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Province of Piacenza

Region Emilia Romagna, Italy

The Province of Piacenza The territory includes the Plain south of the Po river, and the Appennine mountains to the west along the border with Liguria. In the late Middle Ages with Parma it was one of the many independent Italian States, the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, for a long time under the Farnese. In the 1950's the area underwent a remarkable industrial development, thatns also to oil wells found at Cortemaggiore, which became the symbol of the newborn Italian petrol industry (the 6-legged dog).

Info: Area: 2,589 km² -- Population: about 270,000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal codes: 29010, 29020, 29100 -- Phone Area Codes: 0523 -- Car Plate: PC -- Communes: 48 communes -- Official website: www.provincia.piacenza.it

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