24 Sights in Brescia, Italy (with Map and Images)
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List of cities in ItalySightseeing Tours in Brescia1. Foro Romano
The Roman Forum of Brescia was the ancient main square of the city center of Brixia from the first century BC and later completed by Vespasian. Much of the original square is now modeled by Piazza del Foro, while the remains of most of the buildings that overlooked it have been brought to light outside or in the basement of the buildings that currently surround the square. This monumental archaeological complex preserves the major public buildings of the Roman age in northern Italy and for this reason it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the serial site "Longobards in Italy: the places of power".
2. Chiesa di San Luca
The church of San Luca is a church in Brescia, located along Via San Martino della Battaglia, just south of the intersection with Corso Zanardelli. Founded in the thirteenth century, it underwent the first renovations in the fifteenth century and a more radical one in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century the interiors were also reversed for the opening of the new entrance on Via San Martino della Battaglia. It contains discreet works of pictorial and sculptural art. Blessed Giuseppe Tovini and the pedagogist Vittorino Chizzolini are buried in the church, for whom the process of canonization is underway.
3. Cattedrale estiva di Santa Maria Assunta
The Duomo Nuovo, or more correctly the summer cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, is the main church of Brescia, mother church of the diocese of the same name and Italian national monument. It is located in Piazza Paolo VI, also known as Piazza del Duomo, and is part of the context of two cathedrals adjacent to each other, namely the old cathedral. The building of worship was erected between 1604 and 1825 on the area where stood the early Christian basilica of San Pietro de Dom, dating back to the V-VI century. In addition, it is home to a parish that is part of the pastoral area of Brescia Centro.
4. Chiesa di Sant'Orsola
The church of Sant'Orsola is a church in Brescia, located along Via Moretto, between the church of Santa Croce and the intersection with Via Gramsci. Built at the beginning of the seventeenth century by the Ursulines with the aim of expanding their religious community in the city, after the suppression of 1797 it was recovered by the friars of Fatebenefratelli who established a large hospital in the adjoining convent, still active today. The church is now the chapel of the health center, but the daily evening mass is always open to the public.
5. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Silva
The church of Santa Maria in Silva is a church in Brescia, located on the side of Via Corsica, in the last stretch before Piazza della Repubblica. The building, designed by the architect Rodolfo Vantini between 1853 and 1857, replaced the old church on the other side of the street, which was demolished. The church, in addition to being important in itself as a work by Vantini, contains some valuable paintings, including a fresco by Angelo Inganni, a canvas by Lattanzio Gambara and one by an anonymous artist of the sixteenth century.
6. Chiesa di San Giacomo al Mella
The church of San Giacomo al Mella is a church in Brescia, located along the ancient decumanus maximus of the city in the direction of Milan, today Via Milano. Of very ancient origin, it was the church of a hospice run by a community of friars, not received to us because it was demolished after its suppression, during the nineteenth century. The church is usually known to most thanks to its beautiful Romanesque apse, clearly visible along the busy Via Milano, at the connection between this and the west ring road.
7. Tempio Capitolino
The Capitolium of Brixia or the Temple of the Capitoline Triad in Brescia was the main temple in the center of the Roman town of Brixia (Brescia), in Northern Italy, in the modern region of Lombardy. It is represented at present by fragmentary ruins, but is part of an archeological site, including a Roman amphitheatre and museum in central Brescia. It forms part of the Longobards in Italy: Places of Power UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2011.
8. Scavi archeologici di palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino
The archaeological excavations of Palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino in Brescia were opened in 1998 in the basement of the building, after eight years of work that involved the varied stratigraphy that affects the area below the building. The excavations have brought to light testimonies and finds ranging from prehistory to the Middle Ages, confirming the three-thousand-year history of Piazza del Foro and this area of the city of Brescia.
Wikipedia: Scavi archeologici di palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino (IT)
9. Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista
The church of San Giovanni Evangelista is a place of Catholic worship located in the historic center of Brescia, in the San Giovanni district, a side street of Corso Mameli. It is one of the oldest churches in the city and is a precious treasure chest for prestigious works of art, especially pictorial, among which the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament stands out with frescoes and paintings by the painters Romanino and Moretto.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista (Brescia) (IT)
10. Chiesa dei Santi Faustino e Giovita
The church of Santi Faustino e Giovita, known also as the church of San Faustino Maggiore is a Roman Catholic church in Brescia, Italy. It is situated on Via San Faustino. The church was originally attached to a monastery founded in the 9th century, but it has been rebuilt across the centuries. It was initially consecrated in 1142. The saints Faustino and Giovita are the patron saints of Brescia.
