Bettola

Bettola ( or ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about south of Piacenza.
People.
France's last recognised World War I veteran, Lazare Ponticelli, was born here before moving to Paris at nine years of age.
The fraction of Pradello has been claimed as the official birthplace of Christopher Columbus. The leader of the Italian Democratic Party, Pier Luigi Bersani, was born here in 1951.