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Parma (Italian: ⓘ; Parmigiano: Pärma [ˈpɛːʁmɐ]) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second most populous city in Emilia-Romagna after Bologna, the region's capital.
1849 – Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma. [1] 1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani. 1859 June: Political unrest. Parma railway station opens. 1860 – Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province Parmensi (history society) founded. 1861 Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy. [3]
The history of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a former state on the Italian Peninsula whose capital was the city of Parma, begins in 1545 and ends in 1860.. The duchy was established due to nepotism practiced by Pope Paul III and was initially governed by the Farnese family, to which the pontiff belonged.
The Habsburgs only ruled until the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748, whose final peace treaty, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ceded back the duchy to the Bourbons in the person of Infante Philip of Spain, younger brother of Charles I. Duke Philip became the founder of the House of Bourbon-Parma, reigning over an expanded ...
Pages in category "History of Parma" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Battle of Colorno;
The Citadel of Parma (Italian: Cittadella di Parma) is a pentagonal fortress built in the Emilian city in the last years of the 16th century. [1]The structure was erected at the behest of the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Alessandro Farnese and entrusted to the engineers Giovanni Antonio Stirpio de' Brunelli and Genesio Bresciani with the collaboration of Smeraldo Smeraldi.
It had been removed to the ducal palace by the 18th century, then looted and taken to Paris in 1796, but returned in 1814 and now is in Galleria nazionale di Parma. The stucco sculptures in the niches around the altar are by Gaetano Callani representing the Beatitudes .
Torrechiara Castle (Italian: Castello di Torrechiara) is a 15th-century castle near Langhirano, in the province of Parma, northern Italy. It sits atop a terraced hill south of the city of Parma , in a strategic position overlooking the Parma River in the valley below.