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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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Born in the northern Italian town of Piacenza in 1934, he studied medicine before embarking on a career in fashion and eventually launching his label with his late partner, Sergio Galeotti.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2025

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 dissemination in the media of videos depicting the criminal episode is being thoroughly investigated," Piacenza prosecutor Grazia Pradella said.

From Reuters Aug. 23, 2022

He had come back from singing in Piacenza.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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