| Zibello | ||
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| Salutation | The homeland of culatello | |
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| State | Italy | |
| Region | Emilia Romagna | |
| Territory | Parma | |
| Altitude | 35 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 23 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 1.841 (2011 census) | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0524 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 43010 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Carlo (November 4) | |
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Zibello is a center ofEmilia Romagna known above all for its food specialty: the culatello, the king of cured meats.
To know
From 1 January 2016, the merger of the Municipality of Zibello with the neighboring municipality of Polesine Parmense. The name of the new territorial body is Polesine Zibello and the two former capitals have become fractions of the new municipality. The Polesine Parmense area had 1,432 inhabitants as of 31.12.2014; Zibello counted 1833; the new municipality will therefore have a population between 3,200 and 3,300 inhabitants.
Geographical notes
In the fertile Po valley of the Bassa Parmigiana, in the Fidentine area, Zibello is immersed in the green countryside of the right bank of the Po, 35 km away. from Parma, 27 from Cremona, 30 from Piacenza, 26 from Fidenza
Background
The hegemonic center was Pieve (now Pieveottoville), which from the 9th century to the whole of the 14th century brought together under its administrative and religious control Zibello, Ragazzola, Santa Croce. Pieve in the tenth and eleventh centuries was given to the Bergamo family of the from Bariano by the Bishop of Cremona, who controlled this area on the right of the Po. The da Bariano were succeeded by the from Sommo or Sommi, who were lords for a long time and reached the apex of their power in the first half of the fourteenth century, when with Gregorio Sommi they obtained from the Municipality of Cremona the right to control the right bank of the Po in the area between the Taro and the 'Arda.
When in 1333 Giovanni di Boemia had the castle of Pieve destroyed, which was assigned to the Rossi and taken from the Sommi family, an irreversible phase of decline began which led Zibello to gradually take over as the main center. Already equipped with impressive fortifications between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, in 1249 Zibello with Polesine is Busseto it was enfeoffed to the Marquis Uberto Pallavicino the great by Emperor Frederick II.
The power of the Pallavicinos never failed; with the Marquis Rolando the magnificent in the 15th century the fiefdom of Zibello also included Ragazzola, Santa Croce and Pieve Ottoville and was endowed with its own body of laws, the Statuto Pallavicino. With the Marquis Giovan Francesco Zibello it officially became the capital of the lordship. The ancient Cremonese Oltrepo in 1499 entered the orbit of Parma, which assumed political and administrative control, while from a religious point of view it remained in the Diocese of Cremona, until the establishment of the Diocese of Fidenza (then Borgo San Donnino) in the 17th century.
From 1530 a long dispute between the Pallavicinos and the Rangoni, which held Zibello for over a century, caused its decline; the mighty fortress, neglected by the Rangoni as well as by the Pallavicinos once they returned to possession of the town, fell into disrepair. With the suppression of the feuds in the Napoleonic era, Zibello also reduced its territory, to which only Pieveottoville remained.
city Hall
Former convent of the Dominican friars
View of the square
Former Convent of the Dominican Fathers
How to orient yourself
Zibello: full screen map.How to get
By plane
- 1 Parma airport (G. Verdi), Via Emilia - Golese locality (30 minutes by car), ☎ 39 0521 951511.
- 2 Milan-Linate airport (Enrico Forlanini) (1 hour by car).
By car
Motorway toll booth on the Autostrada del Sole a Fidenza, direction Soragna - Busseto - Polesine
Highway exit a Castelvetro Piacentino on the TO-PC-BS highway
It is not far from the Parma - Cremona provincial road
The town is near the intersection of the provincial road 10 Parma - Cremona with the provincial 33 that connects the bridge over the Po of Isola Pescaroli to Brescia.
Motorway toll booth on the Autostrada del Sole a 
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It is not far from the Parma - Cremona provincial road
The town is near the intersection of the provincial road 10 On the train
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How to get around
What see
- 1 Pallavicino Palace. One side of the large square of Zibello is bordered by the Pallavicino Palace, also known as Palazzo Vecchio. The building is clearly composed of two buildings with distinct characteristics. The north-eastern part, in a flowery Gothic style, has higher and wider arches, with terracotta and lime ornaments also in the window decorations. The other part of the building, still Gothic but already with Renaissance elements, has more sober decorations, arches of less height and width; dates back to the early sixteenth century. It was in fact Clarice Malaspina, Federico Pallavicino's widow, who ordered the renovation.
