Fiorenzuola d'Arda

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Fiorenzuola d'Arda
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elevation_m = 82
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area_total_km2 = 59
population_footnotes =
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population_total = 14100
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population_density_km2 = 226
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gentilic = Fiorenzuolani
telephone = 0523
postalcode = 29017
frazioni = Baselica Duce, San Protaso, Paullo
saint = San Fiorenzo
day = 17 October
mapx = #expr:44 + 56 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:9 + 54 / 60.0
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native_name = Fiorenzuola d'Arda
name = Fiorenzuola d'Arda
website = http://www.comune.fiorenzuola.pc.it/

Fiorenzuola d'Arda is a city in Italy in the province of Piacenza, of the Emilia-Romagna region. Its name derives from "Florentia" (prosperous). The "d'Arda" portion refers to the River Arda which flows from the Apennines into the valley where Fiorenzuola is situated. Fiorenzuola's origins are old, from the early human settlements in Italy.

History

Fiorenzuola d'Arda was one of the main centers during the Middle Ages. At the times of the Duke of Parma and Duke of Piacenza it was a "middle county" independent from both parties. An important monument in town is the Collegiata of S. Fiorenzo, built in 1300 and remade by the end of 1400. It was build of a preexisting church of Saint Bonifacio.

Other historic landmarks are the church if Beata Vergine di Caravaggio, the Oratorio della Beata Vergine, the Verdi Theater and the church of St Francis.

Notable Fiorenzuolani

*Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), an Italian cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain, is thought to have been born in the village.fact|date=October 2008

ee also

*U.S. Fiorenzuola 1922

References

*1911