The best traffic-free bike rides around Montechiarugolo

Beautiful historic building with some museums inside.

The Governor's Palace is a Baroque and Neoclassical building located on the entire north side of Parma's central Piazza Garibaldi. The palace was originally built on the north side of Piazza Nuova (now Piazza Garibaldi) between 1283 and 1285 as the "Merchants' Palace," following the demolition of pre-existing dwellings. In late Romanesque style, it consisted of two separate buildings, separated in the center by the narrow Borgo di San Marco, which no longer exists. Entirely clad in brick, it rose above a portico on the ground floor and featured two rows of mullioned windows on the first floor; the façade was crowned by battlements at the top. Having lost its original mercantile function, the building soon became the seat of the Captain of the city and, later, of the Governor, the Civil Auditor, and other municipal magistrates. However, its architectural structure remained unchanged for centuries. Following the collapse of the towering Civic Tower on January 27, 1606, which also caused the destruction of the Town Hall, the need arose to renovate the Governor's Palace. Initially, the building was unified by enclosing the Borgo di San Marco with a vault. A tower was erected on top of this vault in 1673, designed by Piacenza engineer Gian Battista Barattieri. This tower assumed the former functions of the destroyed Civic Tower, retaining the original bell known as the "third bell," dating back to 1453, which remained intact over the centuries until it was replaced with a copy in 1998. In 1760, the court architect Ennemond Alexandre Petitot was commissioned to redesign the square; the Governor's Palace was thus renovated in elegant neoclassical style, with the addition of typical decorative elements. The central niche was also opened to house the statue of the Crowned Virgin, sculpted by Jean-Baptiste Boudard. In 1829, Duchess Maria Luigia commissioned Lorenzo Ferrari and Luigi Pazzoni to create the large sundials on the façade. In the 1920s, the interior and rear of the building underwent a major renovation in the Rationalist style, which preserved only some of the original interior decorations. The entire building, home to several municipal offices until the end of the 20th century, underwent a complete restoration between 2000 and 2009, transforming it into today's "Place of Modern and Contemporary Art": inaugurated in January 2010 with the Nove100 exhibition, it hosts temporary exhibitions of mostly contemporary art. SOURCE and further information https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_del_Governatore_(Parma)

Love this run. Avoid on sundays as crowded

It is located on the road from Montechiarugolo to Monticelli Terme

The fountain is located in the small square next to the SP and is in perfect working order.

The Church of Santo Stefano, also known as the Parish Church of Basilicagoiano, is a Catholic place of worship with Renaissance and Neo-Renaissance architecture, located at Via Parma 93 in Basilicagoiano, a hamlet of Montechiarugolo, in the province and diocese of Parma. It is the seat of a parish in the Pedemontana pastoral area. HISTORY The original Romanesque parish church was built in the Middle Ages at the behest, according to tradition, of the Bishop of Piacenza; the church was consecrated on July 4, 1169. The episcopal authority of Piacenza over the Plebs quae vocatur Basilica Giuliani, as the village of Basilicagoiano was then known, was confirmed in 1199 with a papal bull issued by Pope Innocent. The church was also mentioned as a dependency of the bishop of Piacenza in the Capitulum seu Rotulus Decimarum of the diocese of Parma in 1230;[2] at the time, the chapels of San Quintino in Montechiarugolo, San Donnino in Monticelli, and Santa Felicola in the abbey of the same name were subject to the parish church. The oldest evidence of the church's dependence on the diocese of Parma dates back only to 1560;[2] during the 16th century, the place of worship was also completely rebuilt in Renaissance style and in 1564 it was equipped with a choir. In 1717, the four Baroque side chapels were built. Between 1936 and 1937, the place of worship was restored and modified with the addition of the new neo-Renaissance façade. SOURCE AND OTHER NEWS https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santo_Stefano_(Montechiarugolo)

The Church of San Quintino is a Catholic place of worship with Romanesque and Neo-Romanesque architecture, located in Piazzale San Quintino in Montechiarugolo, in the province and diocese of Parma. It is the seat of a parish in the pastoral area of the Pedemontana. HISTORY The original Romanesque place of worship was built in the Middle Ages; the earliest evidence of its existence dates back to 1230, when the Ecclesie S. Quintini de Monte clerevulo was mentioned in the Capitulum seu Rotulus Decimarum of the Diocese of Parma among the dependencies of the parish of Santo Stefano di Basilicagoiano. Documents from 1494 testify that at the time the church was managed by the Hermit friars, but it was later annexed to the nearby monastery of Santa Monica. In 1602, the place of worship became the seat of a vicariate, while in 1694 it was assigned as patronage to the confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament and the Rosary. At the end of the 17th century, the sacristy was built adjacent to the bell tower. In 1901, based on a design by architect Camillo Uccelli, renovation work began in the neo-Romanesque style on the medieval church, which had deteriorated significantly. The temple was raised and the facades were rebuilt, preserving only the apse and the bell tower of the original building. The interior was decorated in the following decades. On December 23, 2008, a violent earthquake caused some damage to the place of worship, which was restored and structurally consolidated in 2014. SOURCE AND OTHER NEWS: https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Quintino_(Montechiarugolo)

Built between 1612 and 1619 on the site of a pre-existing chapel on the side of the sixteenth-century square in the lower village, the oratory, restored in 1786, was partially rebuilt in neo-Romanesque style after 1892, following the collapse of part of the nave and the façade. The small place of worship features two corner pilasters on the main façade and the round-arched cornice of the entrance portal decorated with horizontal stripes.[32][33] SOURCE: https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrechiara