#piacenza Archives • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

August 5, 2026August 5, 2026

Enjoying Piecenza

This it’s kind of a fun town to walk around but you need to go on about a 15 minute walk from the station to get to the interesting part of town and that way you will be Enjoying Piecenza.

Japanese design Enjoying Piecenza — The Italians as well as the French very much enjoy Japanese art and design.

go round to the different churches in town

Cathedral Enjoying Piecenza — Piecenza Cathedral

Cathedral interior Enjoying Piecenza

Beautiful ceilings Enjoying Piecenza

Original decoration Bill Smale — This is some of the ancient decoration on the original church from Roman Time

Underground part Bill Smale — The underground part of the church

Different architecture Bill Smale — You can see different architecture at work here

Palazzo Vescovile

Salami Shop — of course when you want to go buy some salami, prepared meats or cheese there are a few good shops to visit in town

Piazza Duomo

Another word for crab — OK, now I know Another word for crab. Look closely at the blue one on the left

Chinese Japanese food Bill Smale — So typical of Europe, a Japanese restaurant run by Chinese

Electric city car Bill Smale — I love this car, it’s perfect for the city

Cars in the window — I used to collect matchbox cars when I was a kid and they really interest me so when I see cars in a window I always stop to look even if it is a car dealership.

Broken car trap — This used to be a paid parking place with some kind of apparatus to block the car until they pay but some people obviously didn’t want to pay

Just an idea of what was available in this restaurant at very reasonable prices, not the prices you find in Roma or Firenze

Tasty pizza — It was very tasty pizza But that is really three meals for me

Palazzo Gotico

Piazza dei Cavalli

Wraparound balcony — I love the wraparound balcony

Chiesa San Dalmazio

Visible old graphics — Some of the old art is still visible