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Provinces of Emilia Romagna: Parma

Parma lies 57 m. above sea level on the Via Emilia, near the point where the Baganza torrent flows into the Parma torrent, surrounded by fertile land.

Of probable Etruscan origin, it became a Roman colony in 183 BC.: at the fall of the Empire it was occupied by the Goths and later by the Byzantines and Lombards.

A free municipality until the beginning of the 14th century, it successively passed into the possession of the da Correggio, Estense, Visconti and Sforza families until, in 1545, it became the capital of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, constituted by Pope Paul III for his nephew Pier Luigi Farnese. When this dynasty died out in 1731, the Duchy passed to the Bourbons, maintaining its independence, except during the Napoleonic period, until 1860 when it became part of the Kingdom of Italy.

Monuments: Duomo (12th century, Romanesque, works of art by Correggio and Antelami), Battistero (12th century baptistery), San Giovanni Evangelista (16th century, paintings by ... Read More...