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

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Explore interesting sights in Busto Arsizio, 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 14 sights are available in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

Sightseeing Tours in Busto Arsizio

1. Edicola di San Carlo Borromeo

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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)

2. Parco Norma Cossetto

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

Wikipedia: Parco Norma Cossetto (IT)

3. Basilica di San Giovanni Battista

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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)

4. Chiesa di Madonna in Prato

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The church of Madonna in Prato is a religious building in Busto Arsizio, belonging to the parish of San Michele Arcangelo. It is named after the Immaculate Conception and is named after Madonna in Prato as it once stood where the meadow of Swimming Pool was once, one of the four districts of the village of Busto Arsizio in the medieval era.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Madonna in Prato (IT)

5. Monumento equestre a Enrico dell'Acqua

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The monument to Enrico dell'Acqua is an equestrian monument located in the Volunteer Square of Freedom in Busto Arsizio, in front of the entrance to the station FS. He is dedicated to Henry of Water (1851-1910), pioneer of cotton export from Italy abroad and gold medal of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

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

6. Santuario di Santa Maria di Piazza

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The Santuario di Santa Maria di Piazza is located in the historic center of Busto Arsizio, 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)

7. Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo

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The church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paolo is one of the two churches located in the center of the Sacconago district, in Busto Arsizio. It is called "new church" as opposed to the old church of the most ancient construction located a few tens of meters away.

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

8. Cimitero Monumentale di Busto Arsizio

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The monumental cemetery of Busto Arsizio is one of the three current cemeteries of the city, in addition to those of Borsano and Sacconago. It is located at the beginning of Via Favana, a street that takes its name from a farmhouse that is located on its route.

Wikipedia: Cimitero monumentale di Busto Arsizio (IT)

9. Museo del tessile e della tradizione industriale bustese

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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.

Wikipedia: Museum of Textiles and Industry of Busto Arsizio (EN)

10. Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno in Camposanto

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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 the Piazzetta San Gregorio, an extension to the south-west of Piazza Trento and Trieste.

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

11. Museo di Arte Sacra di San Michele Arcangelo

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The Museum of Sacred Art of San Michele Arcangelo is one of the two private museums of the city of Busto Arsizio and is hosted inside some parish clubs near the millennial bell tower of the church of San Michele Arcangelo.

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

12. Battistero di San Filippo Neri

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

Wikipedia: Battistero di San Filippo Neri (IT)

13. Ex sede della Società Elettrica Alto Milanese

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The headquarters of the Alto Milanese electric 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)

14. Chiesa della Madonna in Veroncora

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Chiesa della Madonna in VeroncoraDario Crespi (Yiyi). Original uploader was Yiyi at it.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of the Madonna in Veroncora is a religious building that stands in the agricultural territory to the north west of the city of Busto Arsizio, in the province of Varese and Archdiocese of Milan.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Madonna in Veroncora (IT)

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