Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Brescia, Italy
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8.8 km
256 m
Experience Brescia 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 BresciaIndividual Sights in BresciaSight 1: Chiesa di San Fiorano
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Pietro in Oliveto
San Pietro in Oliveto is a Roman Catholic church located at the end of via del Castello in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Salvatore
San Salvatore is a former monastery in Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy, now turned into a museum. The monastic complex is famous for the diversity of its architecture which includes Roman remains and significant pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Renaissance buildings.
Sight 4: Chiesa di San Zeno al Foro
San Zeno al Foro is a church in center of the city of Brescia, situated in Piazza del Foro on the Via dei Musei, a few yards from the ruins of the Roman Capitoline temple in the city.
Sight 5: Teatro Romano
The Roman Theatre of Ancient Brixia is a building located in the present-day city of Brescia, near the Capitoline Temple and the Forum Square.
Sight 6: Tempio Capitolino
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The Capitolium of Brixia or the Temple of the Capitoline Triad in Brescia was the main temple in the center of the Roman town of Brixia (Brescia), in Northern Italy, in the modern region of Lombardy. It is represented at present by fragmentary ruins, but is part of an archeological site, including a Roman theater and museum in central Brescia. It forms part of the Longobards in Italy: Places of Power UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2011.
Sight 7: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Carità
Santa Maria della Carità or just known as the Carità, or the church of the Buon Pastore, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via dei Musei corner via Rosa in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Consolazioni
The church of Santa Maria delle Consolazioni, formerly the church of San Faustino in Castro, is a church in Brescia, Italy, located in the homonymous Piazzetta delle Consolazioni along Contrada Sant'Urbano, on the climb to the Castle of Brescia, not far from Piazzetta Tito Speri.
Sight 9: Chiesa di Santa Rita
The church of San Faustino in Riposo or church of Santa Rita is a church in Brescia, Italy, located on Via Musei, north of Piazza della Loggia, next to Porta Bruciata.
Sight 10: Chiesa di San Giorgio
San Giorgio is a Roman Catholic church located on the Piazza of the same name, just outside Porta Bruciata, in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 11: Chiesa convento di San Giuseppe
San Giuseppe is a complex of religious buildings in central Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. It includes a church and a monastery.
Sight 12: Monumento ai caduti delle Dieci giornate di Brescia.
The Monument to Bella Italia or Bell'Italia, officially the Monument to the Fallen of the Ten Days of Brescia, is a marble monument located in the northeast branch of Piazza della Loggia in Brescia, Italy.
Sight 13: Cattedrale estiva di Santa Maria Assunta
The Duomo nuovo, or more correctly the summer cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, is the main church of Brescia, the mother church of the diocese of the same name and an Italian national monument. It is located in Piazza Paolo VI, also known as Piazza del Duomo, and is part of two cathedrals adjacent to each other, namely the old cathedral. The place of worship was erected between 1604 and 1825 on the site of the early Christian basilica of San Pietro de Dom, dating back to the 5th-6th century. In addition, it is the seat of a parish that is part of the pastoral area of Brescia Centro.
Sight 14: Concattedrale invernale di Santa Maria Assunta
The Duomo Vecchio or Old Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Brescia, Italy; the rustic circular Romanesque co-cathedral stands next to the Duomo Nuovo of Brescia. It is officially known as the Winter Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, while the adjacent main cathedral is known as the Summer Cathedral.
Sight 15: San Marco Evangelista
San Marco Evangelista is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located at the end of via Laura Cereto in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 16: Foro Romano
The Roman Forum of Brescia was the ancient main square of the city center of Brixia starting from the first century BC and later completed by Vespasian. Much of the original square is now modelled on the Piazza del Foro, while the remains of most of the buildings that overlooked it have been brought to light outside or in the basement of the buildings that currently surround the square. This monumental archaeological complex preserves the major public buildings of the Roman age in northern Italy and for this reason it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the serial site "Longobards in Italy: the places of power".
