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Northern Italy in 1815. The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Ducato di Parma e Piacenza, Latin: Ducatus Parmae et Placentiae) was an Italian state created in 1545 and located in northern Italy, in the current region of Emilia-Romagna. [1] Originally a realm of the Farnese family after Pope Paul III made it a hereditary duchy for his son ...
Écu (under Farnese), then Parman lira. The history of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a former state on the Italian Peninsula whose capital was the city of Parma, begins in 1545 and ends in 1860. The duchy was established due to nepotism practiced by Pope Paul III and was initially governed by the Farnese family, to which the pontiff belonged.
The Ducal Palace of Parma (Italian: Palazzo Ducale di Parma) was a neoclassical palace in Parma, Italy. It was located on the west side of the Piazzale della Pace. Between its construction and 1859, it was the residence of the Dukes of Parma. After 1859, it became the prefecture. Throughout its history, the palace was not a single building but ...
Development of the Palaazo della Pilotta over time. The Palazzo della Pilotta is a complex of edifices located between Piazzale della Pace and the Lungoparma in the historical centre of Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. Its name derives from the game of pelota played at one time by Spanish soldiers stationed in Parma.
The Arch of San Lazzaro ( Italian: Arco di San Lazzaro) is a triumphal arch that stands just outside and east of the city of Parma, Region of Emilia-Romagna. It was constructed in 1628 under the designs of Giovanni Battista Magnani to celebrate the arrival to the city of Margherita de’ Medici, the new wife of the then Duke Odoardo Farnese.
The Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: duca di Parma e Piacenza) was the ruler of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a historical state of Northern Italy. It was created by Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) for his son Pier Luigi Farnese. [1] It existed between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1859. The Duke of Parma was also Duke of ...
Prosciutto di Parma. A parma ham pizza with thin slices of prosciutto and burrata cheese. Prosciutto crudo, in English often shortened to prosciutto (/ prəˈʃuːtoʊ, proʊˈ -/ prə-SHOO-toh, proh-, [1][2][3][4] Italian: [proʃˈʃutto]), [5] is uncooked, unsmoked, and dry-cured ham. Prosciutto crudo is usually served thinly sliced.
Pietà with Saints Clare, Francis and Mary Magdalene is a 1585 oil on canvas painting by Annibale Carracci, now in the Galleria nazionale di Parma. [ 1 ] It was produced for the high altar of the Capuchin church in Parma as one of the artist's first works outside Bologna.