Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Verona, Italy

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 7.9 km
Ascend 129 m
Descend 126 m

Experience Verona 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 VeronaIndividual Sights in Verona

Sight 1: Porta Palio

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Porta PalioLo Scaligero, pseudonimo di Andrea Bertozzi / CC BY-SA 3.0

Porta Palio is a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Verona, Italy. It was designed and built during 1550–1561 by the architect Michele Sanmicheli.

Wikipedia: Porta Palio, Verona (EN)

1425 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità in Monte Oliveto

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The Church of the Santissima Trinità is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church in Verona, region of Veneto, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santissima Trinità, Verona (EN)

656 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Museo degli affreschi

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The Museum of Frescoes "G.B. Cavalcaselle" is a museum that is part of the Civic Museums of Verona.

Wikipedia: Museo degli affreschi Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (IT)

805 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: Palazzo della Gran Guardia

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The Gran Guardia is a civil building that delimits the southern side of Piazza Bra in Verona, whose construction began in the seventeenth century and was completed, after a long pause, only in 1853. With its size and monumentality, it is able to compare itself with the Arena, which is located a few tens of meters away, beyond the nineteenth-century Bra gardens.

Wikipedia: Gran Guardia (IT)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Nicolò

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Chiesa di San NicolòThis Photo was taken by Andrea Bertozzi. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message. / CC BY-SA 4.0

The church of San Nicolò all'Arena is a place of Catholic worship located in the heart of the historic center of Verona, behind the Roman amphitheater; it is a parish church belonging to the Vicariate of Verona Centro in the diocese of the same name.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Nicolò (Verona) (IT)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Area archeologica di via San Cosimo

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The archaeological area of Via San Cosimo is located in Via San Cosimo 3 in Verona, near the ancient Roman city walls and below the courtyard of the institute of the Daughters of Jesus nuns.

Wikipedia: Area archeologica di via San Cosimo (IT)

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa dei Padri Filippini

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Chiesa dei Padri FilippiniThis Photo was taken by Andrea Bertozzi. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message. / CC BY-SA 4.0

The church of San Fermo Minore di Brà, better known as the church of the Filippini, is a place of Catholic worship located in the heart of the historic center of Verona; it is a parish church belonging to the Vicariate of Verona Centro in the diocese of the same name.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Fermo e Rustico dei Filippini (IT)

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore

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Chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore

San Fermo Maggiore is a Romanesque and Gothic church in central Verona. It is dedicated to Saints Firmus and Rusticus, brothers who are local martyrs from the 3rd century.

Wikipedia: San Fermo Maggiore, Verona (EN)

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Natural History Museum Verona

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The Civic Museum of Natural History is a museum in Verona that has been housed since 1833 in Palazzo Pompei, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9. It collects about 3 million artifacts.

Wikipedia: Museo civico di storia naturale (Verona) (IT), Website

321 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Porta Vittoria

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Porta Vittoria

Porta Vittoria, or Porta della Vittoria, is an entrance located along the magisterial walls of Verona, on the left bank of the Adige river.

Wikipedia: Porta Vittoria (Verona) (IT)

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Tempio di Giove Lustrale

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The Temple of Jupiter Lustrale in Verona is a sacred structure with a podium and underground cell, built in the first half of the first century. It was located along the Via Postumia in the immediate vicinity of Porta Iovia, which took its name from this sanctuary complex.

Wikipedia: Tempio di Giove Lustrale (IT)

1143 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 12: Santi Nazaro e Celso

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Santi Nazaro e Celso is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church on the street that leads to the Porta Vescovo, in the Veronetta quartiere of Verona.

Wikipedia: Santi Nazaro e Celso, Verona (EN)

493 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Giardino Giusti

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Giardino GiustiThis Photo was taken by Andrea Bertozzi. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message. / CC BY-SA 4.0

Palazzo Giusti is a civil building located on the corner of Via Mazzini and Via Scala in Verona. It was built in the second half of the fifteenth century on commission by the Giusti family and is characterized by a mixture of late Gothic and Renaissance styles. A substantial portion, however, has become part of Palazzo Sambonifacio and was completely renovated in the eighteenth century to a design by Adriano Cristofali.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Giusti (Verona) (IT), Website

766 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 14: Batteria di controscarpa XXII

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The XXII Counterscarp Battery, originally called Kontrescarpe-Batterie No. XXII, is a fortification located along the magisterial walls of Verona, on the left bank of the Adige River.

Wikipedia: Batteria di controscarpa XXII (IT)

270 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Rondella di Santa Toscana

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Rondella di Santa Toscana

The Rondella di Santa Toscana is a bulwark located along the magisterial walls of Verona, on the left bank of the Adige river, designed by Teodoro Trivulzio.

Wikipedia: Rondella di Santa Toscana (IT)

328 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Porta Vescovo

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Porta Vescovo was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of Verona, Italy. It was designed and built during 1520 by the architect Teodoro Trivulzio. It is named Vescovo, because the gate once collected a toll benefitting the bishop.

Wikipedia: Porta Vescovo, Verona (EN)

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