Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Chioggia, Italy
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1.8 km
21 m
Experience Chioggia 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.
Individual Sights in ChioggiaSight 1: Museo Civico della Laguna Sud
The Civic Museum of the South Lagoon - also known as the Museum of St. Francis Outside the Walls, to distinguish it from the church of St. Francis located within the city limits - is an archaeological and ethnographic museum in Chioggia and one of the main ones in the area of the Venice lagoon.
Sight 2: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Chioggia Cathedral is the main place of worship in Chioggia, Italy, in the south of the Venetian Lagoon. It dates from 1627. The interior contains many interesting works of art.
Sight 3: Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo
The Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, also called San Pieretto by the local population of Chioggia due to its small size, is located in Campo del Duomo on the east side, is a Catholic church located in Chioggia, in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, Chioggia (EN)
Sight 4: Chiesa di San Francesco
The Chiesa di San Francesco, in Chioggia is a religious building that overlooks on the main square of the city, is a Catholic church located in Chioggia, in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy. This church is also called San Francesco "old" or "inside the walls" to distinguish it from the other church of San Francesco, the current Civic Museum, located 350 meters further south, beyond the Porta Di Santa Maria, the last remnant of the ancient city walls to the south.
Sight 5: Chiesa Della Santissima Trinità
The Church of the Holy Trinity and the Oratory of the Rossi are a single religious building in the city of Chioggia, in the metropolitan city of Venice. The building preserves a vast series of canvases, starting with those on the ceiling or from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The Oratory takes its name from the color of the habit worn by the Confraternity, which animated this church complex for more than four centuries.
Sight 6: Santa Caterina
The church of Santa Caterina is a religious building in Chioggia, Italy. Unlike the other churches in the center, which overlook the main square, it is inserted within the urban fabric of the city. It was populated by Cistercian nuns for four and a half centuries, then by the Canossian nuns.
Sight 7: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea
The church of San Andrea Apostolo is the oldest religious building in the city of Chioggia and has as its bell tower a medieval watchtower dating back to about the middle of the tenth century, which preserves the oldest working tower clock in the world.
Sight 8: Campanile di Sant'Andrea
The clock of the Tower of Sant'Andrea is located in Chioggia, in the province of Venice, and is the oldest working clock of medieval origin in the world.
Sight 9: Chiesa di San Domenico
The sanctuary of San Domenico, built on the island of the same name, bears witness to the presence of Dominican friars in the lagoon city of Chioggia since the end of the thirteenth century. The fourteenth-century Crucifix kept in it is highly venerated by the local citizens.
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