Chiesa di San Sisto – Madonna di Campagna loop from Basilica di Santa Maria di Campagna
Chiesa di San Sisto – Madonna di Campagna loop from Basilica di Santa Maria di Campagna
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Chiesa di San Sisto – Madonna di Campagna loop from Basilica di Santa Maria di Campagna
02:40
10.5km
30m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: August 20, 2026
Tips
Your route passes through a protected area
Please check local regulations for:
Parco Fluviale Regionale del Trebbia
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
2.17 km
Chapel of Our Lady of Suffrage – Old Cemetery, Piacenza
Highlight • Religious Site
4.97 km
Main levee at the confluence of the Trebbia and Po rivers
Highlight • River
7.25 km
Chiesa di San Sisto
Highlight • Religious Site
Raphael painted his Sistine Madonna around 1513. The canvas hung in the Chiesa di San Sisto until 1754. In that year, it was sold to an art collector, after which the Sistine Madonna ended up in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, where you can still see it today.
A copy now hangs in the empty space in the Chiesa di San Sisto, but even though you can no longer admire Raphael's original Madonna in the San Sisto, the church is still worth a visit, also for its beautiful cloister and sixteenth-century frescoes.
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8.60 km
Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna
Highlight • Religious Site
The basilica is located in piazzale delle Crociate, near the city walls of Piacenza.
The church is dedicated to Madonna della Campagna.
Within the basilica there are numerous works of art to admire, including an extensive Mannerist painting cycle from the early 16th century by the artist Pordenone, as well as Baroque paintings by Guido Reni and the Procaccini.
In November 1954, Pope Pius XII granted the basilica the status of minor basilica.
The history of this church dates back to a small oratory called Santa Maria in Campagnola, which once stood on this site. The current building was erected between 1522 and 1528 by the architect Alessio Tramello.
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8.71 km
Madonna di Campagna
Highlight • Religious Site
The church also features a statue of Ranuccio Farnese, Duke of Piacenza, from 1616 by the sculptor Francesco Mochi, who also created the equestrian statues in Piazza Cavalli.
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10.5 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.17 km
3.19 km
2.09 km
968 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
7.26 km
2.87 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
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