10 Sights in Brindisi, Italy (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Brindisi, Italy. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 10 sights are available in Brindisi, Italy.

Sightseeing Tours in Brindisi

1. Torre Mattarelle

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Torre Mattarelle is a coastal tower of Salento of the land of Otranto. It is the last coastal towers south of the farm of Brindisi located as a monument within the Salina Regional Natural Park of Punta della Contessa. Its construction dates back to the other coastal towers of Salento during the Kingdom of Naples. Today the tower, almost completely collapsed due to the erosion of the sea, is in a total state of abandonment.

Wikipedia: Torre Mattarelle (IT)

2. Cripta di San Biagio

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The rock church of San Biagio is located in the context of a rocky village built along the rocky walls of the forefront created by the course of the royal channel, not far from the Masseria Jannuzzo, in the municipal area of Brindisi, about 11 km to the west from capital in the direction of San Vito dei Normanni; The latter municipality is entrusted with the management of the monument.

Wikipedia: Chiesa rupestre di San Biagio (IT)

3. Vasche Limarie

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The limarian tanks of Brindisi were tanks for decantation and sedimentation of water coming from wells outside the city that, thanks to the natural pressure, fed some fountains of the city. They were thus the terminal part of the Roman aqueduct that from the Pozzo di Vito brought the water to Brundisium, through a path partly underground and partly high.

Wikipedia: Vasche limarie (IT)

4. Fontana Tancredi

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The Tancredi Fountain is a monumental fountain located in Brindisi, on the route of the ancient Via Traiana not far from the entrance to the city. It was built to give the transport animals that came to the city the opportunity to drink, but also to allow the irrigation of the fields in the area.

Wikipedia: Fontana Tancredi (IT)

5. Italian Sailor Monument

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Italian Sailor Monument Claudio Matarrelli / CC-BY-3.0

The monument to the Marinaio d'Italia is a structure shaped like a rudder about 53 meters high that stands out on the port of Brindisi; the structure is reinforced concrete entirely covered with carparo. He is a colloquially known among Brindisi residents as "the jatta 'sitta'.

Wikipedia: Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia (IT)

6. Castello Svevo

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The Swabian Castle of Brindisi, also called Castello di Terra or Castello Svevo-Aragonese, is located close to the historic center of Brindisi, a part of it overlooks the internal part of the city port, also in defense of this important area of the city.

Wikipedia: Castello svevo (Brindisi) (IT)

7. Cattedrale di Brindisi

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The Cathedral of Brindisi, officially pontifical Basilica Cathedral of Brindisi or Basilica of the Visitation and San Giovanni Battista, was consecrated by Pope Urban II in 1089 and completed in 1143. He has the dignity of a minor basilica.

Wikipedia: Cattedrale di Brindisi (IT)

8. Tempietto di San Miserino

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The Temple of San Miserino is a religious building, currently partly in ruins, in the current municipality of San Donaci, in the province of Brindisi, in the Monticello district, near the so-called Limitone dei Greci.

Wikipedia: Tempietto di San Miserino (IT)

9. San Benedetto

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The church of San Benedetto is a Romanesque sacred building located in Brindisi. Open for worship, it was the seat of the Parish of St. Anne and St. Benedict. Today it is the rector of the Cathedral parish.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Benedetto (Brindisi) (IT)

10. Santa Lucia

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The Church of the Holy Trinity or Santa Lucia is a church located in the historic center of Brindisi. One of the oldest parishes in Brindisi was established in it and as such it still functions today.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità (Brindisi) (IT), Website

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