San Donnino, Piacenza

The Palazzo del Collegio dei Mercanti (Palace of the College of Merchants) is a baroque-style palace located recessed and to the left of the Palazzo Gotico facing Piazza del Cavalli in the historic center of Piacenza, northern Italy. It now houses the offices of the town hall and council.

Piazza Cavalli is one of the oldest and main public squares in the historic center of the city of Piacenza, Italy. Once called Piazza Grande, it competes with the Piazza del Duomo, located some 4 blocks southeast for prominence. This square, unlike the latter, is mainly ringed by secular buildings relating to the political and business community. The piazza spaces here are irregular, lined to the northwest by the former city hall, the Palazzo Gotico, which is flanked to the south in a recessed fashion by the present city hall, the Palazzo del Collegio dei Mercanti. Along the east of the recess are two modern buildings, till one arrives to the contiguous open space east of the piazza before the church of San Francesco. To the north of the piazza rises the large neoclassic-style Palazzo del Governatore. The two equestrian statues that give the piazza its name are astride of facade of the Palazzo Gotico. The statues were designed by Francesco Mochi and commissioned on occasion of the arrival to Piacenza of Margherita Aldobrandini, the wife of Ranuccio I Farnese. The cost of the bronze statues was then 44,107 Roman scudi (presumably 7200 lira reggiana). The statue of Ranuccio was erected in 1620, and the statue of his father Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545-1592) in 1624. The steed of the former horseman, who acquired a reputation as a brutal tyrant, appears tamed relative to that of Alessandro. The bas-reliefs at Alessandro's base depict military service of the Duke performed with Catholic armies: the [[ Fall of Antwerp|capture of Antwerp]] in 1585 and relieving the Siege of Paris (1590). The base of Alessandro's statue has an allegory of good government.

Palazzo del Governatore is a neoclassic-style palace located facing Piazza del Cavalli in the historic center of Piacenza, northern Italy which now houses the town's chamber of commerce. The facade is flanked by two bronze equestrian statues sculpted by Francesco Mochi and depicting the Farnese Dukes of Parma: Ranuccio (1612–20) and his father, Alexander (1620-1629). Across the piazza is the Gothic-style Palazzo Comunale and the two equestrian statues of Farnese dukes, Alessandro and Ranuccio.

Santa Maria in Cortina is a small, Roman Catholic but now deconsecrated church located on Via Verdi, across from the Teatro Municipale and near the church of Sant'Antonino in the city of Piacenza in Italy. The name Cortina putatively derives from being nearby the offices of the ducal court in Piacenza.

The Teatro Municipale or Municipal Theater of Piacenza is the main Neoclassical-style opera house in the city, located on Via Verdi #41, facing Piazza Sant'Antonino and flanking the Palazzo Anguissola di Cimafava Rocca in Piacenza, Italy.

The Palazzo Anguissola di Cimafava Rocca, also called Palazzo Anguissola Rocca is an 18th-century aristocratic palace located on Via Pietro Giordano #2, west and across the street from the Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

The Teatro Filodrammatici of Piacenza is the Art Nouveau-style theater in the city, located on Via Santa Franca #33, in Piacenza, Italy.

San Giorgio in Sopramuro is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic oratory, located at via Sopramuro #61, in Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The church is also called San Giorgino to distinguish the temple from the church of San Giorgio in via Calzolai.

San Dalmazio is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic oratory or small chapel-church, located at via Mandelli #23, in front of the Palazzo Mandelli, in Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

Palazzo Mandelli is a Baroque architecture-style palace located at the corner of Vie Bernardino Mandelli and San Marco in central Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy. The main portal rises in front of the church of San Dalmazio. The palace is presently home to the Banca d'Italia in Piacenza.

The Palazzo Ferrari Sacchini is a Baroque architecture-style aristocratic palace located at Via Giosuè Carducci #11 in central Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy. The palace also is referred to as the Palazzo Ferrari-Sacchini-Calciati-Costa referring to subsequent owners. The palace is now home to the local ministry of the treasury.

The Conservatorio Nicolini is a music school, located on via Santa Franca #35 in the town of Piacenza, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.