The town is located a few kilometers southwest of the outskirts of Piacenza, on a flat stretch of land in the Trebbia Valley.
The town’s coat of arms features the Trebbia River and an elephant, commemorating the Battle of the Trebbia, which took place on December 18, 218 B.C., during the Second Punic War between the Roman legions of Consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus and the Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal.
Artifacts dating back to the Paleolithic era have been discovered in the area, as well as the highly significant Etruscan liver found in 1877, which is currently housed in the Civic Museums of Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza.
The Church dedicated to San Quintino and the Castle dating back to the twelfth century, subsequently restored, now used as a private home. This site is visible externally, together with many other manors in the area, which distinguish the Piacenza landscape.
All traditional Piacenza dishes including "La picùla" horse meat dishes and "stracotto d'asino" (donkey meat that is cooked for a long time).
There are cycle and footpaths that run alongside and through the municipality of Gossolengo:
The “Fegato etrusco”(Etruscan liver) was found in Settima, a very small town, in 1877 and is now preserved at the Civic Museum of Palazzo Farnese. In the same place a private house of the 17th century and a church of medieval origin dedicated to St. Maria can still be admired.
Going up the Trebbia river you can enjoy a suggestive view of the castle of Rivalta from the river bed.
