A moat mirrors the brick walls of a small fortress at the centre of a tidy, porticoed market town.
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10-year averages (2011-2020). Temperatures in °C.
Source: Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
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See passesnone nearby. No station in the borgo; TEP buses from Parma's hub cross the bassa to the moated rocca.
Parmigianino's optical chamber inside a moated castle: the rocca sanvitale floats on its square
TEP points and tabaccherie.
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City guide updated July 2026
Photo: Raffaele pagani / CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)