Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Taranto, Italy

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 1.4 km
Ascend 42 m
Descend 43 m

Experience Taranto 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.

Activities in TarantoIndividual Sights in Taranto

Sight 1: Chiesa di San Domenico Maggiore

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The church of San Domenico is a Romanesque-Gothic church that stands on the western front of the historic center of Taranto, whose construction was completed around 1360. The name "Maggiore" with which it was identified in the only monograph published today on the complex is actually inexact, being known in the sources as the title attributed to the current Sanctuary of the Madonna della Salute or Monteoliveto, in the period in which the Dominicans moved there from the post-Napoleonic Restoration to 1866.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Domenico Maggiore (Taranto) (IT), Website

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Museo etnografico Alfredo Majorano

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The "Alfredo Majorano" Ethnographic Museum is located in the historic center of Taranto, in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Pantaleo.

Wikipedia: Museo etnografico Alfredo Majorano (IT)

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Sight 3: Palazzo Pantaleo

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The Palazzo Pantaleo in Taranto is an eighteenth-century building owned by the Municipality. From 2000 to 2007 it housed some collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto in the Old Town. It is currently home to the Alfredo Majorano Ethnographic Museum.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Pantaleo (IT)

263 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Palazzo Amati

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The Palazzo Amati in Taranto is one of the most prestigious palaces in the city's Old Town. It was built in the second half of the eighteenth century by Baron Giacomo Amati, through a complex work of joining three minor buildings that he had owned since 1748. The palace overlooks the Mar Grande, but the entrance with the imposing portal is located in Vico Vigilante.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Amati (IT)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Mudi Museo Diocesano di Taranto

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The Diocesan Museum or Mu.di. it is set up in the premises of the sixteenth-century Archbishop's Seminary of Taranto in the Old Town. The Museum was inaugurated on 6 May 2011 by Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa. The Mu.di is spread over 4 floors, with a basement, with the remains of an ancient Iapigio village, the ground floor which includes a 100-seat auditorium, a multipurpose hall, and the first and second floors, where the thematic sections are located: Liturgical, Christological, Mariana, Saints, Religious Orders and Confraternities, Cathedral and Archbishops. The exhibition includes over 300 works spanning a period of time ranging from the seventh to the twentieth century, including sacred furnishings, relics, paintings and sculptures of exceptional cultural value. These are largely from churches no longer open for worship, or from the "Treasure of San Cataldo" and the patrimony of the archdiocese.

Wikipedia: Museo diocesano (Taranto) (IT), Website

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Palazzo Carducci Artenisio

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The Palazzo Carducci Artenisio in Taranto is one of the main palaces of the Taranto aristocracy. The building has largely preserved the original noble features, both in the fine decorations and in the furnishings. It was built in 1650 by Ludovico Carducci, descendant of a noble family from Florence. The entrance to the building is located in Vico I Seminario.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Carducci Artenisio (IT)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Duomo di San Cataldo

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Taranto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Taranto, Apulia, Italy, dedicated to Saint Catald. It is the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Taranto.

Wikipedia: Taranto Cathedral (EN)

236 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa Santuario Madonna Della Salute

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104 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Museo Ipogeo Spartano di Taranto

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Museo Ipogeo Spartano di Taranto

The Spartan Museum of Taranto is located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 39 in the Ancient Village of Taranto, Puglia.

Wikipedia: Museo spartano (IT)

416 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

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Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

Located in the Sant'Agostino alley, near the La Riccia slope, the church of Sant'Agostino has an eighteenth-century façade with a very simple structure, recalling the Rococo style.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino (Taranto) (IT), Website

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