Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Vicenza, Italy
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1.2 km
20 m
Explore Vicenza 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 VicenzaIndividual Sights in VicenzaSight 1: Chiesa di Santa Croce in San Giacomo Martire - Carmini
The church of Santa Croce in San Giacomo Maggiore known as dei Carmini is a religious building in Vicenza, Italy, located in Piazza dei Carmini at the end of Corso Fogazzaro. The Carmelite convent was attached to it, hence the nickname by which it is still known. Renovated in the sixties of the nineteenth century in neo-Gothic style, it is the parish seat.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Croce in San Giacomo Maggiore (IT)
Sight 2: Chiesa della Misericordia
The Misericordia Hospital was one of the oldest hospitals in the city of Vicenza and, for several centuries, the main orphanage in the city. Of the buildings, located in the district of the same name in Borgo Pusterla, only the church of the Misericordia remains, since 2010 officiated by the Serbian Orthodox parish of San Luca, while those used as an orphanage have been completely demolished or renovated for civil use.
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Marco in San Girolamo
The Church of San Marco in San Girolamo is a baroque parish church in Vicenza, northern Italy, built in the 18th century by the Discalced Carmelites. It houses various artworks by artists of the early 18th century from Veneto. The sacristy preserves its original furniture of the same period.
Sight 4: Palazzo Schio Vaccari Lioy
Palazzo Schio is a patrician palace of the 16th century in Vicenza, northern Italy, whose facade was designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in 1565.
Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Aracoeli
The church of Santa Maria in Araceli is a late-Baroque style church built in the late 17th century in Vicenza according to designs attributed to Guarino Guarini.
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