Vigolzone

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Vigolzone | official_name = Comune di Vigolzone | native_name = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = Vigolzone-Stemma.gif | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|44|55|N|9|40|E|type:city(3,773)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Emilia-Romagna | province = Piacenza (PC) | frazioni = Grazzano Visconti, Cabina, Borgo di Sotto, Villò, Albarola, Carmiano, Bicchignano, Veano, Chiulano | mayor_party = | mayor = Gianluca Argellati | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 42.3 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref> | population_total = 4275 | population_as_of = 30 September 2014 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Vigolzonesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 151 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = St. John the Baptist | day = June 24 | postal_code = 29020 | area_code = 0523 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.vigolzone.pc.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Vigolzone''' (Piacentino: {{lang|egl|Vigulson}}) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about {{convert|140|km|mi}} northwest of Bologna and about {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} south of Piacenza.

Vigolzone borders the following municipalities: Bettola, Podenzano, Ponte dell'Olio, Rivergaro, San Giorgio Piacentino, Travo.

In the early 20th century, the ''frazione'' of Grazzano received the name Visconti when Giuseppe Visconti, father of the filmmaker Luchino, restored the medieval castle built there by Gian Galeazzo Visconti for his half-sister Beatrice Visconti, daughter of Galeazzo II Visconti and his mistress Malgarola da Lucino<ref>{{Citeweb|url=http://www.grazzano.it/a_Grazzano/monumenti/castello.htm|title=Il Castello|language=it|access-date=2026-01-02|archive-date=2010-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524014623/http://www.grazzano.it/a_Grazzano/monumenti/castello.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> - it remained in the family of her first husband Giovanni Anguissola (1340/1350-post 1395) until 1884.<ref>{{Citeweb|url=http://www.vacanzeitinerari.it/schede/tappe_turistiche_piacentine_grazzano_visconti_sc_3484.htm|title=Tappe turistiche piacentine: Grazzano Visconti|work=vacanzeitinerari.it.|language=it}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.comune.vigolzone.pc.it/ Official website]

{{Authority control}} Category:Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna