Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Aquileia, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 2.6 km
Ascend 22 m
Descend 24 m

Explore Aquileia in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Sight 1: Museo Archeologico Nazionale

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The National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia is a museum in Aquileia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. It is one of the largest museums in Italy on Roman civilization. The museum is located at the Cassis Faraone villa and holds collections of statues, household and ornamental furnishings, gems, and coins.

Wikipedia: National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia (EN), Website

1035 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Aquileia

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Aquileia is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the sea, on the river Natiso, the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. Today, the city is small, but it was large and prominent in classical antiquity as one of the world's largest cities with a population of 100,000 in the 2nd century AD and is one of the main archaeological sites of northern Italy. In late antiquity the city was the first city in the Italian Peninsula to be sacked by Attila the Hun.

Wikipedia: Aquileia (EN)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta

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Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta is the principal church in the town of Aquileia, in the Province of Udine and the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.

Wikipedia: Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Aquileia (EN), Website

529 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: ex Stazione di Aquileia

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ex Stazione di Aquileia

Aquileia railway station was a railway station on the Cervignano–Aquileia–Pontile railway line to Grado.

Wikipedia: Stazione di Aquileia (IT)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Foro:lato orientale

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Foro:lato orientale

The Roman Forum of Aquileia was the ancient main square of the city center of Roman Aquileia starting from the first century BC of the Republican era, with subsequent extensions of the imperial era.

Wikipedia: Foro romano di Aquileia (IT)

660 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Museo Paleocristiano

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Museo Paleocristiano

The Early Christian Museum of Monastero is an archaeological museum in Aquileia, in the province of Udine, which houses Christian finds and testimonies dating back to the period between the fourth century and the patriarchal period. Admission is free.

Wikipedia: Museo paleocristiano di Monastero (IT)

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