Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Pistoia, Italy

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Number of sights 27 sights
Distance 4.6 km
Ascend 71 m
Descend 68 m

Experience Pistoia 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 Pistoia

Sight 1: Immacolata Concezione

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The Church of the Immaculate Conception - also known as the Church of San Francesco di Paola or of the Capuchins - is a fourteenth-century church in Pistoia dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, in Via degli Armeni. The facility housed a community of Capuchin Friars Minor until 2012, after which the convent was closed.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione (Pistoia) (IT)

152 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: 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 3: San Jacopo in Castellare

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

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Jacopo in Castellare (IT)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: 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 5: 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)

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Piccolo Teatro Mauro Bolognini

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

Wikipedia: Teatro Mauro Bolognini (IT)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

368 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

273 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Santa Liberata

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The church of Santa Liberata is located in Pistoia.

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

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: 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 there is a rich collection of works of art including, in addition to fine furniture and furnishings, a series of paintings for the most part of the seventeenth century.

Wikipedia: Museo Clemente Rospigliosi (IT)

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Museo del Ricamo

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The Museum of Embroidery 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)

9 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Museo Diocesano

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The Diocesan Museum of Pistoia, inaugurated in 1968, in some environments of the Vescovile Palace, has been transferred to the Rospigliosi Palace since 1990, where the Clemente Ringy Museum is located.

Wikipedia: Museo diocesano (Pistoia) (IT)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: 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)

28 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

24 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 16: 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)

105 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)

280 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: 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)

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: 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 20: Santi Prospero e Filippo

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Santi Prospero e Filippo

The Church of Saints Prospero and Filippo is a Roman Catholic church located in the centre of Pistoia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Prospero e Filippo (IT)

220 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 21: 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 22: 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)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: 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)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: 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)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Teatro Manzoni

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

Wikipedia: Teatro Manzoni (Pistoia) (IT)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: San Benedetto

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The church of San Benedetto is a church in Pistoia dating back to the fourteenth century.

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

1114 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 27: Santa Maria Maggiore

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Santa Maria Maggiore a Vicofaro is a church in Pistoia, Italy. Inaugurated in 1973, it incorporates the previous church and inherits its name from an even older one.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore a Vicofaro (IT)

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