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The Arch of San Lazzaro (Italian: Arco di San Lazzaro) is a triumphal arch that stands just outside and east of the city of Parma, Region of Emilia-Romagna. It was constructed in 1628 under the designs of Giovanni Battista Magnani to celebrate the arrival to the city of Margherita de’ Medici , the new wife of the then Duke Odoardo Farnese .
Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale (New Ducal Theatre), [1] is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy. Replacing an obsolete house, the new Ducale achieved prominence in the years after 1829, and especially so after the composer Giuseppe Verdi , who was born near Busseto , some thirty kilometres ...
Parma Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Parma; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Parma, Emilia-Romagna , dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Parma .
Parma was already a built-up area in the Bronze Age.In the current position of the city rose a terramare. [3] The "terramare" (marl earth) were ancient villages built of wood on piles according to a defined scheme and squared form; constructed on dry land and generally in proximity to the rivers.
The Oratorio di Sant'Ilrico (Oratory of Saint Hilarius) is a Baroque style, former-Roman Catholic oratory, that can be also described as a small church or independent-standing chapel, located at strada Massimo d'Azeglio #43, in the Oltretorrente quarter of Parma, Italy.
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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.
A square Rocca (castle) was built on the site by Azzo da Correggio as a defence along the Po River.It belonged to the Correggio and Terzi families, and in the 16th-17th centuries it was restored by countess Barbara Sanseverino, who desired a true palace for her court, and to house her prestigious collection of works by painters such as Raphael, Titian, Mantegna and Correggio.