Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Verona, Italy
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7.9 km
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 VeronaSight 1: Porta Palio
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.
Sight 2: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità in Monte Oliveto
The Church of the Santissima Trinità is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church in Verona, region of Veneto, Italy.
Sight 3: Museo degli affreschi
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)
Sight 4: Palazzo della Gran Guardia
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.
Sight 5: Chiesa di San Nicolò
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.
Sight 6: Area archeologica di via San Cosimo
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.
Sight 7: Chiesa dei Padri Filippini
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)
Sight 8: 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.
Sight 9: Natural History Museum Verona
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
Sight 10: 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.
Sight 11: Tempio di Giove Lustrale
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.
Sight 12: Santi Nazaro e Celso
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.
Sight 13: Giardino Giusti
Get Ticket*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.
Sight 14: Batteria di controscarpa XXII
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.
Sight 15: 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.
Sight 16: Porta Vescovo
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.
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