Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Parma, Italy

The Niccolò Paganini Auditorium is located in the city of Parma and is dedicated to Maestro Niccolò Paganini, who was called to Parma by Duchess Maria Luisa to conduct the activity within the Ducal Orchestra. Every year the concert season of the Teatro Regio is organized here. The Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic also uses the Paganini Auditorium for its concert activities. In September, for all four Sundays at 11:00 a.m., the "Festival of the Military Bands" takes place, while in October the "Festival of the Civic Bands" takes place, in which in 2009 the Giuseppe Verdi Municipal Band of Parma participated, performing in two concerts, one of which for the closing party of the "Festival Verdi". Since 2013 it has hosted the traditional Sant'Ilario awards ceremony which takes place on January 13 of each year, on the occasion of the day of the patron saint of the city.

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Santa Benedetto is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazzale San Benedetto Da Norcia in Parma, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The church and monastery are part of a high school, the Istituto Salesiano, run by the Salesian order.

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San Francesco del Prato is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church, located on Piazzale San Francesco #4 in central Parma, Italy. In front stands the 15th-century Palazzo Cusani.

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The Oratory of the Immaculate Conception is a place of Catholic worship located in Strada Pietro Del Prato 4 in Parma, in the province and diocese of Parma; the building stands at the back of the church of San Francesco del Prato.

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The monument to Hercules and Antaeus, also known as I du brasè, is a copper monument of the seventeenth century, now located in the center of the courtyard of Palazzo Cusani, in Parma; a copy of it is located in a niche of the city hall building.

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The Casa del Suono is a museum in Parma, Italy, dedicated to the history and evolution of instruments for reproducing and transmitting sounds.

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Parma Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Parma, Emilia-Romagna (Italy), dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Parma. It is an important Italian Romanesque cathedral: the dome, in particular, is decorated by a highly influential illusionistic fresco by Renaissance painter Antonio da Correggio.

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The Antica Spezieria di San Giovanni is a former historic pharmacy, now used as a museum, which is located in Borgo Pipa 1/a in Parma, inside the abbey of San Giovanni Evangelista.

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San Giovanni Evangelista is a Mannerist-style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazzale San Giovanni, located just behind the apse of the Parma Cathedral, in the historic center of Parma, northern Italy. The buildings surrounding the piazza were also part of a former Benedictine convent. The church is notable for its Correggio frescoes.

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The Baptistery of Parma is a religious edifice in Parma, northern Italy. Architecturally, the baptistery of Parma Cathedral marks a transition between the Romanesque and Gothic styles, and it is considered to be among the most important Medieval monuments in Europe.

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The Diocesan Museum of Parma was inaugurated in March 2003, at the end of a long restoration that involved the Bishop's Palace, in whose basement there is now space for the exhibition itinerary. The archaeological finds and works of art from the Cathedral, the Baptistery and the diocesan territory were thus arranged.

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The Pinacoteca Stuard in Parma, housed since 2002 in a wing of the ancient Benedictine monastery of San Paolo, is named after the benefactor and collector Giuseppe Stuard (1790-1843), to whom we owe the first nucleus of the museum's artistic collections.

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The Monument to the Fallen consists of sculptures, reliefs and a plaque affixed in the 1960s to the 18th-century bell-tower built attached to the now deconsecrated church of San Ludovico (previously dedicated to San Paolo and serving the adjacent Convent of that name. The bell tower is found at the intersection of Strada Macedonio Melloni, Borgo del Parmigianino, and Strada Cavour in central Parma, Italy.

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The Camera di San Paolo or Camera della Badessa is a room in the former Monastery of San Paolo, in Parma, northern Italy. It is painted with frescoes by Correggio in the vault (697x645 cm) and over the fireplace.

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The Puppet Castle is a museum in Parma where puppets, marionettes, and other props are exhibited.

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The Monument to the Partisan, dedicated to the partisan struggle, is located in Parma in Piazzale della Pace. It is the work of the sculptor Marino Mazzacurati and the architect Guglielmo Lusignoli.

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The Museo Lombardi is a museum displaying an eclectic collection of 19th-century art and cultural works from Parma. It is located in the Palazzo di Riserva on Strada Garibaldi #5 in central Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Santa Lucia is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located on Strada Cavour in central Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

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The Museum of the Constantinian Order of St. George, better known as the Constantinian Museum of the Steccata, is located in Via Dante Alighieri 8/a in Parma, inside the basilica of Santa Maria della Steccata.

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The Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata is a Greek-cross design Renaissance church in central Parma, Italy. The name derives from the fence in the church. A Nursing Madonna is enshrined within, crowned on 27 May 1601 by a Marian devotee, Fray Giacomo di Forli of the Capuchin order. Pope Benedict XVI raised the Marian sanctuary to the status of Basilica minor on 9 February 2008.

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Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale, is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy.

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The National Archaeological Museum of Parma is located in Piazza della Pilotta in Parma, in the south-western wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta; Founded in 1760, it is one of the first archaeological museums in Italy.

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The Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma is an artistic institution in the city of Parma, Italy. It is presently located in a wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta in the center of the city.

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The Galleria nazionale di Parma is an art gallery in Parma, northern Italy.

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Teatro Farnese is a Renaissance theatre in the Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, Italy. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The idea of creating this grand theater came from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio I Farnese. It was part of the complex of the Ducal Palace of Parma. The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II (1944). It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962.

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The Bodoni Museum of Parma is a museum dedicated to Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813), situated in the Palazzo della Pilotta building on the premises of the Palatina Library.

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Piazzale della Pace is a public green area in the historic center of Parma, located along Strada Garibaldi next to the Palazzo della Pilotta.

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The monument to Giuseppe Verdi is a granite and bronze work located in Piazzale della Pace in Parma.

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