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Arch of San Lazzaro

The Arch of San Lazzaro is a triumphal arch that stands just outside and east of the city of Parma, Region of Emilia-Romagna. It was constructed in 1628 under the designs of Giovanni Battista Magnani to celebrate the arrival to the city of Margherita de’ Medici, the new wife of the then Duke Odoardo Farnese. At the time of its construction, the panels of the arch were painted by Pomponio Amidano with historical tableaus, depicting Marcus Emilius Lepidus founds a Roman Colony in Parma. Parma sends Citizens to Rome to aid them during Floods. The siege of Parma by Legates of Sulla urging rebellion against Rome. Parma offers 1000 citizens to protect Julius Ceaser. Frederick II defeat in the 1248 Battle of Parma. Celebration of the victory with dedications to the Virgin. The paintings were decayed over time and in 1819 were replaced to celebrate the visit to Parma of the Austrian Emperor.

Orto Botanico di Parma

The Orto Botanico di Parma, also known as the Orto Botanico dellUniversità di Parma, is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Parma. It is located on the Viale Martiri della Libertà, Parma, Italy, and open daily without charge. The garden succeeds Parmas earlier Orto dei Semplici, a garden for medicinal plants, established by Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma. Todays garden was created in 1770 by Giambattista Guatteri under the auspices of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, with its glass house completed in 1793. The garden contains aquatic plants including Acorus calamus, Butomus umbellatus, Caltha palustris, Cyperus papyrus, Eichhornia crassipes, Elodea canadensis, Iris pseudacorus, Lemna minor, Nymphaea alba, Pistia stratiotes, and Sagittaria sagittaefolia, as well as mature trees including ginkgo, magnolia, Pinus nigra subsp. laricio, and Ulmus campestris. Its glass houses contain a tropical section with Dracaena fragrans, Ficus elastica, F. benjamina, Monstera deliciosa, Tamarindus indica, Theobroma cacao, etc., as well as epiphytes, orchids, and tropical fruits; and a desert house containing a variety of cacti and succulents.

Teatro Regio

The Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale, is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy. Replacing an obsolete house, the new Ducale achieved prominence in the years after 1829, and especially so after the composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born near Busseto, some thirty kilometres away, had achieved fame. Also well known in Parma was the conductor Arturo Toscanini, was born there in 1867. As has been noted by Lee Marshall, "while not as well known as La Scala in Milan or La Fenice in Venice, the city’s Teatro Regio....is considered by opera buffs to be one of the true homes of the great Italian tradition, and the well-informed audience is famous for giving voice to its approval or disapproval – not just from the gallery." The 1,400-seat auditorium, with four tiers of boxes topped by a gallery, was inaugurated on 16 May 1829 when it presented the premiere of Vincenzo Bellinis Zaira, a production which was staged another seven times, although it did not prove to be popular with the Parma audiences. Initially Rossini had been invited to compose a work for the inauguration of the house, but he was too busy and so the task fell to Bellini. However, that inaugural season saw three Rossini operas staged, including Moïse et Pharaon, Semiramide, and Il barbiere di Siviglia. Today, the company stages about four operas each season from mid January to April and, since 2003, it has presented an annual Verdi Festival each October.

Museo Glauco Lombardi

The Museo Lombardi is an art museum in the city of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The museum was created by the efforts of Glauco Lombardi, who devoted his entire life to the recovery, study and conservation of all that remained on the antiquary market or in private collections of the enormous artistic and documentary heritage of Parma under the Bourbons and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, largely scattered during the period of Italian Unification in various residences of the Savoy family. From 1915 to 1943, the original nucleus of the Museo Lombardi was housed in the ballroom and adjacent rooms of the Ducal Palace of Colorno. 1934 was a crucial year for the museum: it was then that Lombardi finally managed to stipulate an agreement with count Giovanni Sanvitale to sell to the museum the precious objects that had belonged to Duchess Marie Louise, grandmother of count Giovanni. The Second World War and the difficult post-war years brought extenuating bureaucratic difficulties, that went on until 1961, when the museum was reopened in new premises, this time at Palazzo di Riserva in the city center of Parma, with the name of Museo Glauco Lombardi. From 1997 to 1999, the museum underwent a complete, very difficult restoration, which became necessary after the acquisition of new buildings that, while changing little of the original order and criteria of the display planned and desired by Glauco Lombardi, made it possible to provide the museum premises with more modern and effective systems of security and utilization. Among other works, the museum displays a collection of 19th-century painters active or collected in Parma, including Paolo Toschi, F. Gèrard, F. Ravaillac, and G. Molteni.

Stadio Ennio Tardini

Stadio Ennio Tardini, commonly referred to as just Il Tardini, is a football stadium in Parma, Italy, located near the centre of Parma, between the town centre and the city walls. It is the home of S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913. The stadium was built in 1923 and was named after one of Parma's former presidents, Ennio Tardini. The stadium is the nineteenth largest football stadium in Italy and the second largest in Emilia-Romagna with a capacity of 22,352 spectators. The stadium is the sixth oldest Italian football ground still in use. The ground underwent significant expansion under Parmalat's ownership of the resident football club in the 1990s, as the ground's seating capacity was increased from around 13,500 to 29,050. In 2006, the capacity was reduced to 27,906 although only 21,473 are authorised to enter for all-seater events and even those seats are very seldom all sold. The expansion has allowed meant a number of Italy matches have been played at the Tardini. Expansion plans were made public in Italy's unsuccessful bid for Euro 2016 and would have made the permanent capacity of the stadium 31,397.

Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù

The parish church of Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù, also known as the Chiesa della Trinità Nuova, and once was the Oratory dei Trinità Rossi, is found on Garibaldi Street in Parma. The church was founded by the Confranternity dei Rossi, so-named because they wore a pink cape. In 1584, they had been associated with the church of the Santissima Trinità, but by the first two decades of the 1600s, they had chosen a small oratory near San Barnaba, where upon to build a new church. It was first enlarged in 1636 under the direction of Girolamo Rainaldi, again in 1685 under Stefano Lolli. In 1920, the church was passed on to the Discalced Carmelites, and renamed in 1973, as Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù. The third chapel on the right reproduces the measurements of the Santa Casa that is venerated in the Shrine of Loreto . The present marble façade was designed by Ernesto Piazza, and built from 1862-1864. The bas-relief on the portal is by Antonio Ilarioli. The interior stucco decoration was completed by Domenico Reti in the 17th century. The oval canvas in the main altar is a Trinity by Giovan Battista Borghesi .The church also has paintings by Alessandro Tiarini, Giulio Cesare Amidano and Vincenzo Campi.

Santa Caterina d'Alessandria

The church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria is found in the borgo Santa Caterina in Parma. The church, with the adjacent Augustinian Monastery is first mentioned in documents from 1313. The cult of St. Catherine was boosted in 1332, when her intercession was credited with the victory of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor over the attacking armies of the Scaligeri and Gonzaga. In 1575, the monastery was passed on the capuchin monks, and so stayed till the 1810 suppression by Napoleon. In the late 1800s, the properties were re-acquired by the monks, but they have again ceded them to the bishop. The interior has a San Francis receiving stigmata attributed to Guercino, a Deposition by Biagio Martini, a Martyrdom or san Fedele da Sigmaringen by Clemente Ruta, a San Felice da Cantalice by Fra Semplice da Verona.
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