Patron saint festival In 100 days
The Conversion of Saint Paul, patron of Ziano Piacentino
📅 Every year, on 25 January
Ziano Piacentino celebrates the Conversion of Saint Paul on 25 January, next to the Castello di Seminò.
In 1271 pope Gregory X chose Ziano as neutral ground for a meeting between the comune of Piacenza, represented by a cardinal who was his own nephew, and Ubertino Landi, who spoke for the Ghibellines. Landi signed nothing and was excommunicated. The castrum already appears in a will of 1029, kept at Bobbio.
The town hall has moved twice: it was at Vicobarone until 1823, then at Vicomarino, and from 1888 at Ziano, which thus gave the comune its name; «Piacentino» was added in 1928. In 2016 there was a vote on merging with Borgonovo: at Borgonovo the yes won, here the no, and the merger stopped there.
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Near Ziano Piacentino
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Ziano Piacentino, but an easy day trip away.
abbazia di Santa Maria al Porale 📍 Ronco Scrivia · 9.9 km Founded by Cistercians in 1208 for pilgrims on the Via Postumia, today a chapel with a fresco of 1446. Castello di Francavilla Bisio 📍 Francavilla Bisio · 10 km The medieval castle of Francavilla Bisio: towers, moat and six centuries of Spinola, Grillo and Guasco. Castello di Lercaro 📍 Ovada · 11 km A Lercaro fortified villa of 1570, given to the town in 1872 as a hospice, now a ruin chiesa di Nostra Signora Assunta 📍 Ovada · 12 km Sober baroque inspired by Genoa, with twin bell towers and Pietro Ivaldi's vault. chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie 📍 Ovada · 12 km Founded by Dominicans in 1481, with a high altar brought from Genoa in 1690 chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione 📍 Ovada · 12 km A plague vow of 1631, first stone in 1640, and an almost total rebuild after the 1935 fire