Itinerary 2

From piazza Cavalli, behind the Gothic building, walk on via Cavour, stroll among the shops and the building of the Stock Exchange (bas-relief of Richetti) and the porticos of the Third Lotto, constructions built during the Sixities and Seventies. Across largo Romagnosi, be captured by some buildings dating back the last two centuries, some in Liberty style (like the school "Romagnosi"). Right after, the modern building of the school Liceo Classico. At the end of viale Risorgimento stands the monument dedicated to the Pontoneers, created by Mario Salazzari. From that angle, a beautiful view of palazzo Farnese.

If the Gothic Building celebrate the free commerce during the Middle-ages, Palazzo Farnese recalls the ‘500 years of the ducal life in Piacenza, capital of the first Farnese’s kingdom. Designed by Jacopo Barozzi, also called Vignola, famous architect of that period, as confirmed by some original drawings founded by Antonio Terzaghi in 1978, this building made Piacenza the only town in Italy to have a palace built by him during the Renaissance.

It took its name from the medieval fortress built in the XIV century by the dukes Visconti from Milan, at the time rulers of Piacenza too.
The Citadel, with its 2 towers, the walls and a large moat, was a safe military bastion, therefore it was seat of government during the period of seigniories. The Citadel is important for its particular architecture in the military planning, comparing the other rural and town fortress in the upper regions of Italy.