| Ottone | ||
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Ottone | ||
Ottone | ||
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  Ottone Location of Ottone in Italy | ||
| Coordinates: 44°37′N9°20′E / 44.617°N 9.333°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna | |
| Province | Piacenza (PC) | |
| Frazioni | Artana, Barchi, Belnome, Bertassi, Bertone, Bogli, Campi, Cattribiasca, Croce, Fabbrica, Frassi, Gramizzola, La Cà, Losso, Moglia, Monfagiano, Orezzoli là, Orezzoli qua, Ottone Soprano, Pizzonero, Rettagliata, Santa Maria, Semensi, Strassera, Suzzi, Tartago, Toveraia, Traschio, Truzzi, Valsigiara | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Federico Beccia | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 98.41 km2 (38.00 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016) | ||
| • Total | 516 | |
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (14/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Ottonesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 29026 | |
| Dialing code | 0523 | |
| Patron saint | St. Bartholomew | |
| Saint day | August 24 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Ottone (Ligurian :Utùn; Piacentino: Uton) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) west of Bologna and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Piacenza, in the upper Val Trebbia on the Ligurian Apennine. Ottone is the westernmost comune of Emilia-Romagna. The Mount Alfeo is located in its territory.
Ligurian is a Gallo-Italic language spoken in Liguria in Northern Italy, parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, Monaco and in the villages of Carloforte and Calasetta in Sardinia. It is part of the Gallo-Italic and Western Romance dialect continuum. The Genoese (Zeneize), spoken in Genoa, the capital of Liguria, is the language's prestige dialect on which the standard is based.
The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.
The province of Piacenza is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Piacenza. As of 2016, it has a total population of 286,572 inhabitants over an area of 2,585.86 square kilometres (998.41 sq mi), giving it a population density of 111.38 inhabitants per square kilometre. The city Piacenza has a population of 102,269, as of 2015. The provincial president is Patrizia Barbieri and it contains 48 comuni. The province dates back to its founding by the Romans in 218 BCE.
Pietro Toscanini, great-grandfather of Arturo Toscanini, was born in the Bogli borgo of Ottone, on 19 May 1769. [1]
Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and of the 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this led to his becoming a household name through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.