In the documents of the time it begins to be called Palazzo Vecchio to distinguish it from the New Palace, that is, from the building built in front of the parish church, today the Gardini-Guatelli house. The octagonal pillars of the Palazzo Vecchio they still carry graffiti in graffiti that speak of events to remember that took place over the centuries.
As in the past, the arcades host commercial activities: shops, bars, restaurants.
- 2 theater. On the first floor of Palazzo Pallavicino there is a small theater, opened to the public in 1804, which has the characteristic horseshoe shape, stage well separated from the hall, boxes. 13 boxes were added to the original structure with only stalls and stage in 1827 and the gallery in 1913. It was used for about a century and a half. Now it is not accessible and awaits restoration.
- 3 Parish Church of Saints Gervaso and Protaso. Its construction began in the last decades of the fifteenth century, and lasted for a long time, so much so that its consecration took place only in 1620. It took over from the ancient parish church that was located outside the castle walls, also dedicated to the two brothers martyrs, and constitutes a notable example of Lombard Gothic architecture.
The façade, of considerable visual impact, is in exposed brick and is surmounted by cusps that underline its momentum. Full-height pillars emphasize the three-nave structure. The large portal of the central nave is surmounted by a rose window. The side entrances corresponding to the aisles have a large pointed lancet window above the doors. The niches obtained in the nineteenth century in the two pilasters that enclose the central part of the façade house the statues of San Pio V and Santa Rosa, coming from the church of the Dominican Convent, which no longer exists.
The interior has a great vertical momentum underlined by the pointed arches and the ribbed vaults, all supported by mighty pillars. The brightness is guaranteed by mullioned windows located above the three arches. The side naves are smaller, and the apsidal area is divided into three chapels, while externally it has a polygonal shape.
The bell tower was built in 1677 by the community and the brotherhood of the SS. Sacrament. The rectory, from 1673, was unfortunately distorted by changes in the 1950s.
- 4 Oratory of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie, via Matteotti. It is the oldest church and monument in the country, located just outside the ancient walls, on the ring road. Some architectural features, such as the splayed Gothic windows, refer to the fourteenth century. However, the exact time of foundation is not known. Its interior retains few remains of the frescoes that covered it entirely, which date back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, of the Lombard school, attributable to the Zavattari, a family of painters active in the fifteenth century. Of particular interest is the Madonna and Child brought to light at the end of the twentieth century ..
- 5 Former Convent of the Dominican Fathers. The Convent was founded in 1494 at the instigation of the Marquis Giovan Francesco Pallavicino; on his death, a few years later, his wife Clarice Malaspina took over the business, endowing the convent with good land revenues. In 1510 the Dominican friars took possession of the monastic complex. An important Library was also established in the convent; a careful administration of goods and income made the Convent economically sound. In 1769 the reforms of the Parma ducal minister Du Tillot led to the suppression of the Dominican Order and the expropriation of their properties. In 1777 they returned to their possession, only to lose them again in the Napoleonic era, when they definitively abandoned Zibello.
The convent church was demolished in the first half of the nineteenth century. The convent was converted into a hospital with the addition of a new wing, and remained so until 1970. Property of the Municipality of Zibello from 1972 it was used as a school
Over the centuries, the complex has undergone many changes. The oldest nucleus is certainly the cloister, of which three sides remain, with round arches and circular columns with shield capitals. It has a vaulted ceiling and traces of seventeenth-century frescoes with episodes from the life and miracles of San Domenico.
- Peasant Civilization Museum Giuseppe Riccardi
Located in the rooms of the former Dominican convent and the former hospital, the Museum of rural civilization was established in 1985 and is divided into four sectors: the kitchen; there dead door, that is, the room that in the rural houses served as a link between the farmyard, the stable and the dwelling; the cellar; craft activities. In a large corridor there is a typical Padana river boat built by hand in Zibello. The Museum also houses a collection of archaeological finds from various eras made in the area during work in the fields or in the sands of the Po or on its banks, including numerous coins.
- Villa Bocchi. The villa, once upon a time Brand names, in 1600 it belonged to the Leni Counts, a Parma family who moved to Piacenza. Its construction is commonly traced back to this period. However, a recent discovery (the decoration of a ceiling that seems to be dated to two centuries earlier) has questioned its origin.
