Castel San Giovanni ( Piacentino : Castél San Giuàn ) is a town and comune in the province of Piacenza , Emilia-Romagna , Italy .
3-529: The origins of the town are probably related to an ancient pieve called Olubra and a fortress called Castellus Milonus , which preceded the construction of a new castle by Alberto Scoto in 1290 (now also disappeared). After a period under the Dal Verme family of lords-condottieri, it became part of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in 1485. Castel San Giovanni is twinned with: This article on
6-514: A location in Emilia–Romagna is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pieve In Italy in the Middle Ages , a pieve ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːve] , Corsican: [ˈpjɛvɛ] ; Latin: plebe ; pl. : pievi ) was a rural church with a baptistery , upon which other churches without baptisteries depended. The Italian word pieve
9-473: Is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people. Many pievi began to appear in the 5th century, as Christianity expanded in the rural areas outside the main cities. In the 9th-10th centuries, they were often designed with bell towers . This article about the architecture of churches or other Christian places of worship
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