13 Sights in Busto Arsizio, Italy (with Map and Images)

The aedicule of St. Charles Borromeo is a votive capital located in Busto Arsizio, in Via Giacomo Matteotti, originally called Contrada Pessina, near the Canavesi-Bossi house. It stands where once there was probably a public well and a monastery, now demolished, in a crucial position, as the road was a passage for processions that from the churches of Santa Maria and San Giovanni reached the church of San Michele Arcangelo.

Wikipedia: Edicola di San Carlo Borromeo (IT)

The prepositural collegiate basilica of San Giovanni Battista is one of the main Catholic cult place of Busto Arsizio, dedicated to one of the patrons of the city. Like the church of San Michele Arcangelo, this building also stands on the remains of a Lombard chapel of about eight meters wide. In 1948 the church has been elevated to the dignity of a minor basilica.

Wikipedia: Basilica di San Giovanni Battista (Busto Arsizio) (IT)

The Norma Cossetto Park is a park in the municipality of Busto Arsizio that owes its name to its location: it is in fact located along the street of the same name, in particular between the church of San Gregorio Magno in Camposanto and the building in Via Ludovico Ariosto. To the east it is bordered by a recently built building of the Paolo Candiani Art School.

Wikipedia: Parco Norma Cossetto (IT)

The monument to Enrico dell'Acqua is an equestrian monument located in Piazza Volontari della Libertà in Busto Arsizio, in front of the entrance to the railway station. It is dedicated to Enrico dell'Acqua (1851-1910), a pioneer in the export of cotton from Italy abroad and a gold medalist from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Wikipedia: Monumento equestre a Enrico dell'Acqua (IT)

The church of Madonna in Prato is a religious building in Busto Arsizio, belonging to the parish of San Michele Arcangelo. It is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and takes the name of Madonna in Prato as it stands where once stood the lawn of Piscina, one of the four districts of the village of Busto Arsizio in medieval times.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Madonna in Prato (IT)

The Santuario di Santa Maria di Piazza is located in the historic center of Busto Arsizio, Italy, where an earlier church dedicated to the Virgin Mary stood, which in turn had replaced a chapel dating back to the time of Christianization. This Marian shrine was quickly built between 1515 and 1522.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria di Piazza, Busto Arsizio (EN)

The monumental cemetery of Busto Arsizio is one of the three current cemeteries of the city, as well as those of Borsano and Sacconago. It is located at the beginning of via Favana, a road that takes its name from a farmhouse that is located on its path.

Wikipedia: Cimitero monumentale di Busto Arsizio (IT)

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is one of the two churches located in the center of the Sacconago district, in Busto Arsizio. It is called "new church" in contrast to the older church of the same name located a few tens of meters away.

Wikipedia: Chiesa nuova dei Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo (IT)

The Museum of Textiles and Industry is one of the two museums in Busto Arsizio, Italy, that specialises in spinning and weaving. It was opened in 1997 to house objects, pictures and archive material representing Busto Arsizio's industrial history.

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The Museum of Sacred Art of St. Michael the Archangel is one of the two private museums in the city of Busto Arsizio and is housed in some parish rooms near the thousand-year-old bell tower of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.

Wikipedia: Museo di arte sacra di San Michele Arcangelo (IT)

The church of San Gregorio Magno in Camposanto is one of the churches that were built in the seventeenth century in Busto Arsizio. It is located in Piazzetta San Gregorio, an extension to the south-west of Piazza Trento e Trieste.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno in Camposanto (IT)

The Baptistery of San Filippo Neri is a baptismal church in Busto Arsizio designed by Biagio Bellotti next to the basilica of San Giovanni Battista and built between 1744 and 1751, when it was inaugurated on July 10.

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The headquarters of the Alto Milanese electricity company is a liberty style building designed by the architect Luigi Carlo Cornelli and located in Busto Arsizio, in the province of Varese, near the Ugo Foscolo park.

Wikipedia: Sede della Società Elettrica Alto Milanese (IT)