Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Pistoia, Italy
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3.4 km
70 m
Explore Pistoia 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.
Individual Sights in PistoiaSight 1: 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 2: 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 3: San Giovanni Decollato
The church of San Giovanni Battista al Tempio is an 11th-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 4: Teatrino Gatteschi
Palazzo Gatteschi is a building in Pistoia, built by the architect Francesco Maria Gatteschi and home of the noble Gatteschi family, in Via del Can Bianco.
Sight 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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 9: Monumento a Garibaldi
The monument to Garibaldi is a bronze statue of Pistoia, located in the center of the homonymous square, on the sidelines of the church of San Domenico.
Sight 10: 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 11: Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà
The Basilica of Our Lady of Humility or Madonna dell'Umiltà is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic Marian basilica in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 12: 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 13: 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 14: Santi Prospero e Filippo
The Church of Saints Prospero and Filippo is a Roman Catholic church located in the centre of Pistoia.
Sight 15: 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 16: San Jacopo in Castellare
The former church of San Jacopo in Castellare was located in Pistoia, near the Castellare slippery slope.
Sight 17: 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 18: Immacolata Concezione
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.
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