Church of the Assumption of Mary. Capelli's Fresco in the ceiling of the nave.

Cicogni is a town in the comune of Alta Val Tidone (Province of Piacenza) in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 km southwest of Piacenza.

Tourism

Cicogni is known for its folkloristic traditions, particularly about the beginning of the spring, celebrated with its own feast in the first days of May.

Its forests are full of mushrooms, chestnuts and a wide variety of flora and fauna (especially roe deers, boars and foxes).

Main sights

The local church of Santa Maria Annunziata, built in the 1812 (on the ruins of the old one, which dated from the 15th century) has a stone facade that hides the interiors, painted in the Rococo style by Angelo Capelli.

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