Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Pistoia, Italy

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Number of sights 38 sights
Distance 5.3 km
Ascend 79 m
Descend 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 Pistoia

Sight 1: San Benedetto

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The church of San Benedetto is a church of Pistoia of the fourteenth century.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Benedetto (Pistoia) (IT)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Teatro Manzoni

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The Teatro Manzoni is a theatre in Pistoia located in Corso Gramsci 127.

Wikipedia: Teatro Manzoni (Pistoia) (IT)

255 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: San Vitale

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The church of San Vitale is located in Pistoia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Vitale (Pistoia) (IT)

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà

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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.

Wikipedia: Madonna dell'Umiltà, Pistoia (EN)

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Giovanni Fuorcivitas

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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.

Wikipedia: San Giovanni Fuoricivitas (EN)

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Monumento a Garibaldi

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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.

Wikipedia: Monument to Garibaldi, Pistoia (EN)

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: San Domenico

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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.

Wikipedia: San Domenico, Pistoia (EN)

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Palazzo del Priorino

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The Palazzo del Priorino is a Baroque-style palace on Via Pacini in central Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo del Priorino, Pistoia (EN)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: San Paolo

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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.

Wikipedia: San Paolo, Pistoia (EN)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Santa Maria Nuova

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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.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Nuova, Pistoia (EN)

19 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Ex Oratorio di San Desiderio

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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.

Wikipedia: Oratory of San Desiderio, Pistoia (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: San Giovanni Decollato

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista al Tempio (IT)

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Santissima Annunziata

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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.

Wikipedia: Santissima Annunziata, Pistoia (EN)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa di Santo Stefano

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santo Stefano (Pistoia) (IT)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Teatrino Gatteschi

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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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Gatteschi (IT)

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa di San Leone

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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.

Wikipedia: San Leone, Pistoia (EN)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Battistero di San Giovanni in Corte

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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.

Wikipedia: San Giovanni in Corte Baptistery, Pistoia (EN)

208 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Piccolo Teatro Mauro Bolognini

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The Mauro Bolgonini Theater, also known as the Piccolo Teatro Mauro Bolognini, is a theater located in Pistoia, Italy.

Wikipedia: Teatro Mauro Bolognini (IT)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: San Michele in Cioncio

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The church of San Michele in Cioncio is located in Pistoia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Michele in Cioncio (IT)

26 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa dello Spirito Santo

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Santo Spirito, once called the church of Sant'Ignazio, is a Roman Catholic church in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santo Spirito, Pistoia (EN)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: San Biagio

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Biagio (Pistoia) (IT)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Santi Prospero e Filippo

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Santi Prospero e Filippo

The church of Saints Prospero and Filippo is a Catholic church located in the center of Pistoia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Prospero e Filippo (IT)

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Santa Maria degli Angeli

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The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli is located in Pistoia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli (Pistoia) (IT)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: San Francesco

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San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located on the piazza of the same name in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Francesco, Pistoia (EN)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Pieve di Sant'Andrea

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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.

Wikipedia: Sant'Andrea, Pistoia (EN)

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 26: Santa Maria a Ripalta

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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.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria in Ripalta, Pistoia (EN)

294 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 27: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine

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Santa Maria del Carmine is a Baroque-style, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria del Carmine, Pistoia (EN)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: San Jacopo in Castellare

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The former church of San Jacopo in Castellare was located in Pistoia, near the Castellare slipper.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Jacopo in Castellare (IT)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Ospedale del Ceppo

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Ospedale del Ceppo is a medieval hospital founded in 1277 in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy.

Wikipedia: Ospedale del Ceppo (EN)

247 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 30: Museo Civico

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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.

Wikipedia: Museo civico (Pistoia) (IT)

52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 31: Campanile di San Zeno

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The bell tower of the cathedral of Pistoia, dating back to the twelfth century, flanks the façade of the cathedral on the left side.

Wikipedia: Campanile del Duomo di Pistoia (IT)

24 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 32: Cattedrale di San Zeno

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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.

Wikipedia: Pistoia Cathedral (EN), Website

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 33: Museo Diocesano

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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.

Wikipedia: Museo diocesano (Pistoia) (IT)

9 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 34: Museo del Ricamo

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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.

Wikipedia: Museo del ricamo (IT)

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 35: Museo Clemente Rospigliosi

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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.

Wikipedia: Museo Clemente Rospigliosi (IT)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 36: Santa Liberata

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The church of Santa Liberata is located in Pistoia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Liberata (Pistoia) (IT)

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 37: San Bartolomeo in Pantano

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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.

Wikipedia: San Bartolomeo in Pantano (EN)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 38: Santa Maria delle Grazie

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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.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pistoia (EN)

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