Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy
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3.9 km
32 m
Explore Busto Arsizio 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.
Individual Sights in Busto ArsizioSight 1: Cimitero Monumentale di Busto Arsizio
The monumental cemetery of Busto Arsizio is one of the three current cemeteries of the city, as well as those of Borsano and Sacconago. It is located at the beginning of via Favana, a road that takes its name from a farmhouse that is located on its path.
Sight 2: Museo di Arte Sacra di San Michele Arcangelo
The Museum of Sacred Art of St. Michael the Archangel is one of the two private museums in the city of Busto Arsizio and is housed in some parish rooms near the thousand-year-old bell tower of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.
Wikipedia: Museo di arte sacra di San Michele Arcangelo (IT)
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
The provost church of San Michele Arcangelo is one of the most important Catholic places of worship in Busto Arsizio.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo (Busto Arsizio) (IT)
Sight 4: Chiesa di Madonna in Prato
The church of Madonna in Prato is a religious building in Busto Arsizio, belonging to the parish of San Michele Arcangelo. It is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and takes the name of Madonna in Prato as it stands where once stood the lawn of Piscina, one of the four districts of the village of Busto Arsizio in medieval times.
Sight 5: Agorà della Scherma
The Agorà della Fencing is a museum entirely dedicated to the fencing located in Busto Arsizio, at the former Bustese cotton mill.
Sight 6: Museo del tessile e della tradizione industriale bustese
The Museum of Textiles and Industry is one of the two museums in Busto Arsizio, Italy, that specialises in spinning and weaving. It was opened in 1997 to house objects, pictures and archive material representing Busto Arsizio's industrial history.
Wikipedia: Museum of Textiles and Industry of Busto Arsizio (EN)
Sight 7: Edicola di San Carlo Borromeo
The aedicule of St. Charles Borromeo is a votive capital located in Busto Arsizio, in Via Giacomo Matteotti, originally called Contrada Pessina, near the Canavesi-Bossi house. It stands where once there was probably a public well and a monastery, now demolished, in a crucial position, as the road was a passage for processions that from the churches of Santa Maria and San Giovanni reached the church of San Michele Arcangelo.
Sight 8: Santuario di Santa Maria di Piazza
The Santuario di Santa Maria di Piazza is located in the historic center of Busto Arsizio, Italy, where an earlier church dedicated to the Virgin Mary stood, which in turn had replaced a chapel dating back to the time of Christianization. This Marian shrine was quickly built between 1515 and 1522.
Sight 9: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
Sight 10: Basilica di San Giovanni Battista
The prepositural collegiate basilica of San Giovanni Battista is one of the main Catholic cult place of Busto Arsizio, dedicated to one of the patrons of the city. Like the church of San Michele Arcangelo, this building also stands on the remains of a Lombard chapel of about eight meters wide. In 1948 the church has been elevated to the dignity of a minor basilica.
Wikipedia: Basilica di San Giovanni Battista (Busto Arsizio) (IT)
Sight 11: Battistero di San Filippo Neri
The Baptistery of San Filippo Neri is a baptismal church in Busto Arsizio designed by Biagio Bellotti next to the basilica of San Giovanni Battista and built between 1744 and 1751, when it was inaugurated on July 10.
Sight 12: Civiche raccolte d'arte di palazzo Marliani-Cicogna
The Civic Art Collections, housed in Palazzo Marliani-Cicogna, together with the Museum of Textiles and Industrial Tradition, constitute the civic museums of the city of Busto Arsizio.
Wikipedia: Civiche raccolte d'arte di palazzo Marliani-Cicogna (IT)
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