diff --git a/bot/wikidata/WikidataBot.py b/bot/wikidata/WikidataBot.py
index 66b75ac..96f3c32 100644
--- a/bot/wikidata/WikidataBot.py
+++ b/bot/wikidata/WikidataBot.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # wikidata_bot.py
+import re
+
 import pywikibot
 from pywikibot.pagegenerators import WikidataSPARQLPageGenerator
 
@@ -7,7 +9,22 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.site = pywikibot.Site().data_repository()
 
     def _clean_city_name(self, city_name):
-        return city_name.replace("[", "").replace("]", "").strip()
+        """
+        Clean the city name from brackets or alternative names
+        It could be found in the wikitext in the following formats:
+        - [[City name]] -- remove the brackets
+        - [[City name|Alt name]] -- remove the brackets and the alternative name
+        - City Name -- keep as it is
+        :param city_name: City name to clean
+        :return: The cleaned city name
+        """
+        # Remove brackets
+        city_name = city_name.replace("[[", "").replace("]]", "")
+
+        # Remove alternative names
+        city_name = re.sub(r'\|.*', '', city_name)
+
+        return city_name
 
     def get_wikidata_entity_by_wikipedia_article_name(self,article_name, alt, lang='it'):
 
diff --git a/bot/wikivoyage/VoyBot.py b/bot/wikivoyage/VoyBot.py
index d105599..9ae1e0a 100644
--- a/bot/wikivoyage/VoyBot.py
+++ b/bot/wikivoyage/VoyBot.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def process_wikidata_in_citylist(self, templates):
         """
         wd_bot = WikidataBot()
         for template in templates:
+
             # Conditions
             is_target_template = (template.name == CITY_TEMPLATE_ITEM_NAME
                                   or template.name == DESTINATION_TEMPLATE_ITEM_NAME)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def _process_wikidata(self, name, wikidata_id, template):
             self.write_log_line(f"{self.current_page} -- No wikidata item found for {name}")
         else:
             pywikibot.logging.stdout(f"\tFound wikidata item for {name}: {wikidata_id}")
-            template.add("wikidata", wikidata_id)
+            template.add("wikidata", wikidata_id, before="descrizione", preserve_spacing=True)
 
     def write_log_line(self, text, file="logs/citylist_log.log"):
         """