Piacenza

[ pyah-chen-tsah ]

/ pyɑˈtʃɛn tsɑ /

a city in N Italy, on the Po River.

Ancient Placentia.

Example sentences from the Web for piacenza

Piacenza was founded by the Gauls and was afterwards by the Romans named Placentia.

Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car |Francis Miltoun
Ludovic appeared to take no notice, and continued to accompany the king as far as Piacenza, the last town in the state of Milan.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
It was painted originally as a banner for the monks of St. Sixtus at Piacenza, but it was used as an altar-piece.

Great Artists, Vol 1. |Jennie Ellis Keysor
I counsel you to seek the Imperial Lieutenant at Piacenza without delay.

The Strolling Saint |Raphael Sabatini

In Piacenza it is said to have found the burning of twenty-eight wagon loads of heretics necessary.

A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II |Henry Charles Lea

Piacenza

/ (Italian pjaˈtʃɛntsa) /

a town in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna on the River Po. Pop: 95 594 (2001) Latin name: Placentia (pləˈsɛntʃɪə)