Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Brescia, Italy
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8.7 km
148 m
Explore Brescia 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.
Activities in BresciaIndividual Sights in BresciaSight 1: Chiesa di San Giacinto
The church of San Giacinto is a Roman Catholic church in Brescia, Italy, Italy, located in Piazzale Giacinto Tredici, along Via Alessandro Lamarmora.
Sight 2: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Silva
The church of Santa Maria in Silva is a church in Brescia, Italy, located on the side of Via Corsica, in the last stretch before Piazza della Repubblica. The building, built to a design by the architect Rodolfo Vantini between 1853 and 1857, replaced the old church on the other side of the street, which was demolished. The church, in addition to being important in itself as a work by Vantini, contains some valuable paintings, including a fresco by Angelo Inganni, a canvas by Lattanzio Gambara and one by an anonymous artist of the sixteenth century.
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi
San Francesco is a Romanesque-Gothic style, Roman Catholic church and Franciscan monastery located on Via San Francesco d'Assisi in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 4: Chiesa di Santa Maria al Mercato del Lino
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.
Sight 5: Chiesa di Sant'Orsola
The church of Sant'Orsola is a church of Brescia, located along via Moretto, between the church of Santa Croce and the intersection with via Gramsci. Built at the beginning of the seventeenth century by the Orsoline with the aim of expanding its city religious community, after the suppression of 1797 he was recovered by the friars of Fatebenefratelli who settled a large hospital in the attached convent, still active today. The church today represents the chapel of the health center, but the daily evening mass is always open to the public.
Sight 6: Chiesa di San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on via Moretto, just north of Camera di Commercio di Brescia, and near Piazza Bruno Boni, in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 7: Chiesa di San Luca
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.
Sight 8: Concattedrale invernale di Santa Maria Assunta
The Duomo Vecchio or Old Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Brescia, Italy; the rustic circular Romanesque co-cathedral stands next to the Duomo Nuovo of Brescia. It is officially known as the Winter Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, while the adjacent main cathedral is known as the Summer Cathedral.
Sight 9: Cattedrale estiva di Santa Maria Assunta
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.
Sight 10: San Marco Evangelista
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.
Sight 11: Chiesa di San Clemente
The church of San Clemente is an ancient Roman Catholic church located near the Piazza del Foro, in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 12: Chiesa di Sant'Alessandro
Sant'Alessandro is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Moretto, 73/A in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 13: Chiesa di Sant'Angela Merici
Sant'Angela Merici is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Francesco Crispi, in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 14: Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo
The Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo is a public art museum in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 15: Chiesa di San Gaetano
The church of San Gaetano is an ancient church located on Via Calegari at the intersection of Via Monti in Brescia.
Sight 16: Chiesa di Sant'Afra in Sant'Eufemia
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.
Sight 17: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Calchera
The church of Santa Maria In Calchera is a Catholic place of cult of Brescia, located in the south-west corner of the homonymous square, along via Trieste, a short distance from Piazzale Arnaldo. Of very ancient origin, it was radically restored from the sixteenth century onwards, until the eighteenth century.
Sight 18: Monumento ad Arnaldo da Brescia
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.
Sight 19: Chiesa del Buon Pastore
The Church of the Good Shepherd is a neo-Gothic church of the Comboni Fathers located on Viale Venezia in Brescia.
Sight 20: Chiesa di San Fiorano
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