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Piacenza

American  
[pyah-chen-tsah] / pjɑˈtʃɛn tsɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Italy, on the Po River.


Piacenza British  
/ pjaˈtʃɛntsa /

noun

  1. Latin name: Placentia.  a town in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna on the River Po. Pop: 95 594 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He painted the latter around 1513 for the church of San Sisto in Piacenza, Italy.

From Scientific American Feb. 3, 2023

He died in 1905 in Piacenza, where he was bishop, and was beatified in 1997 by St. John Paul.

From Seattle Times Oct. 9, 2022

The new measures say people should not enter or leave Lombardy, Italy’s richest region, as well as 14 provinces in four other regions, including the cities of Venice, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia and Rimini.

From Reuters Mar. 8, 2020

Nearly 20 years ago a valuable portrait was stolen, in bizarre circumstances, from a gallery in the northern Italian city of Piacenza.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2016

He had come back from singing in Piacenza.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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