11 Sights in Volterra, Italy (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Volterra, Italy! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Volterra. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Volterra1. Santi Giusto e Clemente
The Church of Santi Giusto e Clemente is a Roman Catholic church in Volterra, Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is also known as San Giusto or San Giusto Nuovo. For some 850 years, the church was affiliated to an adjacent Benedictine monastery, the Abbey of Sts. Justin and Clement, which is no longer extant.
2. Teatro Romano
The Roman theatre of Volterra was uncovered in the 1950s, during archaeological excavations of the ancient Roman city conducted by Enrico Fiumi. 19th-century guide to the city mentions efforts in 1817 by the commune to start excavating what was considered a luxurious amphitheater at this site. It is one of the best-preserved Roman theatres in Italy. It is located just outside the Porta Fiorentina, in an area called Vallebuona.
3. Battistero
The Baptistery of San Giovanni an octagonal thirteenth-century religious building standing just in front of the Duomo of Volterra, in the center of the city. It was supposedly first built in the seventh century at the site of a Roman temple dedicated to Sun worship.
4. San Girolamo
San Girolamo is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church located Via Annibale Cinci #16, just outside the old walled city of Volterra, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church and attached Franciscan convent, a complex also known as of San Girolamo al Vellosoli, were designed by Michelozzo and construction was completed by about 1445. Some have questioned the attribution and even suggested that it was designed another famous Florentine architect, Lorenzo Ghiberti.
5. San Michele Arcangelo
San Michele Arcangelo is a 13th-century Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Guarnacci #6 in Volterra, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is across the street from the Medieval Palazzo Maffei-Guarnacci.
6. Museo etrusco Guarnacci
The Museo Etrusco Guarnacci is a public archeological museum located on Via Don Giovanni Minzoni #15 in Volterra, region of Tuscany, Italy. This was one of the first public museums in Italy, founded in 1761 by the aristocrat and abbott Mario Guarnacci (1701–1785).
7. Santi Giusto e Clemente
The Abbey of the Holy Savior and of Sts. Justin and Clement, also known as the Camaldolese Abbey of St. Justin, is a former Italian monastery in the city of Volterra, Pisa, which was founded in the 11th century. It was a major religious institution of the region until it was initially abandoned by the monks due to earthquake damage in the 19th century and then taken over and dissolved under the Risorgimento movement for the political unification of the Italian peninsula. For most of its history, it operated as a monastery of Camaldolese monks.
8. Palazzo dei Priori
The Palazzo dei Priori is a Gothic-style monumental civic building in the center of the town of Volterra, located on the Piazza dei Priori, also known as Piazza Maggiore. The imposing 13th-century stone building once the office of appointed town magistrates, still has offices of the local commune, including the communal council, for Volterra, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.
9. Sant'Alessandro
Sant'Alessandro is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic parish church located on Borgo Sant'Alessandro corner with Viale Cesare Battisti in Volterra, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is located outside the Porta d'Arco, one of the seven gates in the walls of Volterra.
10. Sant'Andrea Apostolo
Sant'Andrea Apostolo is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church and monastery located just outside the walls of Volterra in the province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. The complex now serves as a seminary.
11. Sant'Agostino
Sant'Agostino is a 13th-century, Roman Catholic church and former monastery located on Piazza XX di Settembre, in the historic center of Volterra, Italy. The church facade is just northwest of the Biblioteca Guarnacci and Museo Etrusco Guarnacci. The church since 2017 was restructured to house the Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra for the town of Volterra.
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