Rottofreno

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = rottofreno-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Rottofreno
name = Rottofreno
region = Emilia-Romagna
province = Piacenza (PC)
elevation_m = 65
area_total_km2 = 34.5
population_as_of = 2004-12-31
population_total = 9670
population_density_km2 = 280
timezone = CET, UTC+1
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frazioni = San Nicolò a Trebbia, Santimento, Centora
telephone = 0523
postalcode = 29010
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saint =
day =
mayor = Giulio Maserati
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Rottofreno is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 160 km northwest of Bologna and about 12 km west of Piacenza.

Rottofreno borders the following municipalities: Borgonovo Val Tidone, Calendasco, Chignolo Po, Gragnano Trebbiense, Monticelli Pavese, Piacenza, Sarmato.

The main settlement of the "comune" is San Nicolò, which has more inhabitants than Rottofreno proper.

Name and History

According to a legend, the name (meaning "Broken bit") derives from an event occurred during the Carthaginian invasion of Italy (218-201 BC), when Hannibal allegedly broke here the bit of his horse. The event is also remember in the city's coat of arms. In reality the origin of the name are the from the Lombard "roth" ("glory") and "fridu" ("friendship", "safeness"). The village was in fact called Rottofredo during the middle ages.

On August 12, 1746 during the War of Austrian Succession, a battle was fought here between a French-Spanish army and an Austrian force. This event is known as the Battle of Rottofredo (or Rottofreddo).

Main sights

*The great Baroque church of St. John the Baptist (1690) in the "frazione" of Santimento

Demographic evolution

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