Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Pistoia, Italy
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5.3 km
90 m
Experience Pistoia in Italy in a whole new way with our free 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 PistoiaSight 1: San Benedetto
The church of San Benedetto is a church of Pistoia of the fourteenth century.
Sight 2: Teatro Manzoni
The Teatro Manzoni is a theatre in Pistoia located in Corso Gramsci 127.
Sight 3: San Vitale
The church of San Vitale is located in Pistoia.
Sight 4: Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà
The Basilica of Our Lady of Humility or Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà is a Renaissance-style Roman catholic church building in Pistoia, Italy.
Sight 5: Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas
San Giovanni Fuoricivitas is a Romanesque religious church and adjacent buildings in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. The adjective fuoricivitas refers to it location, outside of the first set of city walls, when it was founded during the era of Lombard rule in Italy.
Sight 6: Monumento a Garibaldi
The Monument to Garibaldi is a bronze equestrian statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the hero of Italian independence atop a pedestal in the homonymous piazza on Corso Silvani Fedi, in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 7: San Domenico
San Domenico is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the Piazza of the same name, with a north flank of the nave parallel to Corso Silvani Fedi, in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 8: Palazzo del Priorino
The Palazzo del Priorino is a Baroque-style palace on Via Pacini in central Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 9: San Paolo
San Paolo is a Roman Catholic church located on Via della Rosa #39 in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. The eclectic church facade sits near the intersection of four streets: Corso Silvani Fedi, Corso Giovanni Amendola, Via Porta Carratica, and Via del Can Bianco, about a block away along Silvani Fedi from the Chiesa del Tau.
Sight 10: Santa Maria Nuova
Santa Maria Nuova is a 13th-century, Romanesque architecture, de-consecrated Roman Catholic church located on Via Manrico Ducceschi #2 and Largo Santa Maria, in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 11: Ex Oratorio di San Desiderio
The Oratory of San Desiderio is a prayer hall located on Via Laudesi #53 in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. It houses 16th century paintings by Sebastiano Vini, Domenico Cresti, Francesco Curradi, and Matteo Rosselli. The oratory is diagonally across from the apse of Santa Maria Nuova.
Sight 12: San Giovanni Decollato
The church of San Giovanni Battista al Tempio is an eleventh-century church in Pistoia dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Hidden in the residential curtain, it has an entrance on both Via di Nemoreto and Via San Pietro.
Sight 13: Santissima Annunziata
The church and convent of the Santissima Annunziata is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza de Servi #4, Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. The convent presently functions as a warehouse. The church is down via Laudesi from the San Desiderio, and via Piazza de Servi, From San Giovanni Decollato.
Sight 14: Chiesa di Santo Stefano
The church of Santo Stefano is a religious building in Pistoia, located in the square of the same name and part of the monastery of the Poor Clares.
Sight 15: Teatrino Gatteschi
Palazzo Gatteschi is a building in Pistoia, Italy, built by the architect Francesco Maria Gatteschi and home of the noble Gatteschi family, in Via del Can Bianco.
Sight 16: Chiesa di San Leone
San Leone, once called the oratory or church of Santo Spirito, is a small Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located adjacent to the Vivarelli Colonna in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. In 2017, restoration of the Baroque era frescoes in the apse and ceilings were completed.
Sight 17: Battistero di San Giovanni in Corte
The San Giovanni in Corte Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of San Giovanni di Rotondo, is a former Roman Catholic building in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. The octagonal baptistery stands at a slight angle across a small piazza from the Duomo of Pistoia in the center of town. It is presently used for cultural events.
Sight 18: Piccolo Teatro Mauro Bolognini
The Mauro Bolgonini Theater, also known as the Piccolo Teatro Mauro Bolognini, is a theater located in Pistoia, Italy.
Sight 19: San Michele in Cioncio
The church of San Michele in Cioncio is located in Pistoia.
Sight 20: Chiesa dello Spirito Santo
Santo Spirito, once called the church of Sant'Ignazio, is a Roman Catholic church in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 21: San Biagio
The church of San Biagio or San Biagino, formerly the church of Santa Maria in Borgo Strada, from the street called Burgi Strada, is a Romanesque church located in the center of Pistoia, in Via degli Archi.
Sight 22: Santi Prospero e Filippo
The church of Saints Prospero and Filippo is a Catholic church located in the center of Pistoia.
Sight 23: Santa Maria degli Angeli
The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli is located in Pistoia.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli (Pistoia) (IT)
Sight 24: San Francesco
San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located on the piazza of the same name in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 25: Pieve di Sant'Andrea
Sant'Andrea is a church in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy that served as a pieve or place that congregations from surrounding village churches use for baptism. It is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, and includes the famous Pulpit of Sant' Andrea by Giovanni Pisano. The church probably dates from as early as the 8th century, though in a smaller size. In the 12th century it was extended in length.
Sight 26: Santa Maria a Ripalta
Santa Maria in Ripalta is a Renaissance-style, former church located in Via San Giuliano in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. The structure is under restoration.
Sight 27: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine
Santa Maria del Carmine is a Baroque-style, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 28: San Jacopo in Castellare
The former church of San Jacopo in Castellare was located in Pistoia, near the Castellare slipper.
Sight 29: Ospedale del Ceppo
Ospedale del Ceppo is a medieval hospital founded in 1277 in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy.
Sight 30: Museo Civico
The Civic Museum of Ancient Art of Pistoia, housed in the Palazzo degli Anziani, is the first and most important museum institution in the city.
Sight 31: Campanile di San Zeno
The bell tower of the cathedral of Pistoia, dating back to the twelfth century, flanks the façade of the cathedral on the left side.
Sight 32: Cattedrale di San Zeno
Pistoia Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Zeno is the main religious building of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the Piazza del Duomo in the centre of the city. It is the seat of the Bishop of Pistoia and is dedicated to Saint Zeno of Verona.
Sight 33: Museo Diocesano
The Diocesan Museum of Pistoia, inaugurated in 1968, in some rooms of the bishop's palace, since 1990 has been transferred to Palazzo Rospigliosi, where the Clemente Rospigliosi Museum is located.
Sight 34: Museo del Ricamo
The Embroidery Museum is located in Palazzo Rospigliosi in Pistoia and houses and exhibits a collection of embroideries, made from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, and the tools and processing techniques of the traditional art of Pistoia embroidery.
Sight 35: Museo Clemente Rospigliosi
The Clemente Rospigliosi Museum is located in Pistoia in the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Via Ripa del Sale. Here is preserved a rich collection of works of art including, in addition to furniture and valuable furnishings, a series of paintings for the most part of the seventeenth century.
Sight 36: Santa Liberata
The church of Santa Liberata is located in Pistoia.
Sight 37: San Bartolomeo in Pantano
San Bartolomeo in Pantano is a Romanesque and Gothic style, Roman Catholic church in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew the Apostle. The pantano of the name refers to the once marshy area in which the building was located.
Sight 38: Santa Maria delle Grazie
Santa Maria delle Grazie, also known as Madonna del Letto, is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located near the city center in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
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