Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Benevento, Italy
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3.8 km
142 m
Experience Benevento in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in BeneventoSight 1: Chiesa di Sant'Ilario a Port'Aurea
The former church of Sant'Ilario in Port'Aurea, built by the Lombards, is located in the city of Benevento, along Via San Pasquale, which was a stretch of the Via Traiana. The name of the church derives from its proximity to the Arch of Trajan, which in the Middle Ages, inserted in the city walls, took the name of Porta Aurea.
Sight 2: Arch of Trajan
The Arch of Trajan is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Benevento, southern Italy. It was erected in honour of the Emperor Trajan across the Via Appia, at the point where it enters the city.
Sight 3: Teatro Comunale Vittorio Emmanuele
The Teatro Comunale Vittorio Emmanuele is a theatrical center in the city of Benevento, Italy.
Sight 4: Chiesa di San Domenico
The church of San Domenico is a Baroque church in Benevento, Italy. it is located in Piazza Guerrazzi. A convent is attached to it, now the seat of the Rectorate of the University of Sannio. Its garden is home to Mimmo Paladino's Hortus Conclusus.
Sight 5: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
The Church of the Annunziata is a baroque -style cult building, which is located in Benevento.
Sight 6: Basilica di San Bartolomeo
San Bartolomeo Apostolo is a Roman Catholic basilica church located in piazza Federico Torre, along corso Garibaldi, in Benevento, region of Campania, Italy.
Sight 7: Chiesa del Carmine
The church of Santa Maria del Carmine, commonly called Sant'Anna, is located in the city of Benevento on Corso Garibaldi.
Sight 8: Obelisco del tempio di Iside
The Egyptian obelisks of Benevento are two monuments built under the Roman emperor Domitian to be erected, between 88 and 89 AD, on either side of the entrance to the new temple of Isis of the colony of Beneventum. Their hieroglyphic inscriptions are the most explicit attestation of the existence of such a temple that has survived to the present day.
Sight 9: Cripta di San Marco dei Sabariani
The church of San Marco dei Sabariani was a medieval church in Benevento, located under the patronage of the Sabariani family and dedicated to San Marco di Eca, whose relics it may have kept. The building occupied part of the current Piazza Salvatore Sabariani, and was destroyed by the Sannio earthquake of 1688. The crypt remains, containing important frescoes from the Benevento school, from the Lombard age or immediately later; Found in 2007, it is currently in a state of abandonment and at serious risk of deterioration.
Sight 10: Chiesa di San Francesco
The church and convent of St. Francis of Assisi are located in Piazza Dogana in the historic center of Benevento. According to tradition, the establishment of a Franciscan community in Benevento followed the arrival in the city of Francis of Assisi himself. The convent complex, although remodeled, is one of the main expressions of Gothic architecture in Benevento.
Sight 11: Fontana delle Catene
The Fountain of the Chains is a monumental Baroque fountain in Benevento, located in Piazza Orsini. This name is popularly attributed to it, because it is surrounded by chains.
Sight 12: Palazzo Arcivescovile
The Archbishop's Palace of Benevento, rebuilt after the Second World War, is located in Piazza Orsini.
Sight 13: Arco del Sacramento
The Arch of the Sacrament, built in Rome, is located in Benevento. It surmounts Via Carlo Torre, on the corner of the Archbishop's Palace.
Sight 14: Cattedrale di Sancta Maria de Episcopio
Benevento Cathedral is a church in Benevento, southern Italy. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishops of Benevento. It dates from the Lombard foundation of the Duchy of Benevento, in the late 8th century, but after its destruction during Allied bombings in the course of World War II, it was largely rebuilt in the 1960s.
Sight 15: Terme romane - resti della chiesa di San Pietro delle Monache
The monastery of San Pietro delle Monache was a Benedictine foundation for women in Benevento. Attested with certainty from the eleventh century, it was definitively suppressed in 1865. Its facilities, reused by the Tobacco Agency, were then destroyed by bombing in 1943. A few ruins remain, which reveal more than anything else the pre-existing Roman buildings on which the monastery was erected.
Sight 16: Chiesa di San Donato
The church of San Donato is located in the city of Benevento, in the Fravola district, once populated by various parishes, monasteries and churches.
Sight 17: Bue Apis
Sight 18: Chiesa di San Filippo Neri
The Baroque church of San Filippo Neri is located in the city of Benevento, between the Triggio and Fravola districts.
Sight 19: Teatro Romano
The Roman Theatre is an ancient Roman edifice in Benevento, southern Italy. It was built in the 2nd century by emperor Hadrian near the city's cardo maximus. Abandoned in Lombard times, it is now surrounded by the medieval Rione (district) Triggio. The structures is still used for concerts, representations and other spectacles.
Sight 20: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Verità
The church of Santa Maria della Verità is located in the city of Benevento in Piazza Caio Ponzio Telesino, in the Triggio district. It is built on the ruins of the Roman theatre of Benevento. It was called, and some still call it today, a new parish.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Verità (Benevento) (IT)
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