The best hikes from bus stations around Parco del Brembiolo

The Adda Sud Park develops along the course of the Adda river, from Rivolta d'Adda to its mouth in the Po and flows in the large plain of alluvial origin used for agricultural activity. On the riverbanks, in addition to the woods and the numerous river beaches, the park territory also includes marshy areas. Dominated by numerous cornfields, the park's landscape is characterized by rows of poplars and hedges that protect the agricultural crops from the action of the wind. In the past, the white mulberry was also planted, whose fruits fed silkworms, but today only a few trees remain mixed with poplars, robinia and native species such as alder, common willow and maple.

Built between 1278 and 1363 by the Ghibelline Umbertino Landi, the church of San Francesco is in Lombard Gothic style with a terracotta façade. The Friars Minor were commissioned to carry out the work and quickly built the church and adjoining monastery. Over the centuries, the church was enriched with works of art and the convent reached considerable dimensions. The most important historical event connected to the church was, in 1848, the proclamation, which took place here with a plebiscite, of the annexation of Piacenza to the Kingdom of Sardinia. The church preserves inside the tombs of illustrious men, paintings, sculptures and remains of frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries. Note the sculpture placed in the lunette of the portal, with the Stigmata of San Francesco (around 1480). The dome of the chapel of the Immaculate Conception is frescoed by Giovanni Battista Trotti, known as “Il Malosso” (1600). Also worthy of note is the stucco sculpture group created by Reti in the 17th century and depicting the Deposition. Other artists present are Bernardo Castello, Giuseppe Nuvolone and Benedetto Marini. In front of the church of San Francesco, the so-called “Dado” develops in height, the building that incorporates the architectural structures of the ancient medieval Torrazzo communal tower. (c) https://scopripiacenza.it/it/luoghi/chiese-e-santuari-piacenza-la-citta-piazza-cavalli-chiesa-di-san-francesco

The Ex Chiesa del Carmine can currently accommodate 400 people standing and 180 seated. The Open Laboratory of Piacenza is a physical hub dedicated to innovation, an urban space accessible to citizens and businesses that promotes and hosts training activities, city events and spaces equipped with cutting-edge technologies in the splendid recovered spaces of the former Church of Carmine, in Piazza Casali 10 in Piacenza. The recovery of the former Church of Carmine is part, at a local level, of the process of activating the concept of smart city, encouraging the creation of value at the citizen and community level through the meeting between supply and demand of innovative and technological solutions in a variety of areas, from mobility to logistics, from the environment to agriculture, from culture to tourism. (c) https://www.comune.piacenza.it/it/vivere/742877

The building, of great artistic and architectural value, was dedicated to the disabled and invalid veterans of the Great War. It is a welfare institute, built in 1938, designed by the architect Alfredo Soressi, as the headquarters of the local section of ANMIG (National Association of War Disabled and Invalids), founded in 1917. The house, although small in size, conveys an impression of monumentality: it has a cylindrical central body, from which an octagonal tower rises. The entrance is raised and preceded by three steps, the portal is framed by two large semi-columns, which end with two imperial eagles and support a heavy band. The building is covered in brick and stone. The structure has two rows of windows, rectangular on the first floor and ending with a curved profile on the second floor, while the two large openings on the ground floor, at the sides of the entrance, are filled with glass blocks. The portal has a wrought iron gate, and is surmounted by a lunette, in which the coat of arms of the Association of Mutilated and Invalids of War is depicted. Inside the building, on the ground floor, there were the clinics and the rooms for the distribution of medicines, while on the first floor, since 1938, the offices of the Piacenza Section of the ANMIG have been located. Above the entrance door you can read the phrase "House of the Mutilated". These are the symbols present: the eagles symbolizing invincibility and the centrally planned temple (remembered in the structure of the building), which brings the building itself closer to the votive temple, therefore to an environment where the cult of sacrifice and love for the homeland is celebrated. Unfortunately, recently the upper part of the building was closed due to damage to the roof. The provincial section of the ANMIG was therefore closed, due to lack of funds for repairs, despite the fact that there are still many historical members of the province who are mutilated and in need of assistance. (https://fondoambiente.it/luoghi/casa-del-mutilato-di-piacenza)

The 16th-century Santa Maria di Campagna , built in the Renaissance style, has beautiful frescoes by Pordenone and Bernardino Gatti, who decorated the dome with colorful paintings. The church also features a statue of Ranuccio Farnese, Duke of Piacenza, from 1616 by the sculptor Francesco Mochi, who also created the equestrian statues in Piazza Cavalli.

Known as "il Gotico" to those who live in Piacenza, due to the presence of pointed arches typical of Gothic architecture, this historic building in the city center hosted the poet Francesco Petrarca in 1351. Today it opens to the public only on the occasion of events or temporary exhibitions.

Piacenza Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Piacenza) is a Roman Catholic church in Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna, Italy) dedicated to Saint Justina of Padua and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Saint Justina is also the patron saint of the city. The cathedral is located in the city center, on Piazza Duomo. The church is the seat of the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio.

Piacenza is a city full of beautiful squares, all lively and crowded. On this square are the cathedral and the bishop's palace.