparello Lugagnano Val d'Arda Monticelli d'Ongina Morfasso Ottone Piacenza Capital Pianello Val Tidone Piozzano Podenzano Ponte dell'Olio Pontenure Rivergaro Rottofreno San Giorgio Piacentino San Pietro in Cerro Sarmato Travo Vernasca Vigolzone Villanova sull'Arda Zerba Ziano Piacentino
The top 5 places in Piacenza
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Basilica di San Savino 📍 Piacenza Romanesque basilica in Piacenza with a Baroque façade of 1721, a crypt with zodiac mosaics and Saint Sabinus's relics. 2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa delle Benedettine 📍 Piacenza Deconsecrated Baroque church of 1681 built by the Farnese, with a double church for nuns and faithful and a great dome. 3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa di San Sisto 📍 Piacenza Renaissance church in Piacenza that kept Raphael's Sistine Madonna, with the tomb of Margaret of Austria. Piacenza and around, on the map
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🍝 At the table: Emilia-Romagna
Prosciutto di Parma pork leg and sea salt, aged at least twelve months
Only Italian pork and sea salt, aged for at least twelve months: Prosciutto di Parma has held Protected Designation of Origin status since 1996.
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Coppia Ferrarese bread with a central knot and four horns, lard and sourdough
Flour, lard, oil and sourdough starter, a soft knot at the centre and four thin horns: coppia ferrarese has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2001.
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Feast of Saint Florentius
📅 Every year, on 17 October
On 17 October Fiorenzuola d'Arda celebrates its patron Saint Florentius of Tours; in the past the town had a different patron, Saint Boniface, celebrated on 20 August.
Saint Quentin, patron of the four castles
📅 Every year, on 31 October
Gossolengo celebrates Saint Quentin on 31 October, in the church dedicated to him.
Saint Martin, patron of the Chiaravalle flower carpet
📅 Every year, on 11 November; Corpus Christi brings the flower carpet at the Abbey
Alseno celebrates Saint Martin on 11 November, in the church dedicated to him. For the feast of Corpus Christi, a flower carpet is laid out at the Chiaravalle della Colomba Abbey.
Saint Columbanus and the giant loaf
📅 Every year, on 23 November, with the Pane di San Colombano
Bobbio celebrates Saint Columbanus on 23 November, with a eucharistic celebration and the distribution of the Pane di San Colombano, a giant loaf shaped like the saint's statue.