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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Communes of the Province of Piacenza, Frazioni of the Province of Piacenza, People from the Province of Piacenza, Rivers of the Province of Piacenza, Po, Bobbio, Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio, Lazare Ponticelli, Tarquinio Provini, Trebbia, Pier Luigi Bersani, Castell'Arquato, Colli Piacentini, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Francesco Alberoni, Marco Andreolli, Marco Bellocchio, Agostino Casaroli, Cortemaggiore, Leonella Sgorbati, Carpaneto Piacentino, Rottofreno, Castelvetro Piacentino, Villanova sull'Arda, San Giorgio Piacentino, Gropparello, Cerignale, Monticelli d'Ongina, Vigolzone, Morfasso, Alseno, Cadeo, Vernasca, Ponte dell'Olio, Isabella Ferrari, Ferriere, Pecorara, Piozzano, Rivergaro, Gossolengo, Caorso, Pontenure, San Pietro in Cerro, Pianello Val Tidone, Cicogni, Ziano Piacentino, Sarmato, Travo, Agazzano, Edoardo Amaldi, Nibbiano, Coli, Italy, Besenzone, Caminata, Gazzola, Farini, Italy, Zerba, Villa Verdi, Pigazzano, Luigi Illica, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Borgonovo Val Tidone, Castel San Giovanni, Lugagnano Val d'Arda, Bettola, Ottone, Vincenzo Maculani, Attilio Pavesi, Guerrino Rossi, Gragnano Trebbiense, Podenzano, Calendasco, Luigi Rocca, Corte Brugnatella, Luigi Ferrando, Giairo Ermeti, Luca Solari, Carlo Pezzati. Excerpt: Piacenza .) (Placentia in Latin, Piaseinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza. Modern forms of the name descend from Latin Placentia. The etymology is long-standing, tracing an origin from the Latin verb, plac re, "to please." It is thus a "pleasant abode" or as James Boswell reported some of the etymologists of his time to have translated, "comely." This was a name "of good omen." Strategically the city is at a major crossroads at the intersection of ...