11. Monumento ad Arnaldo da Brescia
The monument to Arnaldo da Brescia is a bronze monument located at the east end of Piazzale Arnaldo in Brescia, dedicated to the friar Arnaldo da Brescia. Modeled by the sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi in the statue and in the other bronze parts and by Antonio Tagliaferri in the base, it was inaugurated in 1882 and has since been one of the most famous and characteristic monuments of the city.
12. Museo Mille Miglia
The Museo Mille Miglia is an automobile museum founded on 10 November 2004 at the initiative of the Automobile Club of Brescia and of some private enthusiasts of the famous Mille Miglia race. It is located in the ancient monastery of St. Euphemia in Via delle Rimembranze in Brescia, and more precisely on the outside of the neighborhood is Saint Euphemia.
13. Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo
The church of Saints Peter and Paul, also known as the church of the Volta, is a place of Catholic worship in Brescia, located along Via Duca degli Abruzzi in the Porta Cremona-Volta district, a short distance from the Volta, that is the curve to the east that makes at that point the ancient road connecting Brescia and Cremona.
14. Museo di Santa Giulia
The Museum of Santa Giulia is the main museum of Brescia, located in Via dei Musei 81 / b, along the ancient decumanus maximus of Roman Brixia. It is housed inside the monastery of Santa Giulia, built by King Desiderio in the Lombard era and variously expanded and modified in more than a thousand years of history.
15. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Calchera
The church of Santa Maria in Calchera is a place of Catholic worship in Brescia, located in the south-west corner of the homonymous square, along Via Trieste, a short distance from Piazzale Arnaldo. Of very ancient origin, it was radically restored from the sixteenth century onwards, until the eighteenth century.
16. Concattedrale invernale di Santa Maria Assunta
The Duomo Vecchio or Old Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Brescia, Italy; the rustic circular Romanesque co-cathedral stands next to the Duomo Nuovo of Brescia. It is officially known as the Winter Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, while the adjacent main cathedral is known as the Summer Cathedral.
17. Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Consolazioni
The church of Santa Maria delle Consolazioni, formerly the church of San Faustino in Castro, is a church in Brescia, located in the homonymous Piazzetta delle Consolazioni along Contrada Sant'Urbano, on the climb to the Castle of Brescia, not far from Piazzetta Tito Speri.
18. Chiesa di San Salvatore
San Salvatore is a former monastery in Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy, now turned into a museum. The monastic complex is famous for the diversity of its architecture which includes Roman remains and significant pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Renaissance buildings.
19. Mostasù dèle Cosére
The mostasù dèle Cosére, literally "face of the Cossere" in Brescian dialect, is an ancient relief located in the historic center of Brescia, walled on the corner of Corso Goffredo Mameli and Contrada delle Cossere, from which it takes its name.
20. Chiesa dei Santi Nazaro e Celso
The church of Santi Nazaro e Celso is located on Corso Giacomo Matteotti, at the intersection with via Fratelli Bronzetti, in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The church contains the Averoldi Polyptych (1522), a masterwork of Titian.
21. Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola
The Church of San Francesco da Paola was built by the Minims friars of San Francesco da Paola on the site of a previous church dedicated to San Giovanni Battista. The church is located in Via Benacense 27 in Brescia.
22. Chiesa di Santa Maria della Carità
Santa Maria della Carità or just known as the Carità, or the church of the Buon Pastore, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via dei Musei corner via Rosa in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
23. Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie
The Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie is a church in Brescia, with mainly votive and meditative function, located along Via delle Grazie, adjacent to the homonymous basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
Wikipedia: Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie (Brescia) (IT)
24. Teatro Grande
The Teatro Grande is the main performance venue for the city of Brescia, Italy. The venue hosts performances of operas, musicals, plays, concerts, ballet, modern dance, and other various entertainments.
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