Sights in Piacenza
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Palazzo Farnese
The vast Palazzo Farnese was started in 1558 but never fully completed. It now houses the Pinacoteca, an art gallery, and four minor museums of archaeology, carriages, Italian unification and, in the main one, the Museo Civico, the bizarre Etruscan Fegato di Piacenza, a sheep’s liver in bronze that was used for divining the future. Single entry to the archaeology museum costs €3, to the carriages and unification museums €2.50, and to the Pinacoteca and Museo Civico €5.
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Cathedral
The 12th-century Lombard-Romanesque cathedral harmoniously blends white and pink marble, mellow sandstone and red brick. Inside, there are some magnificent 17th-century dome frescoes by Morazzone and Guercino.
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Basilica di Sant’Antonino
The Basilica di Sant’Antonino was built in the 11th century on the site of an earlier church. Its peculiar octagonal tower is claimed to be the oldest of its type in Italy.
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Galleria Ricci Oddi
The Galleria Ricci Oddi contains a respectable collection of Italian art and sculpture from the 18th century onwards.
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