Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Gallarate, Italy
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1.5 km
12 m
Explore Gallarate 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.
Sight 1: Museo Arte Gallarate
The Museo Arte Gallarate (MAGA) is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Gallarate, in the province of Varese in Lombardy in northern Italy. It was founded in 1966 as the Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Gallarate to house works purchased from, and donated by, artists participating in the Premio Gallarate, a national art competition. It was renamed in 2010 and moved to a new building. The museum holds over 5000 works and the collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, graphic design works, photographs, and installations by artists including Carlo Carrà, Loris Cecchini, Gianni Colombo, Lucio Fontana, Ennio Morlotti, Bruno Munari and Studio Azzurro. Between 2015 and 2017 Museo MAGA had a second venue in the Palazzo Leone Da Perego, in Legnano, some 15 km to the south-east of Gallarate.
Sight 2: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
The church of Sant'Antonio Abate is a church located in the historic center of Gallarate.
Sight 3: Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
The Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta is the main church of Gallarate. In April 1946 Pope Pius XII elevated it to the dignity of a minor basilica.
Sight 4: Chiesa di San Pietro
San Pietro is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in Gallarate, region of Lombardy, Italy. This 11th-century church is the oldest in Gallarate. The upper side of the walls of the nave and the hemicycle of the apse have false loggia with columns.
Sight 5: Chiesa di San Francesco
The church of San Francesco is a church located in the center of Gallarate, in the province of Varese and archdiocese of Milan.
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