8 Sights in Rovigo, Italy (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Rovigo, 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 8 sights are available in Rovigo, Italy.
List of cities in Italy Sightseeing Tours in Rovigo1. Accademia dei Concordi
The Accademia dei Concordi is a cultural institute in Rovigo established around 1580 starting from the project conceived by Count Gaspare Campo, a great lover of science, letters and arts. The academy was born with the intention of bringing together local writers and scholars to discuss literature, music and art. It replaced the previous Academies that arose in the city: that of the Addormentati, dissolved in 1562 because suspected of heresy and several members were tried, that of the Humble, which had a religious character, and finally that of the Knights, formed only by nobles.
2. Torre Grimani
The fortifications of the city of Rovigo are considered emblem of urban historicity and of the Este domination, throughout the medieval period, outlined in turn by the Castle, the towers, the gates and the historic walls, of which it is still difficult to determine a precise date for their construction, due to discordant and unreliable news and sources, although they are known to belong to the twelfth century. According to Andrea Nicolio, the works and extensions to the fortifications of Rovigo, would be placed between 1139-1160 and their completion to the fourteenth century.
3. Oratorio della Beata Vergine di Pompei
The Oratory of the Blessed Virgin of Pompeii, commonly called by the local population Chiesetta delle fosse, is a small religious building and place of worship dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary erected in Rovigo in the twentieth century and located on the crossroads that joins Via Nazario Sauro and Via Gorizia, Via Piave, Via Fiume and Via Domenico Piva.
Wikipedia: Oratorio della Beata Vergine di Pompei (Rovigo) (IT)
4. Teatro Sociale
The Teatro Sociale is an Italian opera house located in Rovigo, capital of the homonymous province of Veneto and the territory of Polesine, overlooking Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi. Designed by the Rodigino architect Sante Baseggio in neoclassical style, it was completed in 1819 and rebuilt on the original model in 1902 due to a serious fire.
5. Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Sabbioni
The church of the Santissima Annunziata, called Santa Maria dei Sabbioni, formerly an oratory, is a religious building open to Christian worship of the Catholic Church located in Via Antonio Oroboni in Rovigo, incorporated since the nineteenth century in the municipal cemetery.
6. Duomo di Rovigo
The Cathedral of Rovigo is a church in Rovigo dedicated to St. Stephen, pope and martyr. Dedicated to St. Stephen, Pope and martyr, it is the co-cathedral of the diocese of Adria-Rovigo and is also a parish church. It is an Italian national monument.
7. Tempio della Beata Vergine del Soccorso (La Rotonda)
The church of the Beata Vergine del Soccorso, called La Rotonda, is a religious building located in Rovigo, peculiar for its octagonal architectural form and for the historical-religious events related to the socio-cultural evolution of the city.
Wikipedia: Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Soccorso (Rovigo) (IT)
8. Torre Donà
Torre Donà is the keep of the castle of Rovigo, one of the symbols of the city and one of the three surviving medieval towers of the town of southern Veneto, as well as the capital of the homonymous province and Polesine.
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