Bobbio is a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
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16 Facts About Bobbio
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Bobbio is the administrative center of the Unione Montana Valli Trebbia e Luretta.
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Bobbio is located in the heart of Val Trebbia, a valley described by Ernest Hemingway as "the most beautiful in the world".
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Bobbio is a coveted tourist destination known for its history of art and culture, for nature lovers, and for its ancient monuments.
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Bobbio'storians have speculated that Bobbio was the town in which Leonardo da Vinci completed the Mona Lisa.
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Bobbio is 45 kilometres from Piacenza and from there it can be reached by the state road n 45, which connects Piacenza to Genova.
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Territory around Bobbio is characterized by the Apennines, which influence the climate, contributing cool air in summer and protecting the town from cold winds and fog in winter.
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Bobbio Abbey increased its possessions and became one of the principal seats of culture and religion of Northern Italy and a centre of learning during the Middle Ages, and was renowned for its Scriptorium and Library.
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In 1014 Bobbio was erected a City and Episcopal See and surrounded by city walls that form the Contea of Bobbio.
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On 7 July 1944, the partisan resistance in Italy conquered the town, formed the Republic of Bobbio and governed it autonomously until it was crushed by the Germans on 27 August, the same year.
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Since 1989, Bobbio has been united with the Diocese of Piacenza to form the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio.
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Town of Bobbio has its own film festival director Marco Bellocchio is born from the Laboratory Farecinema, and would eventually become the film competition Bobbio Film Festival.
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In parallel, the laboratory continues Farecinema that will become a film school and acting, and the town of Bobbio and has become a movie set with the possibility of participation of extras taken from the street.
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The five historic districts of Bobbio are named after the many gateways to the medieval city existing in the 12th century: Alcarina, Fringuella, Agazza, Legleria and Nova.
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Bobbio is located at the foot of Ligurian Apennines, in the territory known as Colli Piacentini, near DOC for the production of typical wines such as Gutturnio, Trebbianino Trebbia Val, Barbera, Bonarda, Ortrugo, Malvasia, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot .
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Bobbio is known for the sausage: salami, Cups, bacon, Piacenza PDO, sausages of various kinds, and cotechini and zampone.
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