Pietramogolana is a

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

of the commune of Berceto in the

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region of Italy. The hamlet was once named "Petra Mugulana", from the Latin ''Petra Mugiens'', namely "roaring stone", referring to the roaring waters of the river

Taro Taro () (''Colocasia esculenta)'' is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in Afri ...

which runs by the base of the rocky outcrop upon which the hamlet is built.

Physical Geography

The small Apennine village rises next to the ruins of a medieval castle, located on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Taro, and is reached by a bridge which crosses the nearby Cisa Motorway. Frazioni of the Province of Parma Berceto {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub