| Collecchio | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Emilia Romagna | |
| Territory | Parma | |
| Altitude | 112 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 58 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 13.893 (2011 census) | |
| Name inhabitants | Collecchiesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0521 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 43044 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Prospero (November 24) | |
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Collecchio is a city ofEmilia Romagna.
To know
Important agricultural and industrial center of Parma.
Geographical notes
Located near the first Apennine reliefs, it is 12 km from Parma, 22 from Fidenza.
Background
The ancient name, Colliculum, describes well the settlement character that interested a relief of the Parma plain where the first corrugations of the Apennine offshoots begin. It depended on the Bishop of Parma, then by the Municipality of Parma in the thirteenth century; it became a possession of the Sanvitale family, then of the Farnese.
How to orient yourself
Collecchio: full screen map.Neighborhoods
The territory of Collecchio also includes the following inhabited centers: Case Quintavalla, Case Zingari, Collecchiello, Folli, Gaiano, Giarola, La Corte Anguissola, La Ripa, Lemignano, Madregolo, Oppiano, Ozzano Taro, Ponte Scodogna, San Martino Sinzano, Stradella, Villa Lucia, Villanuova, Villa Vecchia.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality, ☎ 39 0521 951511.
- 2 Bologna airport (G.Marconi), Via Triumvirato 84, ☎ 39 051 6479615.
- 3 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
- 4 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
By car
Toll booth of Parma on the Autostrada del Sole
Parma Ovest exit on the Cisa motorway
It is crossed by the Cisa state road 62
Toll booth of 
Parma Ovest exit on the Cisa motorway
It is crossed by the Cisa state road 62On the train
By bus
TEP lines (timetables)
- Line to and from Parma
- Line to and from Fornovo di Taro
How to get around
What see
- 1 Parish church of San Prospero, via Galaverna 6, ☎ 39 0521 805333, fax: 39 0521 332091, @[email protected].
8,30-12,30 - 15,30-18.30. The Pieve di San Prospero is located in an elevated position and owes its existence to the fact that it is Collecchio located on the stretch of Via Francigena that from Parma went up towards the hills to join Fornovo with the path it came from Fidenza, at the time Borgo San Donnino. The church was built in the 11th century in a basilica form, with three naves and three apses. In the thirteenth century it was enlarged, and still had renovations between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The last intervention dates back to 1922, when the parish church was equipped with a high bell tower in Lombard Romanesque style. The rear part of the original church remains with the base of the lantern; in the bell tower a cornerstone of the ancient tower. The buttresses of the choir with part of the lantern and the presbytery are 15th century interventions. The facade has capitals with the symbols of the four Evangelists, and shows the Romanesque portal. The naves are separated by columns with capitals dating back to the 11th century, which have decorations with two-tailed sirens or griffins, and other 13th-century capitals, dating back to the first architectural renovation. As a parish church, the church had the power to baptize; the baptismal font dates back to the 13th century. Above the basin, a walled relief in white marble depicts the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River and is the work of an artist from the Campione school of the same century. In the sixteenth-century side chapels of the church there are also seventeenth-eighteenth-century paintings: Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua, eighteenth century, attributed to Francesco Vieira; Madonna with Child and Saints Teresa, Filippo Neri and Pietro, from the late seventeenth century and from the Parma school; Madonna with Child and Saints Antonio Abate and Francesco from the end of the seventeenth century, attributed to Pomponio Amidano. For the use of the pilgrims of the Via Francigena, the Pieve was joined by a Hospitale di Santa Maria, which must have been located where the parish buildings can now be seen.
Arch of the Bargello - 2 Arco del Bargello and Villa Paveri, at the gates of Collecchio coming from Parma. The Bargello Arch, in Baroque style, introduces the Villa which was built at the beginning of the eighteenth century on the site of an ancient manor. It is quadrangular in shape and has a central turret with oval mullioned windows. The interiors of the villa were frescoed by Ferdinando Galli known as il Bibbiena; it is believed that the project of the villa as well as of the Tritons Fountain at the entrance of the same should be attributed to him. It belonged to the Dalla Rosa-Prati marquises, and was transmitted by female line to the current owners Paveri-Fontana.
- 3 Villa Soragna, via Valli 3 - Parco Nevicati. It is located in a park that boasts centuries-old cedars and tall trees. It is home to the Collecchio cultural center. Built in the early nineteenth century, it has a loggia and a corner tower.
- 4 Regional Natural Park of the Boschi di Carrega, @[email protected]. In the territory of Collecchio, just outside the town, proceeding south, towards Fornovo there is one of the two entrances to the Boschi di Carrega (the other entrance is in the territory of the municipality of Baganza room). Established in 1982, it was the first park in the Emilia Romagna Region. It has an extension of about 1270 ha (2600 ha also considering the contiguous area). The landscape shows an alternation of woods, stable meadows and arable land crossed by numerous streams and small artificial bodies of water, created for landscaping and irrigation purposes between the late 1800s and early 1900s. For history and art lovers, the park also houses the Casino de 'Boschi.
8,30-12,30 - 15,30-18.30. The Pieve di San Prospero is located in an elevated position and owes its existence to the fact that it is Collecchio located on the stretch of Via Francigena that from Parma went up towards the hills to join 
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 To Seventh Heaven, Advance Square, 14, ☎ 39 0521 805318.
- 2 The kiss, Via Levi, 14, ☎ 39 0521 303444.
- 3 Porphyry Pizzeria, Via Spezia, 1, ☎ 39 0521 802105.
- 4 Pizzeria Trattoria Il Melograno, Via Nazionale Est, 40 / a, ☎ 39 0521 802271.
- 5 Chinese Aquarium Restaurant, Via Spezia, 59, ☎ 39 0521 302610.
- 6 Christine pizzeria restaurant, Via Roma, 9, ☎ 39 0521 805489.
- 7 Ippocampo Restaurant Pizzeria, Via S. Pertini, 41, ☎ 39 0521 800145.
- 8 Trattoria le Valli, Via Valli, 52, ☎ 39 0521 802313.
- 9 Villa Maria Luigia, Via Domenico Galaverna, 26, ☎ 39 0521 805489.
Where stay
Moderate prices
- 1 Casa Pezzani Hostel, Via San Prospero, 13, ☎ 39 3470422660, fax: 39 0521800185, @[email protected].
Average prices
- 2 Campus Hotel, Via Mulattiera, 1, ☎ 39 0521802680, fax: 39 0521802684, @[email protected]. 3 stars.
- 3 Christine hotel, Via Roma, 9 - Location Madregolo, ☎ 39 0521800909, 39 3285374678, fax: 39 0521800909, @[email protected]. 3 stars.
- 4 Ilga hotels, Via Pertini, 39, ☎ 39 0521802645, fax: 39 0521802484, @[email protected]. 3 stars.
- 5 Hotel Villa Molinari, Via Nazionale Est, 33 - Stradella locality, ☎ 39 0521804585, fax: 39 0521804363, @[email protected]. 3 stars.
- 6 Hotel Pineta, Via Spezia, 109, ☎ 39 0521805226, fax: 39 0521806198, @[email protected]. 3 stars.
Safety
Pharmacies
- 6 Municipal, Viale Sandro Pertini 1, ☎ 39 0521 805830.
- 7 Donetti, Advance Square, 1 / a, ☎ 39 0521 805315.
- 8 St. George, Via Nazionale, 79 / C (in the locality of Ozzano Taro), ☎ 39 0521 809171.
How to keep in touch
Internet
In the halls of the Collecchio Civic Center, in the Villa Soragna, there are public stations for surfing the Internet.
Around
- Parma - One of the major cities of art inEmilia, maintains with great evidence the aspect, elegance and ways of life of a capital, as it was for centuries. The Farnese della Pilotta palace, the Romanesque Cathedral, the Steccata church are some of the monumental emergencies that characterize the city; of great fame his theater, his musical tradition (Giuseppe Verdi), his school of painting (Correggio, Parmigianino), his love for good food (Parma ham, salami, Parmigiano Reggiano, Lambrusco).
- Fidenza - The Cathedral of San Donnino, cathedral of the diocese, is rightfully included in the category of the great Romanesque cathedrals of Emilia, for example those of Parma and of Modena; it boasts an unfinished façade with statues and bas-reliefs by Benedetto Antelami and his school.
- Fornovo di Taro - Its ancient Pieve was an important stop along the route of the Via Francigena
- Berceto - Its imposing Cathedral of ancient Romanesque foundation was one of the most important stops on the Via Francigena; ruins of the Rossi castle remain. The town retains a historic center with ancient prestigious buildings; it is an important service, trade and holiday center on the Cisa Pass road.
Itineraries
- Castles of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza - Scattered over the Parma and Piacenza Apennines, but also present in the plain to guard the natural border of the Po, the numerous castles of the ancient Duchy of Parma and Piacenza characterize the whole area. Originally military bulwarks, many of them have gradually transformed their war nature into a refined noble residence and over time perpetuate the atmosphere of fairytale and legend that has always been linked to castles, in many of which the presence of spirits is told and ghosts.
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