A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent. The term is often used interchangeably with religious sisters who do take simple vows but live an active vocation of prayer and charitable work.
Bobbio is a small town and comune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a diocese of the same name. Bobbio is the administrative center of the Unione Montana Valli Trebbia e Luretta. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.
Mazzorbo is one of various islands in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice. Like the other islands in this part of the lagoon, it was the site one of the earliest settlements in the lagoon which predated the development of Venice. However, these islands then declined and were eventually abandoned. In the 1980s the architect Giancarlo De Carlo built a brightly coloured residential neighbourhood to help to repopulate Mazzorbo. In 2019 its population was 256. It is linked to Burano by a wooden bridge. It was once an important trading centre but is now known for its vineyards and orchards. Its main attraction is the fourteenth century church of Santa Caterina.
San Giorgio in Braida is a Roman Catholic church in Verona, region of Veneto, Italy. A church titled San Giacomo in Braida, was located in Cremona, and became superseded by Sant'Agostino.
The church of Santa Maria in Araceli is a late-Baroque style church built in the late 17th century in Vicenza according to designs attributed to Guarino Guarini.
The Basilica of San Savino is an ancient Roman Catholic basilica in the city of Piacenza in the Province of Piacenza, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Sabinus of Piacenza, second bishop of the city.
Santa Maria in Torricella is a Roman Catholic church, located in Piacenza, Italy.
Santa Teresa del Carmelo is a seventeenth-century Roman Catholic Baroque-style church located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II #161 in Piacenza, Italy.
San Giovanni in Canale is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church located on Via Croce #26 in central Piacenza, formerly associated with a Dominican monastery.
The Church of Benedictines and its attached convent are a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church and monastery, located in central Piacenza, Emilia Romagna region, Italy.
San Francesco is a Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza Cavalli #68 in Piacenza, Italy. It was built in a style described as Lombard Gothic and is centrally located facing towards the Piazza del Cavalli, which is surrounded by the Palazzo Gotico and the Palazzo del Governatore.
San Sepolcro is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church and convent, located in Piacenza, Italy.
Sant'Agostino is a Renaissance style, former Roman Catholic church, located at the intersection of the Avenue Farnese and via Giordani in Piacenza, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Sant'Anna is a Gothic style, Roman Catholic parish church, located at Via Scalabrini #83 in Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
San Sisto is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church, located on the Via of the same name in north-central Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
The Gazzola Institute is a school of the arts and art museum, located on via Gazzola n°9 in the town of Piacenza, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
The Abbey of Chiaravalle della Colomba is a 12th-century Cistercian monastic complex near the town of Alseno, in the Province of Piacenza, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
San Bartolomeo is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church, now deconsecrated, located on 48 Via San Bartolomeo in the city of Piacenza in Italy.
Santa Raimondo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church, attached to a functioning Benedictine order cloistered monastery occupied by San Raimondo nuns. It is located at Corso Vittorio Emanuele #154 in the southern edge of historic Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
San Dalmazio is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic oratory or small chapel-church, located at via Mandelli #23, in front of the Palazzo Mandelli, in Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
