Location: Piacenza
Top Things to do in Piacenza
Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna
Piacenza [pjaˈtʃɛntsa] listen (help·info) (Emilian-Romagnol: Piasëinsa, Latin: Placentia) is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza. Modern forms of the name descend from Latin Placentia. The etymology is long-standing, tracing an origin from the Latin verb placēre, "to please." In French, and occasionally in English, it is called Plaisance. The name means a "pleasant abode", or as James Boswell reported some of the etymologists of his time to have translated it, "comely". This was a name "of good omen."
Restaurants in Piacenza
1. Basilica di Sant'Antonino
2. Piazza Cavalli
3. Duomo Di Piacenza
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4.5 based on 423 reviews
4. Basilica di Santa Maria di Campagna
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4.5 based on 147 reviews
5. Sala dei Teatini (Chiesa di San Vincenzo)
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4.5 based on 39 reviews
6. Chiesa di San Savino
7. Chiesa di San Sisto
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4.5 based on 58 reviews
The Church of St. Sisto is a historic building, built in the sixteenth century on the site of an abbey dating back to the ninth century, founded by the empress Angilberga. The current architecture is by Alessio Tramello. Raffaello d'Urbino painted for this church the celebrated "Madonna Sistina", now kept in Dresden, while in the church there is a copy of the eighteenth century. Holy Mass: Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm; Saturday: 5 pm; mon-fri: 6 pm.
