Palace Maria Luigia Hotel Parma travel guide

Parma. Parma, a city of aristocratic cultural traditions and abounding in precious works of art and relics of its past role as capital, is famous for its illustrious native sons and the artists who used to work there: from Benedetto Antelami to Salimbene, from Correggio to Parmigianino, from Bodoni to Verdi and Toscanini and from Stendhal to Proust. It boasts a historic center with a number of highly significant monuments, in styles ranging from Romanesque to art nouveau. The enlightened rule of Napoleons second wife Marie-Louise, when the city was the capital of the duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, left a particularly deep mark. Parma is also known as the capital of the Italian food industry, famous for such inimitable products as Parma ham and Parmesan cheese. The citys Teatro Regio is a place of pilgrimage for opera lovers from all over the world, while in the environs the castle of Montechiarugolo offers a splendid medieval setting. The Cathedral; The Baptistery; The Abbasses Parlor; San Giovanni Evangelista; Santa Maria Della Steccata.

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