Vigolzone 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 Piacenza

Province of Piacenza

The Province of Piacenza is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants . Its total area is 2,589 km². There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Piacenza...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 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 140 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 15 km south of Piacenza

Piacenza

Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,773 and an area of 42.3 km².

Vigolzone borders the following municipalities: Bettola

Bettola

Bettola is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km west of Bologna and about 30 km south of Piacenza.- Notable people:...

, Podenzano

Podenzano

Podenzano. Municipality in Province of Piacenza, Region: Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Co-ordinates: Latitude: 44° 57' 0' ' N, Longitude: 9° 41' 0' ', Altitude: 118 m. Surface: 44,58 km². Population: 8.269 . Density: 170 ab./km²....

, Ponte dell'Olio

Ponte dell'Olio

Ponte dell'Olio is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 22 km south of Piacenza, about 85 k. south of Milan and about 160 km northwest of Bologna...

, Rivergaro

Rivergaro

Rivergaro is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km southwest of Piacenza...

, San Giorgio Piacentino

San Giorgio Piacentino

San Giorgio Piacentino is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km northwest of Bologna and about 11 km south of Piacenza...

, Travo

Travo

Travo is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km southwest of Piacenza...

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In the early 20th century, the frazione of Grazzano received the name Visconti

House of Visconti

Visconti is the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. There are two distinct Visconti families: The first one in the Republic of Pisa in the mid twelfth century who achieved prominence first in Pisa, then in Sardinia where they became rulers of Gallura...

 when Giuseppe Visconti, father of the filmmaker Luchino

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...

, restored the medieval castle built there by Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Gian Galeazzo Visconti , son of Galeazzo II Visconti and Bianca of Savoy, was the first Duke of Milan and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance...

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External links

• www.comune.vigolzone.pc.it/