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Rivergaro (Arvargär in Piacenza dialect) is an Italian town of 6,525 inhabitants in the province of Piacenza.
The ownership of the fortress was disputed for centuries until
the advent of the Visconti who imposed a singular and new figure: the
captain of the Ban, trusted man chosen outside of local disputes to
collect taxes and administer public order, who failed to appease the
civil war taking place between the nobility until in 1548 the whole area
became the possession of the Anguissola-Scottis. During the Second World
War it was the scene of clashes with the partisan brigades led by
Captain Alberto Araldi known as Paolo to whom the main square and his
monument are dedicated. Toponymy Its name derives from that of the
stream that crosses the Rio Vergario, a tributary of the Trebbia today
completely covered, the village took over time the names of Rivalgario,
Rivalegario, then finally Rivergaro. Places of interest Villa
Anguissola-Scotti, designed by Lotario Tomba in 1778 on the foundations
of an 11th century fortification.
• Countess Anna Anguissola Scotti, b. 1850, daughter of Count
Ranuzio Anguissola Scotti and Giuseppina Scotti, married Ubertino Landi
and was then known as Anna Landi di Chiavenna. She is a Douglas Scotti
on her mother's side (Giuseppina Scotti Douglas). While she had children
with her husband Ubertino, she later had an extramarital relationship
with an English correspondent which resulted in the birth of a daughter
who was raised in one of the family castles under the care of nuns,
andlater adopted by a local family.
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The visiting card is probably that of His Excellency Ranuccio Giuseppe
Anguissola Douglas Scotti, Count and Lord of Rivergaro. Giuseppina
Anguissola Scotti (born Scotti Douglas dei Conti di Sarmato) married
Ranuccio Anguissola Scotti. They had one daughter: Anna Landi di
Chiavenna (born Anguissola Scotti). (Rivergaro is a commune in the
Province of Piacenza.)
The civic symbol refers to that of the Anguissola family of the branch of Podenzano, Rivergaro, Montechiaro and Rustigazzo.
The brothers Gian Francesco and Bartolomeo Anguissola, sons of Annibale (1494 - 1503), had, with a decree dated Milan 1 December 1477, signed by Bona and Gian Galeazzo M. Sforza Visconti, the privilege of being elected County of the Fief of Podenzano.
In the investiture parchment there is the description of the insignia granted, a shield with a castle depicted and a dove holding a scroll with the motto "A bon droit" in its beak, an insignia that the Dukes themselves used to wear, and which testified to high consideration for those who could boast of it.
This is the description of the municipal coat of arms registered in the Heraldic Book of Moral Bodies, "By the grace of God and the will of the nation" as established by the Royal Decree of 10 April 1930, signed by King Vittorio Emanuele III and the Head of Government Benito Mussolini.
Truncated shield; in the first one of blue to the turreted castle of one, crenellated in the Ghibelline style, of silver, the central part surmounted by a dove with lowered flight, natural, radiated in gold; in the 2nd section, nailed with argent and gules.
motto "A bon droit" |
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See also:
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Douglas Scotti of Samato
• Villa Anguissola-Scotti
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