Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Pavia, Italy

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 4.2 km
Ascend 72 m
Descend 74 m

Experience Pavia 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.

Individual Sights in Pavia

Sight 1: Porta Nuova

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Porta Nuova is one of the ancient gates that opened into the walls of Pavia. It overlooked the Ticino at the current Piazza di Porta Nuova.

Wikipedia: Porta Nuova (Pavia) (IT)

382 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa dei Santi Primo e Feliciano

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Santi Primo e Feliciano is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in the town center of Pavia, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santi Primo e Feliciano, Pavia (EN)

648 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Orto Botanico

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The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Pavia also known as the Orto Botanico di Pavia, is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Pavia. It is located at Via S. Epifanio, 14, Pavia, Italy, and is open to the public on weekends. The botanical garden covers an area of about two hectares and has approximately two thousand different species of plants, which are organised in sections. The current director is Francesco Sartori.The Botanical Garden stands in the place where the church of Saint Epiphanius was located, of which it preserves the cloister of the 15th century.

Wikipedia: Orto Botanico dell'Università di Pavia (EN)

312 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Monastero di santa Maria delle Cacce

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The monastery of Santa Maria delle Cacce is located in Pavia near the Spanish Walls.

Wikipedia: Monastero di Santa Maria delle Cacce (IT)

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Torre dell'Orologio

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Pavia is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, 35 kilometres south of Milan on the lower Ticino near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom from 540 to 553, of the Kingdom of the Lombards from 572 to 774, of the Kingdom of Italy from 774 to 1024 and seat of the Visconti court from 1365 to 1413.

Wikipedia: Pavia (EN), Website

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Cripta di San Eusebio

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The church of Sant'Eusebio was a church of Pavia, of which today only the crypt remains. The church was probably built by the Lombard king Rothari (636-652) as the city's Arian cathedral. It later became the fulcrum of the conversion to Catholicism of the Lombards initiated by Theodolinda and the monks of San Colombano and which later received, precisely in Pavia, a great impulse from King Aripert I (653-661) and from Bishop Anastasius.

Wikipedia: Crypt of Sant'Eusebio (EN)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Palazzo Del Maino

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Palazzo del Maino is a Baroque palace in Pavia, in Lombardy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo del Maino (EN)

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Maria Incoronata di Canepanova

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Santa Maria di Canepanova is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church located in central Pavia, region of Lombardy, Italy. Although in the past the design was popularly attributed to Bramante, the church was designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria di Canepanova (EN)

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Santi Giacomo e Filippo

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San Giacomo e Filippo is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church in the town center of Pavia, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Giacomo e Filippo, Pavia (EN)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Basilica di San Michele Maggiore

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The Basilica of San Michele Maggiore is a Roman Catholic church in Pavia, region of Lombardy, Italy. The building, dating to the 11-12th centuries, is a well-preserved example of the Lombard-Romanesque style.

Wikipedia: San Michele Maggiore, Pavia (EN)

648 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 11: Porta Calcinara

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Porta Calcinara is one of the many gates of the ancient city walls of Pavia, overlooking the Ticino and still found today along the Lungoticino Visconti.

Wikipedia: Porta Calcinara (IT)

922 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 12: Santa Maria in Betlem

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The church of Santa Maria in Betlem, founded around 1130, stands in the characteristic district of the Borgo of Pavia, located, after the Ponte Coperto, on the other bank of the Ticino river from the city center.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria in Betlem (EN)

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