Rectangular in plan, it has an animated facade with seven windows; the central one, wider, has a rounded wrought iron balcony, which contrasts with the same one on the opposite facade. A beautiful park extends to the south; the whole is surrounded by a high wall.
The halls and corridors of the interior are frescoed by Professor Girolamo Magnani, who decorated the Teatro Regio, the Municipal Council Hall in Parma and the Theater in Fidenza which in our days has taken the name of Magnani Theater in his honor.
- Villa Negroni. Already Villa Gambara, has simple lines and a massive form that is somewhat varied from the quaffed dovecote. It is believed to have been built by the Pallavicinos in the second half of the fifteenth century with the name of Ca 'de' Bodrioli. It hosted the Venerable Lorenzo Gambara da Zibello, who gathered in prayer in the chapel arranged in part of the corridor on the upper floor.
Now the villa is part of the industrial complex of the Negroni company in Cremona.
- Villa Rastelli. The Pallavicino owners made this villa the residence of their Lieutenant. Begun in the sixteenth century, it was completed in the second half of the seventeenth century, and has maintained its original characteristics externally; an imposing building, on two floors, with an octagonal dovecote. It became the property of the Rangoni marquises, then of the Frondoni family, and finally of the Rastelli family.
In Pieveottoville
It was the most important center of the Zibello fiefdom, until the castle was destroyed. Its spacious square, the church, some noble buildings, the urban layout speak of an ancient importance.
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- 6 Collegiate Church of San Giovanni Battista. The previous church was built by Matilde di Canossa. The present church was built on its vestiges.
The Pieve exercised its power over several churches in the area: Ragazzola, S.Croce, Stagno, Zibello, Polesine; it belonged to the Diocese of Cremona until 1601, when it passed to the new Diocese of Borgo San Donnino (Fidenza).
The current building, of a seventeenth-century style, displays rich altars in polychrome marble inside, and houses liturgical furnishings, which indicate the flourishing state of the town's clergy. The facade of the seventeenth - eighteenth century was rebuilt in 1859 in the neoclassical style. The bell tower is from 1778; the bases of the bell tower, however, suggest that it was built on a previous Romanesque structure. The interior was renovated around 1683. The choir stalls, by Giovanni and Vincenzo Biazzi, are from the end of the seventeenth century; the canvases of San Carlo and of Pity I'm from Moroni; the organ is a precious Serassi from 1790.
Events and parties
- November Porc, @[email protected].
in November. Gastronomic fair during which it is possible to taste typical products, obviously based on pork, such as cracklings, as well as a long series of delicious - and famous - cold cuts from the lower Parma area: culatello, raw and cooked ham, cooked shoulder and raw shoulder , salami, coppa. The event is held every year and alternates, on the four following Sundays of November, in the villages of Sissa, Roccabianca, Polesine Parmense and Zibello. - Patronal feast of San Carlo. November 4th.
- Patronal feast of San Giovanni Battista (in Pieveottoville). June 24.
in November. Gastronomic fair during which it is possible to taste typical products, obviously based on pork, such as cracklings, as well as a long series of delicious - and famous - cold cuts from the lower Parma area: culatello, raw and cooked ham, cooked shoulder and raw shoulder , salami, coppa. The event is held every year and alternates, on the four following Sundays of November, in the villages of What to do
- Po cycle path The cycle path, over 50 kilometers long, connects Mezzani to Polesine Parmense; starts from Polesine Parmense passing through Zibello, Roccabianca, Sissa, Colorno, ends in Mezzani: BiciParmaPo is therefore an additional tool to visit and get to know the area dear to Verdi and Guareschi.Realized by the Province of Parma, this cycle path allows you to move on the right bank of the Po, crossing six municipalities and their naturalistic beauties It is an asphalted and duly signposted cycle path, suitable for both mountain bikers and families wishing to spend a relaxing day in the midst of nature, but also for those who love culture and good food: the track is, in fact , in the area of Culatello di Zibello road where, in addition to the King of cured meats, there are Spalla cruda di Palasone, Strolghino, Parmigiano Reggiano and Fortana. Each town has a shelter with 18 bicycles, 14 for adults and 4 for children, so as to allow anyone to discover the Great River Po on two wheels.
