Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Parma, Italy

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 75 m
Descend 77 m

Explore Parma 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.

Activities in ParmaIndividual Sights in Parma

Sight 1: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità

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The Church of the Holy Trinity, known as the Old Trinity to distinguish it from the homonymous oratory of the Rossi, is a Catholic place of worship with Baroque forms, located in Borgo della Trinità 5 in Parma, in the province and diocese of Parma.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità (Parma) (IT)

500 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Battistero di Parma

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Battistero di Parma

The Baptistery of Parma is a religious edifice in Parma, northern Italy. Architecturally, the baptistery of Parma Cathedral marks a transition between the Romanesque and Gothic styles, and it is considered to be among the most important Medieval monuments in Europe.

Wikipedia: Parma Baptistery (EN)

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Camera della Badessa

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Camera della Badessa

The Camera di San Paolo or Camera della Badessa is a room in the former Monastery of San Paolo, in Parma, northern Italy. It is painted with frescoes by Correggio in the vault (697x645 cm) and over the fireplace.

Wikipedia: Camera di San Paolo (EN)

45 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Castello dei Burattini - Museo Giordano Ferrari

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The Puppet Castle is a museum in Parma where puppets, marionettes, and other props are exhibited.

Wikipedia: Castello dei burattini (IT)

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù

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Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù, also known as the Chiesa della Trinità Nuova, is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Strada Garibaldi 28 in Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. This building was once was the Oratory dei Trinità Rossi.

Wikipedia: Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù, Parma (EN)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Monumento a Giuseppe Verdi

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The monument to Giuseppe Verdi is a granite and bronze work located in Piazzale della Pace in Parma.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Giuseppe Verdi (Parma) (IT)

428 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Accademia di belle arti di Parma

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Accademia di belle arti di Parma G. Gabelli / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma is an artistic institution in the city of Parma, Italy. It is presently located in a wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta in the center of the city.

Wikipedia: Academy of Fine Arts of Parma (EN)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Galleria Nazionale

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The Galleria nazionale di Parma is an art gallery in Parma, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: Galleria nazionale di Parma (EN)

21 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Teatro Farnese

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Teatro Farnese is a Renaissance theatre in the Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, Italy. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The idea of creating this grand theater came from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio I Farnese. The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II (1944). It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962.

Wikipedia: Teatro Farnese (EN)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Teatro Regio

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Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale, is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy.

Wikipedia: Teatro Regio (Parma) (EN), Website

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Monumento a Ercole e Anteo - I Du Brasè

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The monument to Hercules and Antaeus, also known as I du brasè, is a copper monument of the seventeenth century, now located in the center of the courtyard of Palazzo Cusani, in Parma; a copy of it is located in a niche of the city hall building.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Ercole e Anteo (IT)

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Palazzo del Comune

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The Palazzo del Comune is a building with late Renaissance forms, located at the south-east corner of the central Piazza Garibaldi in Parma.

Wikipedia: Palazzo del Comune (Parma) (IT)

25 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Palazzo del Podestà

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The Palazzo del Podestà is a late Romanesque building, located on the south side of the central Piazza Garibaldi in Parma, adjacent to the Town Hall.

Wikipedia: Palazzo del Podestà (Parma) (IT)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata

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The Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata is a Greek-cross design Renaissance church in central Parma, Italy. The name derives from the fence in the church. A Nursing Madonna is enshrined within, crowned on 27 May 1601 by a Marian devotee, Fray Giacomo di Forli of the Capuchin order. Pope Benedict XVI raised the Marian sanctuary to the status of Basilica minor on 9 February 2008.

Wikipedia: Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata (EN)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo

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The church of San Bartolomeo is a Baroque Catholic place of worship, located in via Giosuè Carducci 7 in Parma, in the province and diocese of Parma; it is the seat of a parish included in the pastoral area of Parma Centro.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo (Parma, capoluogo) (IT)

587 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

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Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata personnel / GFDL

The Santissima Annunziata, also called the Basilica del Paradiso, is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church and convent located on Via Massimo D'Azeglio in Parma, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santissima Annunziata, Parma (EN)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di San Giacomo

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The church of San Giacomo is a Catholic place of worship with Baroque and neo-Romanesque forms, located in Piazzale San Giacomo 7, on the corner with Strada Massimo D'Azeglio, in Parma, in the province and diocese of Parma.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giacomo (Parma) (IT)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Archivio di Stato

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The State Archive of Parma is the peripheral office of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities which by law retains the historical documentation produced by the public bodies of the Province of Parma and for voluntary deposit, temporary custody, donation or purchase any other archive o documentary collection of historical importance.

Wikipedia: Archivio di Stato di Parma (IT)

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Croce

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Santa Croce is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church, located on the piazza of the same name, along via Emilia in the quartiere of Oltretorrente of Parma, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Croce, Parma (EN)

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