Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Trento, Italy
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5.4 km
69 m
Experience Trento 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 TrentoIndividual Sights in TrentoSight 1: Ciclo dei mesi
The Cycle of the Months is a sequence of frescoes located in Trento, in the Torre dell'Aquila in the Buonconsiglio Castle, attributed to the master Wenceslas. They date back to the end of the fourteenth and beginning of the fifteenth century and are the best example of international Gothic in Trentino and one of the most significant in northern Italy.
Sight 2: Castello del Buonconsiglio
Buonconsiglio Castle is a castle in Trento, northern Italy.
Sight 3: Palazzo Del Monte
Palazzo del Monte is a palace in Trento, Italy, on the corner of Via del Suffragio and Via San Marco.
Sight 4: chiesa della Beata Vergine del Suffragio
The Church of the Blessed Virgin of Suffrage is a Catholic place of worship located in Trento, Italy.
Sight 5: chiesa di San Marco
The church of San Marco is a church located in the historic center of the city of Trento. Since 2003 it has been used for Orthodox worship.
Sight 6: Santi Pietro e Paolo
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is an important parish church belonging to the city of Trento.
Sight 7: Casa Niccolini
Casa Niccolini is a building located in Piazza Mario Pasi in Trento, Italy. On its façade, frescoes dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were rediscovered in 2020.
Sight 8: Case Rella e Cazuffi
The city of Trento is home to several buildings that feature painted facades. The custom of decorating facades in the city was inspired by what was happening in Veneto, especially in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Sight 9: Fontana del Nettuno
The fountain of Neptune is located in Piazza Duomo in Trento, where it was customary to install the "fire machine" for the feast of San Vigilio, and was built to a design by the sculptor Francesco Antonio Giongo di Lavarone between 1767 and 1769. For this fountain, the sculptor devised a system of uninterrupted water flow.
Sight 10: Galleria Civica
The Civic Gallery of Trento is a museum of contemporary art located in Trento, via Rodolfo Belenzani, 44. Established in 1989 under the name "Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art", in 2013 it became part of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto. The president of the Museum is Vittorio Sgarbi, the director is Diego Ferretti, the head of the Civic Gallery is Margherita de Pilati.
Sight 11: Palazzo Quetta - Alberti Colico
Palazzo Quetta - Alberti Colico is a historic building in Trento, whose peculiarity lies in the frescoed façade dating back to the fifteenth-sixteenth century.
Sight 12: Palazzo Geremia
Palazzo Geremia is a Renaissance palace located in Trento, in via Rodolfo Belenzani, built between the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century at the behest of the Veronese merchant Giovanni Antonio Pona, known as Geremia, bringing together several buildings from an earlier era. Located in front of Palazzo Thun, seat of the municipality of Trento, today it houses the meeting room of the Municipal Council and an exhibition room.
Sight 13: chiesa di San Francesco Saverio
The church of San Francesco Saverio is a Catholic church located in the historic center of the city of Trento.
Sight 14: Palazzo Cazuffi
Palazzo Cazuffi is a Renaissance building located in Via Oss Mazzurana, on the corner with Via Diaz, in Trento. It dates back to the sixteenth century.
Sight 15: Teatro Sociale
The Teatro Sociale is a historic theatre in the city of Trento, located inside the palace of Count Tommaso Festi.
Wikipedia: Teatro Sociale (Trento) (IT), Website, Operator Website
Sight 16: Spazio Archeologico Sotterraneo del Sas
The "S.A.S.S." is an archaeological area that houses the remains of the Roman Tridentum corresponding to today's Trento. The name recalls the ancient city district of Sas, dismantled to make room for Piazza Cesare Battisti.
Wikipedia: Spazio Archeologico Sotterraneo del Sas (IT), Website
Sight 17: Palazzo Salvadori
Palazzo Salvadori is a palazzo in Trento, northern Italy, one of the first examples of Renaissance civil architecture in the city, and a symbol of antisemitism.
Sight 18: Palazzo Fugger Galasso
Palazzo Fugger-Galasso, also known by the nickname of Palazzo del Diavolo, is a monumental building located in the historic center of Trento.
Sight 19: Monumento a Dante Alighieri
The Monument to Dante in Trento is a sculptural group dedicated to Dante Alighieri, the work of the Florentine artist Cesare Zocchi, located in the park in front of the railway station. It was built as a symbol of the Italian language and the Italian character of the city in 1896 when Trentino was part of the County of Tyrol, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Sight 20: Abbazia di San Lorenzo
The church of San Lorenzo is a Roman Catholic church located in Trento, Italy. Formerly belonging to the Order of St. Benedict and then to the Order of Friars Preachers, it is usually governed by a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
Sight 21: Torre Vanga
Torre Vanga is a historic building in Trento built in 1210 and now owned by the Autonomous Province of Trento. It is one of the most significant medieval monuments of the city and is located in Via Prepositura.
Sight 22: Santa Maria Maggiore
The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore is an important place of worship in the city of Trento, and the site of the Third Session of the Council of Trent. It was built by Antonio Medaglia on the model of the basilica of Sant'Andrea in Mantua, at the wish of the Prince-Archbishop Bernardo Clesio. In November 1973 Pope Paul VI accorded it the status of minor cathedral.
Sight 23: Palazzo Balduini
Casa Balduini is a building that overlooks the western side of Piazza Duomo in Trento. It was built in the fourteenth century and has the oldest external decoration in the city.
Sight 24: Cattedrale di San Vigilio
The cathedral of San Vigilio, or the cathedral of Trento, is the main church of the city. It is the cathedral of the Tridentine Archdiocese, and was elevated to the rank of minor basilica by Pope Pius X on March 18, 1913 and counted among the Italian national monuments by royal decree in 1940.
Sight 25: Torre Civica
The Torre Civica, also known as Torre di Piazza, is a historic building in Trento, Italy.
Sight 26: Palazzo Pretorio
Palazzo Pretorio or Palazzo Vescovile is a building in Trento, located in Piazza Duomo and now home to the Tridentine Diocesan Museum.
Sight 27: Casa Sardagna
Casa Sardagna is a historic building in Trento located on the corner of Via Giuseppe Mazzini and Via Santa Trinità that dates back to the sixteenth century.
Sight 28: Palazzo Arcivescovile
Archiepiscopal Palace, also known as Palazzo della Curia or Palazzo Ceschi, has been the seat of the curia and the residence of the Archbishop of Trento since 1922. It dates from the 16th century.
Sight 29: MUSE
The MUSE is the science museum of Trento. It is located south of the historic Palazzo delle Albere, in a building within the residential district Le Albere, both designed by Renzo Piano. It was inaugurated on 27 July 2013 and replaced, continuing its activities, the Tridentine Museum of Natural Sciences.
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