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Year. c. 1528. Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 235 cm × 141 cm (93 in × 56 in) Location. Galleria Nazionale, Parma. The Madonna and Child with Sts Jerome and Mary Magdalen (The Day) is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Correggio dating from around 1528 and housed in the Galleria Nazionale of Parma, Italy .
The Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata is a Greek-cross design Renaissance church in central Parma, Italy. The name derives from the fence (Italian: steccato) in the church. A Nursing Madonna is enshrined within, crowned on 27 May 1601 by a Marian devotee, Fray Giacomo di Forli of the Capuchin order. Pope Benedict XVI raised the Marian ...
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.
Monument to the Fallen, Parma. Coordinates: 44°48′15″N 10°19′45″E. The Monument to the Fallen (Italian: Monumento ai caduti) consists of sculptures, reliefs and a plaque affixed in the 1960s to the 18th-century bell-tower (Torre di San Paolo) built attached to the now deconsecrated church of San Ludovico (previously dedicated to San ...
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.
Parma. Parma (Italian: [ˈpaɾma] ⓘ; Emilian: Pärma, Emilian: [ˈpɛːʁmɐ]) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second most populous city in Emilia-Romagna after Bologna ...
Santissima Annunziata, Parma. Coordinates: 44°48′9.35″N 10°19′17.80″E. The Santissima Annunziata, also called the Basilica del Paradiso, is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church and convent located on Via Massimo D'Azeglio in Parma, Italy . Facade and dome.
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.