Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Savona, Italy
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10 km
281 m
Explore Savona 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 SavonaSight 1: Torretta
The Leon Pancaldo Tower or Quarda Tower, commonly called "Torretta", is a medieval building located on the port of Savona, at the entrance to the central Via Paleocapa, and is considered the symbol of the city.
Sight 2: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo
The Church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo is a religious building in Savona, Italy.
Sight 3: San Giovanni Battista in San Domenico
The church of San Giovanni Battista in San Domenico is located on the edge of the historic center of Savona, at the intersection of the main nineteenth-century artery and what had been the pivotal road axis of the medieval historic center.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista in San Domenico (IT)
Sight 4: Oratorio del Cristo Risorto
The Oratory of the Risen Christ is home to one of the oldest confraternities in Savona and is located in the historic center near the intersection of the medieval Via Pia and the nineteenth-century Via Paleocapa.
Sight 5: Oratorio di Nostra Signora di Castello
The oratory of Our Lady of Castello is located in the historic center of Savona and overlooks Piazza Sisto IV, next to the town hall.
Sight 6: Cappella Sistina
The Sistine Chapel, in Savona, is a Catholic place of cult adjacent to the cathedral of Our Lady Assunta who is in front of Palazzo della Rovere.
Sight 7: Duomo di Savona
The cathedral of Savona, also known by its official name of the Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, is the main place of Catholic worship in Savona, the mother church of the diocese of Savona-Noli. It is located in the heart of the historic center of the city, not far from the Sistine Chapel.
Sight 8: San Pietro
The church of San Pietro is located in Via Untoria, in a part of the surviving medieval historic center of Savona near the ancient Porta Bellaria.
Sight 9: Santi Giovanni Battista, Evangelista e Petronilla
The oratory of Saints John the Baptist, Evangelist and Petronilla is located in the nineteenth-century center of the city of Savona.
Wikipedia: Oratorio dei Santissimi Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Evangelista e Petronilla (IT)
Sight 10: Chiesa di Santa Rita
The church of Santa Rita is a religious building located in Savona, in the district of the same name on the right bank of the Letimbro. The Confraternity of the Holy Trinity resides here.
Sight 11: Chiesa di San Paolo
The church of San Paolo is located in Savona, in the Oltreletimbro area, along the main road connecting the city center and the west, in an area that expanded after the Second World War.
Sight 12: Madonna della Neve
The church of the Madonna della Neve is located in the Fornaci district in Savona, a few meters from the sea.
Sight 13: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a modern religious building located in Chiavella, in the municipality of Savona.
Sight 14: Chiesa del Nome di Maria
The Church of the Name of Mary, better known as the Church of the Two Lions, is a religious building located on a hill in Rocca di Legino, in the municipality of Savona.
Sight 15: Chiesa di San Giuseppe
The church of San Giuseppe is located in the Oltreletimbro area of the municipality of Savona, near the railway station.
Sight 16: Santa Maria Ausiliatrice
The church of Mary Help of Christians is located in Savona, in Via San Giovanni Bosco, outside the historic city center, in an urban area developed between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.
Sight 17: Chiesa di San Francesco da Paola
The church of San Francesco di Paola is located in Savona, in the populous district of Villapiana developed during the twentieth century.
Sight 18: Chiesa di Santa Maria Giuseppa Rossello
The church of Santa Maria Giuseppa Rossello is a modern religious building located in the Villetta district of Savona, near the episcopal seminary.
Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Lucia
The church of Santa Lucia is a small religious building that stands in Savona, on a spur of rock once overlooking the sea, along the old road connecting with Albissola Marina. The Confraternity of Saints Augustine and Monica resides here.
Sight 20: Chiesa San Giacomo (rudere)
The former church of San Giacomo with adjoining convent, also known as the complex of San Giacomo, are a set of religious buildings, now used for civil use, which stand on the hill of the same name overlooking the center and the port of the city of Savona.
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