- To view the map of the route:[1]
- Information and material request: Parma Turismi, Via Repubblica 45 - 43100 Parma Tel. 39 0521 228152 - fax 0521 223161 [email protected] [2].
- Bikes For information: 39 0524 92272
Shopping
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Throughout the Lower Parma area, from San Secondo to Polesine, cured meats and Parmigiano Reggiano are the spearheads of food production. In particular, the production of culatello, defined king of cured meats for its delicacy. Its preparation and maturation, which have precise rules and follow ancient procedures, cannot ignore the low climate, humid and foggy in winter, sultry and sunny in summer, which makes cold cuts soft and sweet, the result of a slow maturation.
In 1999 Culatello di Zibello received the mark PDO: protected designation of origin, which establishes the processing criteria and establishes the municipalities that are part of the geographical area of production.
In Zibello they also produce salami, which are not known as the renowned Feline of the homonymous town in Parma, but which contain a centuries-old butchery skill. They differ in terms of dough and spiciness from other salamis in the neighboring areas and are softer. According to the various characteristics, also according to the type of casing used for the sausage they differ in kind, mariòla, crespone.
Bacon and coppa are also produced (the area borders the Piacenza area, home of the renowned Piacenza cup). Washed down by lambrusco, fortana or malvasia, the cured meats naturally go very well with full-bodied flakes of Parmesan Cheese.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Oasi Sport Fishing Restaurant, via Rota Ancone, 8, ☎ 39 0524 99349.
- 2 Antica Taverna San Rocco Da Chicco Restaurant, via Ardola, 3, ☎ 39 0524 99578.
- 3 Trattoria Leon d'Oro, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi 43, ☎ 39 0524 99140.
- 4 Trattoria La Buca, Via Ghizzi 6, ☎ 39 0524 99214.
Where stay
Moderate prices
- 1 [link not working]Jolly Hotel, Viale Matteotti, 3, ☎ 39 0524939065, @[email protected]. 2 stars.
- 2 Hotel Le Noci, Via Parasacco, 1 / a (Location Ardola), ☎ 39 0524 939029, 39 3923017864, fax: 39 0524 932417, @[email protected]. 2 stars.
Safety
Pharmacy
- 3 Beduschi, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 18, ☎ 39 0524 99236.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 4 Italian post, Via Giacomo Matteotti, 1a, ☎ 39 0524 99841.
Around
- Polesine Parmense - The ancient castle, now the seat of hospitality and catering activities, rises immediately beyond the embankment, towards the river; in its surroundings the bell tower of a church faithfully reproduces the most famous one in a reduced size Torrazzo of Cremona, which centuries ago dominated these countries.
- Soragna - The Rocca Meli Lupi, lords of the town for hundreds of years, stands in the center of Soragna; it never suffered the outrage of the conquest or the consequent looting. In addition to the castle, it also covers the historic center with its typical Po Valley features.
- Busseto - It was the capital of Pallavicino state for five hundred years, and retains an urban structure of a certain elegance: the Rocca Pallavicina, the Duomo, the arcaded streets. Its universal fame is however linked to being the homeland of Giuseppe Verdi, who stands out everywhere here.
- 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.
- Cremona - It has a monumental historic center - the Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Town Hall - one of the most distinguished in Lombardy. It was a Roman city. It was powerful at the time of the Communes and rivaled Milan, which finally subdued it. His violins (Stradivari and Amati), his Torrazzo and even more his torrone, are known everywhere.
- 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).
Itineraries
Zibello is part of the Culatello di Zibello road, a food and wine tourism promotion path born with regional resolution number 390 in 1999; the route winds through the lower Parma area, touching the centers of San Secondo, Fontanellato, Soragna, Busseto, Polesine Parmense, Zibello, Roccabianca, Sissa is Colorno.
The route is intertwined with other tourist itineraries in the area: Verdian places, The Small World by Giovannino Guareschi; the Castles of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza.
- 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 kept the appearance of an inaccessible fortress, many have gradually transformed their war nature into a refined noble residence; all perpetuate over time the atmosphere of adventure, fairytale and legend that has always been linked to castles, many of which tell of the presence of spirits and ghosts.
- Historic villages of the Po - The itinerary, from west to east or vice versa, leads to know some historic villages that rise near the "great river".
