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Parma is the capital of the province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Between the Apennines and the Po Valley, the city is crossed by a tributary of the Po, the stream of Parma, and Baganza.

The city of Parma, like other cities of the region, Bologna, Piacenza and Modena, are rich in works of art, historical monuments and buildings that tell the story of the civil architecture Italian, as well as the many religious buildings. The city of Parma was the capital of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, between 1545 and 1859, and it was home of oldest university. The Cathedral is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture in Italy. In the same square mastered the baptistery of Benedetto Antelami which is considered as the point of junction between the Romanesque and Gothic architecture; St. Mary of the Steccata is a masterpiece located in Piazza Garibaldi, as a Greek cross plan has the apses on each arm and is rich in oper of Michelangelo Anselmi, Giovan Battista Trotti, Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, Jan Soens and others. The Theatre Farnese and the Royal Theatre, the Palace Garden, Pilotta Palace, Imperial Palace Arena and Governor's Palace, Port St. Barnabas, St. Michael's Gate, Gate of San Francisco and many other monuments are absolutely not-to-lose.

Parma is located on the A1 highway, so it is easily reached by car from Milan, Rome and La Spezia. From Brescia, however, is more comfortable the State railways, and airport Giuseppe Verdi, however, is connected with Catania, Cagliari, Alghero, Trapani, Tirana, London Stansted and Paris.