Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Trento, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 4.1 km
Ascend 53 m
Descend 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 Trento

Sight 1: Palazzo Arcivescovile

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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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Arcivescovile (Trento) (EN)

714 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Ciclo dei mesi

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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.

Wikipedia: Ciclo dei Mesi (IT)

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Castello del Buonconsiglio

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Buonconsiglio Castle is a castle in Trento, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: Buonconsiglio Castle (EN), Website

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Palazzo Del Monte

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Palazzo Del Monte Klaus Graf / CC BY-SA 3.0

Palazzo del Monte is a palace in Trento, Italy, on the corner of Via del Suffragio and Via San Marco.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Del Monte (Trento) (IT)

172 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: chiesa di San Marco

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Marco (Trento) (IT)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Spazio Archeologico Sotterraneo del Sas

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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

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Teatro Sociale

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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

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Palazzo Cazuffi

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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.

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185 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Palazzo Salvadori

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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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Salvadori, Trento (EN)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Palazzo Trentini

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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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Trentini (IT)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: chiesa di San Francesco Saverio

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The church of San Francesco Saverio is a Catholic church located in the historic center of the city of Trento.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Francesco Saverio (Trento) (IT)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Palazzo Geremia

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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.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Geremia (IT)

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Case Rella e Cazuffi

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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.

Wikipedia: Case Cazuffi-Rella (IT)

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Casa Niccolini

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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.

Wikipedia: Casa Niccolini (IT)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Torre Civica

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The Torre Civica, also known as Torre di Piazza, is a historic building in Trento, Italy.

Wikipedia: Torre Civica (Trento) (IT)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Cattedrale di San Vigilio

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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.

Wikipedia: Cattedrale di San Vigilio (IT)

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Santa Maria Maggiore

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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.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Maggiore, Trento (EN)

200 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Torre Vanga

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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.

Wikipedia: Torre Vanga (IT)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Abbazia di San Lorenzo

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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.

Wikipedia: Abbazia di San Lorenzo (Trento) (IT)

774 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 20: Le Gallerie

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The Galleries of Piedicastello are a museum space in Trento, managed by the Historical Museum of Trentino.

Wikipedia: Gallerie di Piedicastello (IT), Website

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