Cortemaggiore

Cortemaggiore (Piacentino: Curtmagiùr) is an Italian comune located in the Province of Piacenza. Cortemaggiore is located in the northern Italy about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Milan and 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Bologna, in the Pianura Padana. The municipality borders with Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Villanova sull'Arda, Besenzone, San Pietro in Cerro, Caorso, Pontenure and Cadeo.

Cortemaggiore
Comune
Comune di Cortemaggiore
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
"Nihil sanctius quam recta fides cum sororibus associata" (Nothing is holier than a true faith combined with other virtues)
Location of Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore
Location of Cortemaggiore in Italy
Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore (Emilia-Romagna)
Coordinates: 45°0′N 9°56′E
CountryItaly
RegionEmilia-Romagna
ProvinceProvince of Piacenza (PC)
FrazioniChiavenna Landi and San Martino in Olza
Government
 • MayorGianluigi Repetti (Casa delle Libertà)
Area
 • Total36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total4,345
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cortemaggioresi or Magiostrini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
29016
Dialing code0523
Patron saintSan Lorenzo (St. Lawrence)
Saint dayAugust 10
WebsiteComune di Cortemaggiore

The town was founded in the 1479 by the Pallavicino family, over an old Roman habitation, which had been the capital of the ancient Stato Pallavicino. In 1949 the Italian entrepreneur Enrico Mattei, discovers in Cortemaggiore's subsoil an important oilfield; with this oil was product a gasoline (the only one refined from Italian oil), called Supercortemaggiore.

The municipality's motto is "Nihil sanctius quam recta fides cum sororibus associata" (Nothing is holier than a true faith combined with other virtues).

Architecture

Among the religious edifices in the town are the following:

  • Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie or Collegiata, was once the cathedral of the town, and is still the main church of Cortemaggiore, built in Gothic style. The interior conserves a valued polyptych, composed by twelve pieces, by Filippo Mazzola, the father of Parmigianino.
  • San Giovanni: church built in 1625-1630 and frescoed by Robert de Longe in 1705
  • Annunziata (Church of the Annuncation): built in 1487, it houses two works by Il Pordenone, an Immaculate Conception and a Deposition from the Cross. Next to the church, there is a monastery with a cloister of 40 metres on all sides.
  • San Giuseppe built 1576-1593 by the brotherhood of San Giuseppe, and subsequently decorated by stuccoes by Bernardo Barca and Domenico Dossi in 1697-1701
  • Oratory of San Lorenzo: built in 1666.
  • Oratory of San Giovanni: started in 1625 by the confraternity of SS Sacramento.
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie fuori le mura or Madonnina: built by the priest Anotonio Bovarini in 1661.

Notable people born in Cortemaggiore
  • The façade of the Church "dell'Annunziata".
  • "The Deposition", by Il Pordenone.
  • "The Blameless Conception", by Pordenone.
  • A view of the Pallavicino's private chapel in the church "dell'Annunziata".
  • The beautiful cloister of the church "dell'Annunziata".
  • The church "Santa Maria delle Grazie fuori la mura" or "Madonnina".
  • The oratory of "San Giovanni" (St. John).
  • The church of "San Giuseppe" (St. Joseph).
  • The Oratory of "San Lorenzo" (St. Lawrence).
  • A view of Cortemaggiore's downtown.
  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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