Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Brescia, Italy

The church of Saints Faustinus and Jovita, also known as the church of San Faustino Maggiore, is a church in Brescia, located on the street of the same name, Via San Faustino, along the last stretch to the north. It is the patron church of the city of Brescia and, for this reason, it is the most important religious building in the city after the cathedrals, the Old Cathedral and the New Cathedral.

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San Giorgio is a Roman Catholic church located on the Piazza of the same name, just outside Porta Bruciata, in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

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San Giuseppe is a complex of religious buildings in central Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. It includes a church and a monastery.

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The church of San Faustino in Riposo or church of Santa Rita is a church in Brescia, Italy, located on Via Musei, north of Piazza della Loggia, next to Porta Bruciata.

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The church of Santa Maria delle Consolazioni, formerly the church of San Faustino in Castro, is a church in Brescia, Italy, located in the homonymous Piazzetta delle Consolazioni along Contrada Sant'Urbano, on the climb to the Castle of Brescia, not far from Piazzetta Tito Speri.

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Santa Maria della Carità or just known as the Carità, or the church of the Buon Pastore, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via dei Musei corner via Rosa in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

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The archaeological excavations of Palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino in Brescia were opened in 1998 in the basement of the palace, after eight years of work that involved the varied stratigraphy that affects the area below the building. The excavations have brought to light testimonies and finds ranging from prehistory to the Middle Ages, confirming the three-thousand-year history of Piazza del Foro and this area of the city of Brescia.

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The Capitolium of Brixia or the Temple of the Capitoline Triad in Brescia was the main temple in the center of the Roman town of Brixia (Brescia), in Northern Italy, in the modern region of Lombardy. It is represented at present by fragmentary ruins, but is part of an archeological site, including a Roman theater and museum in central Brescia. It forms part of the Longobards in Italy: Places of Power UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2011.

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The Roman Forum of Brescia was the ancient main square of the city center of Brixia starting from the first century BC and later completed by Vespasian. Much of the original square is now modelled on the Piazza del Foro, while the remains of most of the buildings that overlooked it have been brought to light outside or in the basement of the buildings that currently surround the square. This monumental archaeological complex preserves the major public buildings of the Roman age in northern Italy and for this reason it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the serial site "Longobards in Italy: the places of power".

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San Marco Evangelista is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located at the end of via Laura Cereto in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

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The church of San Clemente is an ancient Roman Catholic church located near the Piazza del Foro, in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

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San Salvatore is a former monastery in Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy, now turned into a museum. The monastic complex is famous for the diversity of its architecture which includes Roman remains and significant pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Renaissance buildings.

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The Monument to Arnaldo da Brescia is a bronze monument located at the east end of Piazzale Arnaldo in Brescia, dedicated to the friar Arnaldo da Brescia. Modeled by the sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi in the statue and other bronze parts and by Antonio Tagliaferri in the base, it was inaugurated in 1882 and has since been one of the most famous and characteristic monuments of the city.

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The church of Sant'Afra in Brescia, also known as the church of Sant'Afra in Sant'Eufemia, is located on Corso Magenta, near Piazzale Arnaldo.

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The Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo is a public art museum in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.

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Sant'Alessandro is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Moretto, 73/A in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

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The church of San Luca is a church in Brescia, Italy, located along Via San Martino della Battaglia, just south of the intersection with Corso Zanardelli. Founded in the thirteenth century, it underwent its first renovations in the fifteenth century and a more radical one in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century the interiors were also reversed for the opening of the new entrance on Via San Martino della Battaglia. It contains discrete pictorial and sculptural works of art. Blessed Giuseppe Tovini and the pedagogue Vittorino Chizzolini, for whom the process of canonization is underway, are buried in the church.

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The Teatro Grande is the main performance venue for the city of Brescia, Italy. The venue hosts performances of operas, musicals, plays, concerts, ballet, modern dance, and other various entertainments.

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Madonna del Lino or Santa Maria del Mercato del Lino is a Roman Catholic church located on the Southwest corner of Piazza Mercato in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

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The Duomo nuovo, or more correctly the summer cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, is the main church of Brescia, the mother church of the diocese of the same name and an Italian national monument. It is located in Piazza Paolo VI, also known as Piazza del Duomo, and is part of two cathedrals adjacent to each other, namely the old cathedral. The place of worship was erected between 1604 and 1825 on the site of the early Christian basilica of San Pietro de Dom, dating back to the 5th-6th century. In addition, it is the seat of a parish that is part of the pastoral area of Brescia Centro.

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