Roccabianca (
Parmigiano
Parmesan ( it, Parmigiano Reggiano; ) is an Italian hard, granular cheese produced from cows’ milk and aged at least 12 months.
It is named after two of the areas which produce it, the provinces of Parma and Reggio Emilia (''Parmigiano'' i ...
: ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Parma
The Province of Parma ( it, Provincia di Parma) is a province in the Emilia–Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma.
It is made up of 47 ''comuni''. It has an area of and a total population of around 450,000 ...
in the
Italian
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region
Emilia-Romagna
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, population_note =
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, located about northwest of
Bologna
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and about northwest of
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...
.
Roccabianca borders the following municipalities:
Motta Baluffi,
Polesine Zibello,
San Daniele Po
San Daniele Po ( Cremunés: ) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Cremona.
San Daniele Po borders the following municipalities: Cella Dati, Motta Ba ...
,
San Secondo Parmense,
Sissa Trecasali,
Soragna
Soragna ( Parmigiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Parma of northern Italy with a population of about 4,800.
The town is known from 712, when it was mentioned in a document by the Lombard king Liutprand. From 1198 it was a pos ...
,
Torricella del Pizzo
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.
It is home to the ''
Castello di Roccabianca
The Castello or Castle of Roccabianca, also called ''Rocca dei Rossi'', is a castle built in the town of Roccabianca, province of Parma, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy.
It was built and decorated in 1460 by the lord of San Secondo, Pier Maria ...
'', a castle built by
Pier Maria II de' Rossi 250px, Remains of the Castle of Berceto.
Pier Maria Rossi or Pier Maria II de' Rossi (25 March 1413 – 1 September 1482) was an Italian condottiere and count of , whose properties included the castle of Rocca dei Rossi. He was known as "the Magni ...
between 1446 and 1463. It includes frescoes with ''Stories of Griselda'' (from
Boccaccio
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's ''
Decameron
''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...
''), by
Niccolò da Varallo, and astrological scenes.
References
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