Bobbio

Bobbio
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Piacenza (PC)
Local name	Bòbi
Coordinates	44 ° 46 ' N , 9 ° 23' E Coordinates: 44 ° 46 '0 " N , 9 ° 23' 0" E
height	272 m slm
surface	106.5 km²
Residents	3,548 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	33 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	29022
prefix	0523
ISTAT number	033005
Popular name	Bobbiesi
Patron saint	St. Columban
Website	www.comune.bobbio.pc.it

Bobbio is an Italian commune in the province of Piacenza in the Emilia-Romagna region with 3548 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Bobbio is a member of the I borghi più belli d'Italia association (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

geography

The place is located in the northern Apennines in the valley of the Trebbia on the orographic left bank at an altitude of 242 m slm , about 44 kilometers southwest of Piacenza .

coat of arms

Description : In white a continuous red common cross in a shield oval, on whose arms two white doves with golden beaks and feet turn towards each other. A five-towered golden wall crown above the coat of arms and two branches tied with a ribbon in the national colors at the base of the shield .

history

Bobbio used to be called Bobium or Ebovium . The Irish monk Columban von Luxeuil ( Italian Colombano ) founded an abbey here in 612, in which he also died on November 21, 615. The Abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio was promoted by the Lombard princes and was an important center in the fight against Arianism . In 1014 the previous territorial abbey became the bishopric of Bobbio-San Colombano , which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Genoa as a suffragan diocese in 1133 . In 1986 the diocese was united with Genoa, in 1989 it was separated again and part of the diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio .

The Malaspina owned the Pregola fiefdom with a large area in the Trebbia Valley, above Bobbio. In 1304 Corradino conquered Malaspina, supported by the Visconte Pallavicino and the Abbot of Bobbio, Guido , Bobbio and converted it into a lordship. In 1341 the Visconti from Milan incorporated Bobbio into their possession. In 1361 the Malaspina had to cede the fiefdom to the Visconti, in 1436 it passed to the Dal Verme .

The city of Bobbio belonged to Savoy since 1748 . From 1859 to 1927 the city was the capital of the district of the same name in the province of Pavia .

On July 7, 1944, the Italian resistance conquered the place and ruled it until it was destroyed by the German Wehrmacht on August 27 of the same year.