Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Trento, Italy
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4.1 km
48 m
Explore Trento 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.
Activities in TrentoIndividual Sights in TrentoSight 1: 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 2: 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 3: Castello del Buonconsiglio
Buonconsiglio Castle is a castle in Trento, northern Italy.
Sight 4: Palazzo Del Monte
Palazzo del Monte is a palace in Trento, Italy, on the corner of Via del Suffragio and Via San Marco.
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: 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 7: Teatro Sociale
The social theater is a historic theater of the city of Trento, located inside the palace of Count Tommaso Festi.
Wikipedia: Teatro Sociale (Trento) (IT), Website, Operator Website
Sight 8: 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 9: 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 10: Palazzo Trentini
Palazzo Trentini is a palace located in Trento, in Via Manci, built in the mid-eighteenth century by the family of the barons of Trentini. The building is the seat of the Council of the Autonomous Province of Trento.
Sight 11: 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 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: 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 14: 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 15: Torre Civica
The Torre Civica, also known as Torre di Piazza, is a historic building in Trento, Italy.
Sight 16: 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 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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 20: Le Gallerie
The Galleries of Piedicastello are a museum space in Trento, managed by the Historical Museum of Trentino.
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