Roccabianca is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Parma

Province of Parma

The Province of Parma is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Parma.It has an area of 3,449 km², and a total population of 413,198...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

, located about 110 km northwest of Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 and about 25 km northwest of Parma

Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

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Roccabianca borders the following municipalities: Motta Baluffi

Motta Baluffi

Motta Baluffi is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Cremona....

, San Daniele Po

San Daniele Po

San Daniele Po is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 14 km southeast of Cremona...

, San Secondo Parmense

San Secondo Parmense

San Secondo Parmense is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 200 km northwest of Bologna and about 15 km northwest of Parma....

, Sissa, Soragna

Soragna

Soragna is a town and comune in the province of Parma of northern Italy with a population of about 4,800.The town is known from 712, when it was mentioned in a document by the Lombard king Liutprand...

, Torricella del Pizzo

Torricella del Pizzo

Torricella del Pizzo is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km southeast of Cremona. Torricella del Pizzo borders the following municipalities: Gussola, Motta Baluffi, Roccabianca, Scandolara Ravara,...

, Zibello

Zibello

Zibello is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 110 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km northwest of Parma....

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It is home to a Rocca

Rocca (architecture)

Rocca is an Italian term meaning a high, fortifiable stronghold, usually located in smaller towns, beneath or on which the village or town clustered, within which its inhabitants might take refuge at times of trouble; under its owners' patronage the settlement might hope to find prosperity in...

(castle) from the Rossi family, built by Pier Maria Rossi between 1446 and 1463. It includes frescoes with Stories of Griselda (from Boccaccio's Decameron), by Niccolò da Varallo, and astrological scenes.