Sight 17: Chiesa di San Clemente
The church of San Clemente is an ancient Roman Catholic church located near the Piazza del Foro, in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 18: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Calchera
The church of Santa Maria in Calchera is a Roman Catholic church in Brescia, Italy, Italy, located in the southwest corner of the square of the same name, along Via Trieste, a short distance from Piazzale Arnaldo. Of very ancient origin, it was radically restored from the sixteenth century onwards, until the eighteenth century.
Sight 19: Chiesa di Sant'Angela Merici
Sant'Angela Merici is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Francesco Crispi, in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 20: Chiesa di Sant'Alessandro
Sant'Alessandro is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Moretto, 73/A in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 21: Chiesa di San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on via Moretto, just north of Camera di Commercio di Brescia, and near Piazza Bruno Boni, in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 22: Teatro Sociale
The Teatro Sociale is a theatre in Brescia, Italy, second in size and capacity to the Teatro Grande, located in Via Felice Cavallotti, east of Piazza Bruno Boni. Founded in 1851 as the Guillaume Theatre, it has been rebuilt twice and the current structure, in full Art Nouveau style, dates back to 1905. Long abandoned in the second half of the twentieth century, it was recovered at the end of the century and reopened to the public in 2000.
Sight 23: Chiesa di San Luca
The church of San Luca is a church in Brescia, Italy, located along Via San Martino della Battaglia, just south of the intersection with Corso Zanardelli. Founded in the thirteenth century, it underwent its first renovations in the fifteenth century and a more radical one in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century the interiors were also reversed for the opening of the new entrance on Via San Martino della Battaglia. It contains discrete pictorial and sculptural works of art. Blessed Giuseppe Tovini and the pedagogue Vittorino Chizzolini, for whom the process of canonization is underway, are buried in the church.
Sight 24: Teatro Grande
The Teatro Grande is the main performance venue for the city of Brescia, Italy. The venue hosts performances of operas, musicals, plays, concerts, ballet, modern dance, and other various entertainments.
Sight 25: Chiesa di Sant'Agata
Sant'Agata is a 15th-century, Roman Catholic church located on Corsetto Sant'Agata at Piazza della Vittoria in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 26: Mostasù dèle Cosére
The mostasù dèle Cosére, literally "face of the Cossere" in Brescian dialect, is an ancient hill located in the historic center of Brescia, walled on the corner of Corso Goffredo Mameli and the Cossere district, from which it takes its name.
Sight 27: Chiesa di Santa Maria al Mercato del Lino
Madonna del Lino or Santa Maria del Mercato del Lino is a Roman Catholic church located on the Southwest corner of Piazza Mercato in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sight 28: Chiesa di Sant'Orsola
The church of Sant'Orsola is a church in Brescia, Italy, located along Via Moretto, between the church of Santa Croce and the intersection with Via Gramsci. Built at the beginning of the seventeenth century by the Ursulines with the aim of expanding their religious community in the city, after the suppression of 1797 it was recovered by the friars of Fatebenefratelli who established a large hospital in the adjoining convent, which is still active today. The church is now the chapel of the health center, but the daily evening mass is always open to the public.
Sight 29: Chiesa dei Santi Nazaro e Celso
The church of Santi Nazaro e Celso is located on Corso Giacomo Matteotti, at the intersection with via Fratelli Bronzetti, in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The church contains the Averoldi Polyptych (1522), a masterwork of Titian.
Sight 30: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Silva
The church of Santa Maria in Silva is a church in Brescia, Italy, located on the side of Via Corsica, in the last stretch before Piazza della Repubblica. The building, built to a design by the architect Rodolfo Vantini between 1853 and 1857, replaced the old church on the other side of the street, which was demolished. The church, in addition to being important in itself as a work by Vantini, contains some valuable paintings, including a fresco by Angelo Inganni, a canvas by Lattanzio Gambara and one by an anonymous artist of the sixteenth century.
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