Fidenza
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Fidenza is a town and episcopal see in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy. It has around 23,000 inhabitants. The town was renamed Fidenza in 1927, recalling its Roman name of Fidentia; before, it was called Borgo San Donnino which still refers to the diocese of that name. Although it is a small town, Fidenza offers centuries of history, art and culture.
Fidenza's most famous monument is its Cathedral, dated XII sec. A.D. It is associated with the town's former name of San Donnino: a reference to Domninus of Fidenza, who was martyred under Maximian in AD 304.
The cathedral, erected in honor of this saint, is one of the finest and best preserved Lombard-Romanesque churches of the 11th to 13th centuries in northern Italy. The upper part of the façade is incomplete, but the lower, with its three portals and sculptures, is very fine; the interior is simple and well-proportioned, and has not been spoilt by restorations.
Fidenza has Kremnica in Slovakia as a sister city.
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- Borgo San-Donnino the Catholic Encyclopedia - diocese article]
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