Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Ferrara, Italy

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Number of sights 28 sights
Distance 7.8 km
Ascend 70 m
Descend 75 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 Parrocchiale San Giacomo Apostolo (all'Arginone)

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The church of St. James the Apostle is a place of worship located in Via Arginone, on the outskirts of Ferrara. It was built in the 2010s in a vacant area next to the old parish church and was consecrated on October 16, 2021 in the presence of Archbishop Gian Carlo Perego.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giacomo Apostolo (Ferrara, via Arginone) (IT)

1460 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 2: Acquedotto

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The Ferrara aqueduct is located in Piazza XXIV Maggio.

Wikipedia: Acquedotto di Ferrara (IT)

363 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Ex Caserma Pastrengo

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The former Pastrengo barracks is a monumental building located in Ferrara in Corso Isonzo 28.

Wikipedia: Ex Caserma Pastrengo (Ferrara) (IT)

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova

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The church of Santa Maria Nuova e San Biagio is a Roman Catholic building in Ferrara, Italy.

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

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Giustina

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The former church of Santa Giustina is located in Piazzetta Cortebella and is closed to worship.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Giustina (Ferrara) (IT)

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Ex Casa del Fascio

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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.

Wikipedia: Casa del Fascio (Ferrara) (IT)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Palazzo dell'Aeronautica

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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 Italian Air Force.

Wikipedia: Palazzo dell'Aeronautica (Ferrara) (IT)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Lucia

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Lucia (Ferrara) (IT)

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Casa dell'Ariosto

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The house of Ludovico Ariosto, where the famous poet lived in the last part of his life, is located in Via Ariosto 67 in Ferrara.

Wikipedia: Casa di Ludovico Ariosto (IT)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di San Maurelio

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The church of San Maurelio Vescovo e Martire or more simply the church of San Maurelio also known as the church of the Capuchins, is located in Corso Biagio Rossetti in Ferrara.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Maurelio Vescovo e Martire (IT)

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Pinacoteca Nazionale

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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.

Wikipedia: Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara (EN)

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Palazzo Prosperi-Sacrati

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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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Prosperi-Sacrati (EN)

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Palazzo dei Diamanti

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Palazzo dei Diamanti

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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo dei Diamanti (EN)

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza

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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. It is currently closed in view of the completion of the restoration work,

Wikipedia: Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza (Ferrara) (IT)

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi (Ferrara) (IT)

294 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Palazzo delle Poste Centrali

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The Palazzo delle Poste is a monumental building located in Ferrara in viale Cavour, 27.

Wikipedia: Palazzo delle Poste (Ferrara) (IT)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: 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 2012 Emilia earthquake it is not accessible. On May 3, 2018, the roof partially collapsed, fortunately without any injuries.

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

550 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di San Michele del Gesù

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The church of Gesù is located in Ferrara, in via Borgoleoni 56.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Michele del Gesù (IT)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Palazzo di Giulio d'Este

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The Palazzo di Giulio d'Este is a palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este #16 in Ferrara, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Giulio d’Este (EN)

376 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 20: Orto Botanico

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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.

Wikipedia: University of Ferrara Botanic Garden (EN)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea

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The Pavilion of Contemporary Art, also known by the acronym PAC, is a museum in Ferrara located in Corso Porta Mare n. 5 and used as a venue for contemporary art exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Padiglione d'arte contemporanea (IT)

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Parco Massari

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Massari Park is the largest and best-known public park in Ferrara within the city walls.

Wikipedia: Parco Massari (IT), Website

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea Filippo de Pisis

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The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Filippo de Pisis is located on the ground floor of Palazzo Massari in Ferrara. Due to the 2012 Emilia earthquake Palazzo Massari is closed for restoration work.

Wikipedia: Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea Filippo de Pisis (IT)

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 24: Museo dell'Ottocento

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The Museum of the Nineteenth Century is located in Palazzo Massari in Ferrara.

Wikipedia: Museo dell'Ottocento (Ferrara) (IT)

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 25: Museo Boldini

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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.

Wikipedia: Museo Giovanni Boldini (EN)

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 26: Monumento a Ludovico Ariosto

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Monumento a Ludovico Ariosto Daderot. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Piazza Ariostea, formerly Piazza Nuova and for a short period also Piazza Napoleone, is an important square in Ferrara commissioned by Ercole I d'Este and built with the urban design of the court architect Biagio Rossetti.

Wikipedia: Piazza Ariostea (IT)

587 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 27: Tempio di San Cristoforo alla Certosa

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Cristoforo alla Certosa (IT)

469 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 28: Cimitero della Certosa

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Cimitero della Certosa Pramzan / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Ferrara Charterhouse (EN)

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