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The Best Attractions In Parma

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Parma is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto , cheese and surrounding countryside. It is home to the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the stream of the same name. The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma. The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci wrote: As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry.
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  • 4. Autodromo Riccardo Paletti Parma
    Autodromo Riccardo Paletti is a motorsport race track near Varano in the Province of Parma, Italy. The track began as a small 550 m oval in 1969, and this was then expanded to a full 1.800 km , 11 turn race track. This new layout was inaugurated officially on 26 March 1972. In 2001 the layout was extended to a length of 2.375 km . The track is named after Formula One driver Riccardo Paletti, who was killed at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix.
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  • 7. Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata(Madonna della Steccata) Parma
    The Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata is a Greek-cross design Renaissance church in central Parma, Italy. The name derives from the fence or steccato used to corral the numerous devotees who visited a venerated image of the Madonna. A Nursing Madonna is enshrined within, crowned on 27 May 1601 by a Marian fanatic, Fray Giacomo di Forli of the Capuchin order.
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  • 8. Camera di San Paolo Parma
    The Camera di San Paolo or Camera della Badessa is a room in the former Monastery of San Paolo, in Parma, northern Italy. It is painted with frescoes by Correggio in the vault and over the fireplace.
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  • 12. Museo Bocchi Parma
    The Palazzo Sanvitale is a palace located on Piazzale Sanvitale #1 in central Parma, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The palace now houses a museum.
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  • 14. Certosa di Parma Parma
    The Certosa di Parma is a former Carthusian Monastery located in the outskirts of Parma. The first Carthusian monastery at the site was constructed from 1285 to 1304, by the initiative of the archbishop of Spoleto, Rolando Taverna. Little, if any, remains of that structure, the minor cloister dates from the 15th century. At the site between 1673 and 1722, a new Baroque monastery, cloister and church were built based on designs by Francesco Pescaroli. In 1769, the monastery was suppressed and the site became used for manufacture of cigars, and became the Fabbrica Ducale dei Tabacchi di Parma. In 1900, it became a reformatory for juvenile offenders. In 1975, it acquired its present function as a school for prison police . The church, dedicated to St. Jerome, has works and frescoes by Frances...
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  • 15. Teatro Farnese Parma
    Teatro Farnese is a Baroque-style theatre in the Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, Italy. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The idea of creating this great theater comes from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio I Farnese. The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II . It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962. Some claim this as the first permanent proscenium theatre .
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