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Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in Italy. Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry". Prehistory: Parma was already an built-up area in the Bronze Age. It has verified by now that in the current position of the city rose a "terramare". The "terramare" (Earthsea) were ancient villages in structural wood on pile-dwelling built according to a defined scheme and squared form, built on the dry land, generally in proximity of the rivers. During this age (among the 1500 B.C. and the 800 B.C) the first necropolises (placed where there is the actual Cathedral Plaza and Millstone Square) rose also. History: The city was ... Read more about Parma on Wikipedia

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