We have returned to Bobbio, a charming town nestled in the hills of the Piacenza Apennines.
This town is famous for its Ponte Gobbo or Ponte Vecchio bridge, which spans the Trebbia torrent, but also for the notable monuments it presents and the charm of the old village.
Monuments of interest include:

• the Abbey of San Colombano with its museums
• the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and the diocesan museum
• the Malaspina - Dal Verme castle
• the Alcarini or Teodolinda palace
• the Ancient Prisons and the Monastery Mill
• convent of the Gianelline nuns
• the ancient upper medieval Castellaro district

It should also be noted that numerous other interesting sites and monuments are to be found in the Bobbio area.

A bit history:
The first settlements in the area date back to the Bronze Age.
Then, as in other neighboring territories, the Ligurians first settled, then the Celts and the Boii.
In the 4th century came the Romans, and the first nucleus of Bobbio dates back to that century.
Perhaps the most important moment in its history was the foundation of the Abbey of San Colombano in 614.
It must be considered that at that time the abbey had jurisdiction over a vast territory, which had influence as far as the abbey of Sant'Apollinare in Classe in the Ravenna area.
In the early Middle Ages the abbey was one of the most important cultural centers in Europe for the Scriptorium, a library connected to various Italian and European monasteries.
With the decline of abbey power, the history of Bobbio mirrored that of its neighboring territories.

For more info:
wikipedia: Duomo di Bobbio
wikipedia: Abbazia di San Colombano
wikipedia: Ponte Gobbo
wikipedia: Bobbio
wikipedia; Scriptorium di Bobbio

Bobbio in Trebbia valley