Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Ferrara, Italy
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Experience Ferrara in Italy in a whole new way with our free 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.
Activities in FerraraIndividual Sights in FerraraSight 1: Acquedotto
The Ferrara aqueduct is located in Piazza XXIV Maggio.
Sight 2: Ex Caserma Pastrengo
The former Pastrengo barracks is a monumental building located in Ferrara in Corso Isonzo 28.
Sight 3: Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova
The church of Santa Maria Nuova and San Biagio is a Catholic building in Ferrara located in via Aldighieri, 46
Sight 4: Chiesa di Santa Giustina
The former church of Santa Giustina is located in Piazzetta Cortebella and is closed to worship.
Sight 5: Ex Casa del Fascio
The former Casa del Fascio in Ferrara is a monumental building dating back to the late twenties, it is located in Ferrara in viale Cavour, at no. 75. It was inaugurated on February 23, 1931.
Sight 6: Palazzo dell'Aeronautica
The Palazzo dell'Aeronautica is a monumental building located in Ferrara in viale Cavour 118. It is the headquarters of the Commander of the Air Operations Command of the Air Force.
Sight 7: Chiesa di Santa Lucia
The church of Santa Lucia is a place of worship that dates back to the sixteenth century and is located in Via Ariosto in Ferrara.
Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi
The church of Santa Maria dei Servi is a church in Ferrara located in via Cosmè Tura at the corner of via Contrada della Rosa, belonging to the architectural complex of the former convent of the Ursuline nuns.
Sight 9: Palazzo delle Poste Centrali
The Palazzo delle Poste is a monumental building located in Ferrara in viale Cavour, 27.
Sight 10: Chiesa di San Domenico
The church of San Domenico di Ferrara is located in Piazza Sacrati 10. Due to the earthquake in Emilia in 2012 it is not accessible. On May 3, 2018, the roof partially collapsed, fortunately without any injuries.
Sight 11: Palazzo Naselli Crispi
Palazzo Naselli Crispi is a sixteenth-century palace located in the Renaissance center of Ferrara in via Borgoleoni 28.
Sight 12: Chiesa di San Michele del Gesù
The church of the Gesù is located in Ferrara, in via Borgoleoni 56.
Sight 13: Palazzo di Giulio d'Este
The Palazzo di Giulio d'Este is a palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este #16 in Ferrara, Italy.
Sight 14: Orto Botanico
The University of Ferrara Botanic Garden is a 4,500 square metre botanical garden operated by the University of Ferrara. It is located at Corso Porta Mare, 2b, I-44100 Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is open weekday mornings. Admission is free.
Sight 15: Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea
The Pavilion of Contemporary Art (PAC) is an exhibition space of the Municipality of Milan located in Via Palestro, next to the Villa Reale. It was designed by Ignazio Gardella in 1949 and built between 1951 and 1953.
Sight 16: Parco Massari
Massari Park is the largest and best-known public park in Ferrara within the city walls.
Sight 17: Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea Filippo de Pisis
The Filippo de Pisis Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is located on the ground floor of Palazzo Massari in Ferrara. Due to the 2012 earthquake in Emilia, Palazzo Massari is closed for restoration work.
Wikipedia: Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea Filippo de Pisis (IT)
Sight 18: Museo dell'Ottocento
The Museum of the Nineteenth Century is located in Palazzo Massari in Ferrara.
Sight 19: Museo Boldini
The Museo Giovanni Boldini is a biographical museum, located in the Palazzo Massari, in Ferrara, dedicated to Italian painter Giovanni Boldini. It is one of the three museums located in the palace, being the others the Museo dell'Ottocento and the Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea Filippo de Pisis. The current museum has been closed for restoration work since the 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes.
Sight 20: Monumento a Ludovico Ariosto
Piazza Ariostea, in ancient times Piazza Nuova and for a short period also Piazza Napoleone, is an important square of Ferrara wanted by Ercole I d'Este and built with the urban planning project of the architect of court Biagio Rossetti.
Sight 21: Tempio di San Cristoforo alla Certosa
The church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa is located in Ferrara in Piazza Borso d'Este 50, an integral part of the monumental cemetery of the Certosa di Ferrara.
Sight 22: Cimitero della Certosa
Ferrara Charterhouse, of which the present Church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa was previously the monastic church, is a former charterhouse or Carthusian monastery built in Renaissance style, located on Piazza Borso 50 in Ferrara, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The monastery was suppressed in the time of Napoleon, but the church was reconsecrated in 1813 and remains in use. The site also accommodates a large municipal cemetery, which was established in 1813.
Sight 23: Palazzo Prosperi-Sacrati
Palazzo Prosperi-Sacrati is a Renaissance-style palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este in Ferrara, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The palace with its protruding marble portal and balcony, and with a corner balcony and pilaster on the corner with Corso Biagio Rossetti, was designed and built in 1493-1498 by Biagio Rossetti as part of the Addizione Erculea. It is flanked on the ground floor by marble pilasters. It is across the Corso Rossetti from the lateral facade of the Palazzo dei Diamanti.
Sight 24: Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza
The Museum of the Risorgimento and the Resistance was an exhibition space in Ferrara dedicated to the Risorgimento and the Italian Resistance. It was located in Corso Ercole I d'Este n. 19, adjacent to Palazzo dei Diamanti. Since 2020 it has been closed in view of the completion of the transfer.
Wikipedia: Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza (Ferrara) (IT)
Sight 25: Palazzo dei Diamanti
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Palazzo dei Diamanti is a Renaissance palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este 21 in Ferrara, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The main floor of the Palace houses the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara.
Sight 26: Pinacoteca Nazionale
The Pinacotecta Nazionale is an art gallery in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located on the piano nobile of the Palazzo dei Diamanti, a work of Renaissance architecture by Biagio Rossetti, commissioned by Leonello d’Este in 1447. Not to be confused with the Civic Museum on the lower floor, which has hosted temporary exhibitions of contemporary art since 1992, the Pinacoteca houses a collection of paintings by the Ferrarese School dating from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It was founded in 1836 by the Municipality of Ferrara after Napoleon's widespread dissolution of churches threatened the protection of important public artworks. The gallery is formed as much around notable northern Italian painters as it is around the exquisite interior decoration of the palace itself, together with remnants of frescoes from local churches and later acquisitions from the Sacrati Strozzi collection.
Sight 27: Chiesa di San Maurelio
The church of San Maurelio Bishop and Martyr or more simply the church of San Maurelio also known as the church of the Capuchins, is located in Corso Biagio Rossetti in Ferrara.
Sight 28: Casa dell'Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto's house, where the famous poet lived in the last part of his life, is located in Via Ariosto 67 in Ferrara.
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