Attractions and Places To See around San Secondo Parmense - Top 20

The Church of San Pietro Apostolo is a Catholic place of worship with neoclassical architecture, located at Strada Chiesa di Baganzola 15 in Baganzola, a hamlet of Parma, in the province and diocese of Parma. It is the seat of a parish within the pastoral area of the city. HISTORY: The original place of worship serving the village of Baganzola was built in the Middle Ages, but in 1180 it was destroyed, along with the village, by the fury of the waters of the nearby Parma River during a disastrous flood. The temple was completely rebuilt in Romanesque style on a single-nave plan, without an apse, developed on an unusual north-south orientation. In 1230, the Chapel of St. Petri de Bazanzola was mentioned in the Capitulum seu Rotulus Decimarum of the Diocese of Parma among the dependencies of the parish of Castelnovo. In the first half of the 15th century, as a result of the increase in the village's population, the medieval place of worship was profoundly modified, rotating the nave's orientation 90° and enlarging the entire structure. In 1564, the church was elevated to an independent parish and in 1685 it was elevated to the rank of honorary archpriest. In 1881, the place of worship underwent restoration work. In 1911, the church was partially renovated based on a design by engineer Massimo Maffei, with the construction of the apse, two chapels on the right and one on the left, adjacent to the façade, and the raising of the 13th-century neo-Romanesque bell tower. In 1933, the building was completely restored, including the removal of the tombstones inside and outside. Between 1966 and 1971, the side altars were removed and the old masonry high altar was replaced with a wooden altar. Between 1994 and 1998, the church was renovated again, with the floors redone, the plumbing installed, and the apse decorated. SOURCE and further information: https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Pietro_Apostolo_(Parma,_Baganzola)

The Palazzo Comunale in Fidenza is a historic building with neo-Gothic features, located on the south side of the central Piazza Garibaldi. The original town hall was built in Lombard-Gothic style in the 13th century by architect Bendidio, with the first mentions of its construction dating back to 1273. Construction was completed in 1354. In 1527, the building was occupied by Spanish and French troops, who partially destroyed it. Reconstruction only began in 1570 under the direction of Master Paris. During this reconstruction, the bell tower was erected and the façade decorated with a fresco of San Donnino, painted by Antonio Formaiaroli. In 1875, the main façade was almost completely rebuilt in neo-Gothic style by the set designer Girolamo Magnani. He removed the plaster and frescoes, changed the old trifora on the first floor into bifora and added Ghibelline battlements, together with two small turrets at the ends. The Palazzo Comunale has a rectangular plan around a central courtyard. The symmetrical main façade is entirely faced in brick and is characterized by a high portico supported by massive columns, surmounted by five wide pointed arches. Above a row of brick arches are four large bifora with central stone columns, set within semicircular arches that frame the rich decoration of the arch forms.

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Beautiful castle in the center of Roccabianca

Planning the tour of the Castles of the Duchy of Parme and Piacenza we reached the "Fortress of Fontanellato". Rocca Sanvitale is an imposing fortress built in the 14th century on a pre-existing 12th century building. Subjected to numerous restorations, over the centuries it was transformed from a defensive fortress into the residence of the noble Sanvitale Counts who then inhabited it for around six centuries. It has a square plan with crenellated walls and four corner towers and is still surrounded by a large moat once fed by water produced by a spring and rearranged at the beginning of the 17th century by the Parma architect Smeraldo Smeraldi; the entrance to the internal courtyard is via a drawbridge. In 1948 the last Count handed over the Fortress with its furnishings to the Municipality, which subsequently transformed it into a museum.

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It was built between the 12th and 13th centuries on the route of the Via Francigena in Romanesque style, dedicated to San Donnino and built on the point where, according to legend, the saint fell. The direction of the works and the sculptures were by Benedetto Antelami. The most valuable part is the facade, one of the most beautiful of the Emilian Romanesque style, where you can admire bas-reliefs and statues. The two largest are those of David and Ezekiel, respectively to the left and right of the main door.

The Rocca dei Rossi, also known as Roccabianca castle, is a medieval manor house located in Piazza Garibaldi 5 in Roccabianca, in the province of Parma.