Fidenza

Fidenza

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = fidenza-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Fidenza
name=Fidenza
mapx=44.8
mapy=10.33
region = Emilia-Romagna
province = Parma (PR)
elevation_m = 75
area_total_km2 = 95
population_as_of = December 31, 2004
population_total = 23957
population_density_km2 = 246
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|44|52|N|10|04|E
frazioni = Bastelli, Castione Marchesi, Chiusa Ferranda, Colombara, Fornio, Osteria Pietralunga, Parola, Pieve Cusignano, Ponte Ghiara, Rimale, San Faustino, Santa Margherita.
telephone = 0524
postalcode = 43036
gentilic = Fidentini or Borghigiani
saint = San Donnino
day = October 9
mayor = Giuseppe Cerri
website = [http://www.comune.fidenza.pr.it www.comune.fidenza.pr.it]

Fidenza is a town and "comune "in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy. It has around 24,000 inhabitants. The town was renamed Fidenza in 1927, recalling its Roman name of "Fidentia"; before, it was called Borgo San Donnino.

History

Main sights

Fidenza's most famous monument is its Cathedral, dated 12th century and entitled to Domninus of Fidenza, who was martyred under Maximian in AD 304.

The cathedral is one of the finest and best preserved Lombard-Romanesque churches of the 11th to 13th centuries in northern Italy. The upper part of the façade is incomplete, but the lower, with its three portals and sculptures, is a fine example of Romanesque architecture, including two statues by Benedetto Antelami and bas-reliefs with "Histories of San Donnino". The interior is simple and well-proportioned, and has not been spoilt by restorations. The statue erected on the front of the cathedral of the apostle Simon Peter is famous for it fingers the direction to the city of Rome, on the left hand there is a card reading "I show you the way to Rome" which is one of the world's first road signs.

Twin towns

*flagicon|GBR Canterbury, United Kingdom
*flagicon|GER Herrenberg, Germany
*flagicon|SVK Kremnica, Slovakia
*flagicon|FRA Sisteron, France

External links

* [http://www.diariodifidenza.it/ Diario di Fidenza]


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