Piacenza
Americannoun
noun
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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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