Ponte Gobbo Bobbio Val Trebbia Piacenza Italy
Located on the Trebbia river left bank in an area inhabited since prehistoric times Bobbio is the most important centre in the valley it is a vacation resort thanks to the presence of the river and a skiing resort due to the very close Monte Penice Its history identifies with that of San Columba s Abbey founded in 614 that in the High Middle age became one of the most important religious culture centres in Italy the abbey was supplied with a famous scriptorium and an illustrious library After the proclamation of the Italian Kingdom it was annexed to Pavia and returned to Piacenza s province only in 1923 SAINT COLUMBA S ABBEY Saint Columba s monastery is in the centre of Bobbio Its construction started at the end of the 9th century when the Abbot Agilulfo 883 96 decided to transfer the whole complex in a lower position The medieval village bearing the primitive name of Bobium started to grow around the large monastery area Its development increased when the village became Episcopal town The Trebbia valley is considered to be the most important of the valleys in the province of Piacenza from a historic and geographic point of view and combined with its beautiful natural appearance is without a doubt a rather fascinating valley During the first world war the young Ernest Hemingway visited this valley and described it in his diary as the most beautiful in the world The Trebbia river which gives its name to the valley has its source in the Ligurian mountains 30 Km from Genoa and flows into the Po river just west of Piacenza after a tortuous 115 Km The waters of the Trebbia are still rather pristine and in many locations along its course they offer in the summer months solace to numerous sunbathers and gratification to the many canoeists that come here from all over Europe The Trebbia river has various tributaries but the most important one is the Aveto which joins the Trebbia in the upper section a few kilometres south of Bobbio In the Trebbia valley we find 82 fortifica
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