Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Ferrara, Italy

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Number of sights 22 sights
Distance 5.4 km
Ascend 45 m
Descend 37 m

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 Ferrara

Sight 1: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione

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The church of Santa Maria della Consolazione is a Renaissance religious building, designed by Biagio Rossetti, located in Ferrara in via Mortara 94.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione (Ferrara) (IT)

805 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di Santo Spirito

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The church of Santo Spirito is a Catholic building of worship located in Ferrara.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santo Spirito (Ferrara) (IT)

515 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale

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The Civic Museum of Natural History of Ferrara is located in Largo Florestano Vancini n. 2.

Wikipedia: Museo di storia naturale (Ferrara) (IT)

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Chiesa di San Carlo

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San Carlo Borromeo is a Baroque, Roman Catholic church located on Corso Giovecca #191, a block east of the Castello Estense in Ferrara, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Carlo Borromeo, Ferrara (EN)

59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Teatro Comunale di Ferrara

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Teatro Comunale di Ferrara

The Teatro Comunale in Ferrara is an opera house, located in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, and built between 1786 and 1797 with seating for 990. Privately owned theatres with limited seating capacity had existed in the city for many years, but the arrival of Cardinal Spinelli, the new papal envoy, in 1786 spurred the construction of a new public theatre under the architects Cosimo Morelli and Antonio Foschini. However, their disagreements led to conflicting design concepts regarding the elliptical shape of the auditorium which were resolved through compromise. The theatre was finally ready for its inaugural presentation of Portogallo's Gli Orazi e i Curiazi on 2 September 1798.

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282 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Ferrara

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Ferrara Massimo Baraldi / CC BY 2.5 it

Ferrara is a city and comune (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. As of 2016, it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated 44 kilometres northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the Renaissance, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance, it has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Wikipedia: Ferrara (EN), Website

240 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa di San Domenico

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Domenico (Ferrara) (IT)

306 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova

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The church of Santa Maria Nuova and San Biagio is a Catholic building in Ferrara located in via Aldighieri, 46

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova (Ferrara) (IT)

351 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah

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The Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) is a public history museum in Ferrara, Italy. It opened in 2017, and traces the history of the Jewish people in Italy starting from the Roman empire through the Holocaust of the 20th century. Chartered by the Italian government in 2003, MEIS contains over 200 artifacts and exhibits that proceed chronologically through the periods of Jewish history in Italy. The museum is continuing to expand through the year 2021.

Wikipedia: Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (EN)

504 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di San Paolo

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Chiesa di San Paolo

The Church of San Paolo in Ferrara is located on corso Porta Reno 60, a few blocks south of the Ferrara Cathedral, facing piazzetta Alberto Schiatti. It is considered the pantheon for famous citizens of the city.

Wikipedia: San Paolo, Ferrara (EN)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio

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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio

The church of Santa Maria del Suffragio is located in Ferrara in Via San Romano.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio (Ferrara) (IT)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Museo della cattedrale

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The Ferrara Cathedral Museum is located in the former church of San Romano in Via San Romano, a few steps from the cathedral of San Giorgio. It collects some masterpieces from the cathedral itself.

Wikipedia: Museo della cattedrale (Ferrara) (IT)

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Teatro Nuovo

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The Teatro Nuovo in Ferrara is a theater built in the twenties and is the most important in the city after the Claudio Abbado Municipal Theater.

Wikipedia: Teatro Nuovo (Ferrara) (IT)

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Torre della Vittoria

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Torre della Vittoria

The Torre della Vittoria is a historical building in Ferrara that complements the Palazzo Municipale and at the same time stands apart from it in terms of its size, its reconstruction centuries after the fall of the tower previously located in the same position, and the celebrations that explicitly referred to it in Fascist-era films. It is located on the corner of Piazza Trento e Trieste and Via Cortevecchia, at the beginning of Corso Martiri della Libertà.

Wikipedia: Torre della Vittoria (EN)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Sala Estense

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The Sala Estense is a theatre hall in Ferrara, Italy. It is located in the historic city center, a few steps from the Staircase of Honor of the Town Hall.

Wikipedia: Sala Estense (IT)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Cattedrale di San Giorgio Martire

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Cattedrale di San Giorgio Martire No machine-readable author provided. Herbert Ortner assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY 2.5

Ferrara Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Ferrara, Northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint George, the patron saint of the city, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Ferrara and the largest religious building in the city.

Wikipedia: Ferrara Cathedral (EN)

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Sinagoghe

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The Ferrara Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue complex, that is located at Via Mazzini 95, in Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Designed in the Baroque style, the synagogue complex comprises the Scuola Italiana, completed in 1485 and operated until 1944; the Scuola Tedesca, completed in 1603; and the Scuola Fanese, completed in the 19th century.

Wikipedia: Ferrara Synagogue (EN)

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di Sant'agnese

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The church of Sant'Agnese is a Catholic building in Ferrara located in Via del Carbone on the corner with Via delle Scienze.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Agnese (Ferrara) (IT)

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa dei Santi Giuseppe, Rita e Tecla

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Chiesa dei Santi Giuseppe, Rita e TeclaAndrea Zattini (photomerge), Oliver Forghieri / CC BY-SA 4.0

The church of Saints Joseph, Thecla and Rita is a seventeenth-century church in Ferrara, located in Via Carlo Mayr.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Giuseppe, Tecla e Rita (IT)

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno

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The church of San Gregorio Magno is a Roman Catholic church in Ferrara located on the corner of Via Cammello, Via Carmelino and Vicolo del Granchio, within the first nucleus of the city's settlement, the Byzantine Castrum.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno (Ferrara) (IT)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate

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The church of Sant'Antonio Abate is a Catholic place of worship located on the corner of Via Saraceno and Via Cavedone in Ferrara.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate (Ferrara) (IT)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Basilica di San Francesco

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San Francesco is a late-Renaissance, Roman Catholic minor basilica church located on via Terranuova in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Francesco, Ferrara (EN)

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