Piacenza (Piasëinsa in the Piacentino dialect), capital city of the Province of the same name, arises on the right bank of the Po. In the 16th century certain Farnese dukes compelled the noble families to abandon their castles and transfer their residence to the city, thus transforming Piacenza into a “city of palaces”.

Often austere and private in the exteriors, they hide sumptuous courtyards and rich gardens within.

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