Roccabianca

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Roccabianca
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Roccabianca (Italy)
Roccabianca
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Parma  (PR)
Local name Rocabiànca
Coordinates 45 ° 0 ′  N , 10 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E
height 32  m slm
surface 40.2 km²
Residents 2,923 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 73 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 43010
prefix 0521
ISTAT number 034030
Website Roccabianca
Rocca dei Rossi fortifications in Roccabianca from the period between 1446 and 1463

Roccabianca is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2923 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Parma in Emilia-Romagna .

geography

The municipality is located about 25 kilometers north-northwest of Parma on the Po . The taro forms the eastern border of the municipality.

history

The original core of today's Roccabianca, then known as Rezinoldo (or Arzenoldo), was probably first mentioned in a diploma issued by Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa in 1189 when he entrusted the feud to Marquis Oberto Pallavicino.

In 1375, Emperor Wenceslaus (HRR) of Luxembourg confirmed the rights of Niccolò Pallavicino to Ragazzola, while Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg in 1416 certified that Rezinoldo belonged to the brothers Giacomo and Pier Maria I de 'Rossi. The clashes between the two important families intensified and resulted in the Pallavicino family conquering the feuds of Zibello, Ragazzola and Rezinoldo and setting them on fire.

In 1449, the Duke of Milan officially granted Francesco Sforza the fief of the de 'Rossi family; the following year Pier Maria II. de 'Rossi began building the mighty fortress, which was completed in 1465; In 1467 the count donated the castle to his lover Bianca Pellegrini.

Attractions

  • Rocca dei Rossi.
  • Parish Church of San Bartolomeo e Michele.
  • Teatro Arena del Sole.

Personalities

  • Danesio dei Maineri (* first mentioned around 1430, 1452 in Cremona ; † July 1482 in Roccabianca), military and artillery engineer, active in the reinforcement of Montebello Castle in Bellinzona
  • Giovannino Guareschi (1908–1968), journalist and writer

Web links

Commons : Roccabianca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Paola Barbara Conti: Danesio dei Maineri. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 2, 2010 , accessed February 18, 2020 .