Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Ferrara, Italy

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 4.7 km
Ascend 28 m
Descend 32 m

Experience Ferrara in Italy in a whole new way with our 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 Santo Spirito

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The Church of Santo Spirito is a Roman Catholic church in Ferrara, Italy.

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

640 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Palazzina di Marfisa D'Este

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The Palazzina Marfisa d'Este is a Renaissance-style small palace, once suburban, and sometimes referred to as a villa, located on Corso Giovecca #170, just east of Central Ferrara, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It was constructed in 1559 by the peripatetic Francesco d'Este, and inherited by his daughter, Marfisa in 1578.

Wikipedia: Palazzina Marfisa d'Este (EN)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Palazzo Bonacossi

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Palazzo Bonacossi

The Palazzo Bonacossi is a Renaissance architecture palace located on Via Cisterna del Follo #5 in Ferrara, Italy. The 15th-century palace is the home of the Musei Civici di Arte Antica e Museo Riminaldi.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Bonacossi (EN)

386 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Palazzo Schifanoia

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Palazzo Schifanoia is a Renaissance palace in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna (Italy) built for the Este family. The name "Schifanoia" is thought to originate from "schifare la noia" meaning literally to "escape from boredom" which describes accurately the original intention of the palazzo and the other villas in close proximity where the Este court relaxed. The highlights of its decorations are the allegorical frescoes with details in tempera by or after Francesco del Cossa and Cosmè Tura, executed ca 1469–70, a unique survival of their time.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Schifanoia (EN)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Museo Lapidario

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Museo Lapidario

The Lapidary Museum of Ferrara is located in Via Camposabbionario, on the corner with Via Scandiana, in the deconsecrated church of Santa Libera.

Wikipedia: Museo lapidario (Ferrara) (IT)

195 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Basilica di Santa Maria in Vado

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Santa Maria in Vado is a church located on Via Borgovado number 3 in Ferrara, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria in Vado, Ferrara (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Oratorio dell'Annunziata

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The oratorio dell'Annunziata, once called the Oratory of Sant'Apollinare or the Oratory of the Compagnia delle Morte, is found in via Borgo di Sotto 49 in Ferrara.

Wikipedia: Oratorio dell'Annunziata, Ferrara (EN)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Monastero del Corpus Domini

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The Corpus Domini Monastery is a monastery at 4 via Pergolato in Ferrara. It first was founded as a house of penitent women, and became a Poor Clares Observant Franciscan convent in 1431. It was the home of Caterina Vigri from 1431 to 1456. She served as the mistress of novices, teaching about 100 women to become pious nuns. She was also an artist who illuminated her own breviary and is said to have decorated the walls of the convent with images of the Christ Child. These were lost or destroyed in a fire in 1667. The public church was redecorated in the late-Baroque period. On its high altar is Communion of the Apostles by Giambettino Cignaroli (1768), whilst the church's ceiling fresco Glory of Saint Catherina Vegri is by Giuseppe Ghedini (1770–1773). The house is still a monastery; a community of Franciscan nuns, called Poor Clares after S. Clare their founder and companion to S. Francis. One of their abbesses was the daughter of Lucrezia Borgia, Leonara d'Este. She is now recognised as one of the earliest writers of polyphonic choral music for women.

Wikipedia: Corpus Domini, Ferrara (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Chiesa di San Girolamo

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The church of San Girolamo is a Roman Catholic church in Via Savonarola, Ferrara.

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

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

377 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di Sant'agnese

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The Church of Sant'Agnese is a Roman Catholic building in Ferrara, Italy, located on the corner of Via del Carbone and Via delle Scienze.

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

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: 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 13: 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)

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Sinagoghe

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The Ferrara Synagogue is a synagogue located in Ferrara, Italy.

Wikipedia: Ferrara Synagogue (EN)

210 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: 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)

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: 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, Italy, located in Via Carlo Mayr.

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

673 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 18: Monastero di Sant'Antonio in Polesine

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Sant'Antonio in Polesine is a Catholic monastic complex of the nuns of the Order of Saint Benedict located in Ferrara, Italy and dedicated to Anthony the Great. Administratively, it is part of the deanery of Ferrara, part of the Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio.

Wikipedia: Sant'Antonio in Polesine (EN)

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