Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Parma, Italy
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7.3 km
78 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: Museo d'Arte Cinese ed Etnografico
The Museum of Chinese and Ethnographic Art is located in Viale San Martino 8 in Parma, inside the mother house of the Xaverian Missionaries.
Sight 2: Orto Botanico
The Orto Botanico di Parma, also known as the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Parma, is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Parma. It is located on the Viale Martiri della Libertà, Parma, Italy, and open daily without charge.
Sight 3: Teatro Due
Fondazione Teatro Due is a permanent theatre located in the city of Parma, home of the Teatro Festival di Parma.
Sight 4: Chiesa di Sant'Uldarico
The church of Sant'Uldarico is located on Farini Street in Parma.
Sight 5: Chiesa di Ognissanti
The church of Ognissanti is found on Bixio street in Parma, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Sight 6: Chiesa di San Tommaso
San Tommaso is a Neoclassic-style, Roman Catholic church located on Strada Farini 38 in Parma, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Sight 7: Chiesa di San Salvatore
The church of San Salvatore is a place of worship originally Catholic and since 1908 Methodist with neo-Renaissance forms, located in Borgo Giacomo Tommasini 26, on the corner with Borgo Riccio da Parma, in the province of the same name.
Sight 8: Chiesa di San Quintino
The San Quintino is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located at Strada XXII Luglio number 21, near the intersection with Borgo Scacchini, in Parma, Italy.
Sight 9: Chiesa di Santi Maria Maddalena e Nettario
The church of Santa Maria Maddalena is a Catholic place of worship with Baroque and neoclassical forms, located in Borgo della Posta 19 in Parma, in the province and diocese of Parma; the building, ceded by agreement to the Greek Orthodox community of Parma, is dedicated to St. Nectarius.
Sight 10: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
The church of Sant'Antonio Abate is located in Parma, Italy.
Sight 11: Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista
San Giovanni Evangelista is a church in Parma, northern Italy, part of a complex also including a Benedictine convent and the San Giovanni Old pharmacy.
Sight 12: Antica Spezieria di San Giovanni
The Antica Spezieria di San Giovanni is a former historic pharmacy, now used as a museum, which is located in Borgo Pipa 1/a in Parma, inside the abbey of San Giovanni Evangelista.
Sight 13: Casa del Suono
Book Ticket*The Casa del Souono is a museum in Parma, dedicated to the history and evolution of instruments to reproduce and transmit sounds.
Sight 14: Monumento a Ercole e Anteo
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 15: Casa della Musica
The Casa della Musica is an institution of the city of Parma created with the aim of preserving and enhancing documentary heritage of musical culture, promoting specialized research and disseminating its acquisitions. It is located in Piazzale San Francesco 1, in the Renaissance Palazzo Cusani.
Sight 16: Chiesa di San Francesco del Prato
San Francesco del Prato is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church, located on Piazzale San Francesco #4 in central Parma, Italy. In front stands the 15th-century Palazzo Cusani.
Sight 17: Chiesa di San Benedetto
The church of San Benedetto is a Catholic place of worship with Renaissance and neoclassical forms, located in Piazzale San Benedetto da Norcia 3, at the end of Aurelio Saffi street, in Parma, in the province and diocese of Parma.
Sight 18: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini
The Niccolò Paganini Auditorium is located in the city of Parma and is dedicated to Maestro Niccolò Paganini, who was called to Parma by Duchess Maria Luisa to conduct the activity within the Ducal Orchestra. Every year the concert season of the Teatro Regio is organized here. The Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic also uses the Paganini Auditorium for its concert activities. In September, for all four Sundays at 11:00 a.m., the "Festival of the Military Bands" takes place, while in October the "Festival of the Civic Bands" takes place, in which in 2009 the Giuseppe Verdi Municipal Band of Parma participated, performing in two concerts, one of which for the closing party of the "Festival Verdi". Since 2013 it has hosted the traditional Sant'Ilario awards ceremony which takes place on January 13 of each year, on the occasion of the day of the patron saint of the city.
Sight 19: Arco di San Lazzaro
The Arch of San Lazzaro is a triumphal arch that stands just outside and east of the city of Parma, Region of Emilia-Romagna. It was constructed in 1628 under the designs of Giovanni Battista Magnani to celebrate the arrival to the city of Margherita de’ Medici, the new wife of the then Duke Odoardo Farnese. At the time of its construction, the panels of the arch were painted by Pomponio Amidano with historical tableaus, depictingMarcus Aemilius Lepidus founds a Roman Colony in Parma. Parma sends Citizens to Rome to aid them during Floods. The siege of Parma by Legates of Sulla urging rebellion against Rome. Parma offers 1,000 citizens to protect Julius Caesar. Frederick II defeat in the 1248 Battle of Parma. Celebration of the victory with dedications to the Virgin.
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