Vigolzone
Vigolzone | |
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| Comune di Vigolzone | |
  Vigolzone Location of Vigolzone in Italy  Vigolzone Vigolzone (Emilia-Romagna) | |
| Coordinates: 44°55′N 9°40′E / 44.917°N 9.667°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Province | Piacenza (PC) |
| Frazioni | Grazzano Visconti, Cabina, Borgo di Sotto, Villò, Albarola, Carmiano, Bicchignano, Veano, Chiulano |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gianluca Argellati |
| Area | |
• Total | 42.3 km2 (16.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Population (30 September 2014)[2] | |
• Total | 4,275 |
| • Density | 101/km2 (262/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Vigolzonesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 29020 |
| Dialing code | 0523 |
| Patron saint | St. John the Baptist |
| Saint day | June 24 |
| Website | Official website |
Vigolzone (Piacentino: Vigulson) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) northwest of Bologna and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Piacenza.
Vigolzone borders the following municipalities: Bettola, Podenzano, Ponte dell'Olio, Rivergaro, San Giorgio Piacentino, Travo.
In the early 20th century, the frazione of Grazzano received the name Visconti when Giuseppe Visconti, father of the filmmaker Luchino, restored the medieval castle built there by Gian Galeazzo Visconti for his half-sister Beatrice Visconti, daughter of Galeazzo II Visconti and his mistress Malgarola da Lucino[3] - it remained in the family of her first husband Giovanni Anguissola (1340/1350-post 1395) until 1884.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ↑ "Il Castello" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
- ↑ "Tappe turistiche piacentine: Grazzano Visconti". vacanzeitinerari.it. (in Italian).
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