Castelvetro Piacentino

Castelvetro Piacentino, also known as Castelvetro (Piacentino: Castelvédar; Cremonese: Castelvédar), is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km east of Piacenza.

Geography
The municipality is located in the northwestern edge of its province, and is separated from Cremona, and Lombardy, by the river Po. the other bordering municipalities are Gerre de' Caprioli, Monticelli d'Ongina, Spinadesco, Stagno Lombardo and Villanova sull'Arda.

It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Croce Santo Spirito, Mezzano Chitantolo, San Giuliano Piacentino and San Pietro in Corte (also known as San Pedretto).

Transport
Castelvetro has a railway station on the junction of the lines from Cremona to Fidenza and to Piacenza.

People

 * Mauro Cerioni (b. 1948), Olympic basketball player