Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Parma, Italy
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4.3 km
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 ParmaSight 1: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
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.
Sight 2: 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.
Sight 3: 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.
Sight 4: Castello dei Burattini - Museo Giordano Ferrari
The Puppet Castle is a museum in Parma where puppets, marionettes, and other props are exhibited.
Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù
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.
Sight 6: Monumento a Giuseppe Verdi
The monument to Giuseppe Verdi is a granite and bronze work located in Piazzale della Pace in Parma.
Sight 7: Accademia di belle arti di Parma
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.
Sight 8: Galleria Nazionale
The Galleria nazionale di Parma is an art gallery in Parma, northern Italy.
Sight 9: Teatro Farnese
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.
Sight 10: Teatro Regio
Book Ticket*Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale, is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy.
Sight 11: Monumento a Ercole e Anteo - I Du Brasè
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.
Sight 12: Palazzo del Comune
The Palazzo del Comune is a building with late Renaissance forms, located at the south-east corner of the central Piazza Garibaldi in Parma.
Sight 13: Palazzo del Podestà
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 14: Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata
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.
Sight 15: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo
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.
Sight 16: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
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.
Sight 17: Chiesa di San Giacomo
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.
Sight 18: Archivio di Stato
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.
Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Croce
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.
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