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- Palazzo Municipale
- Begun in 1245, the City Hall was the residence of the Este family until the 16th century. The main entrance is through Volto del Cavallo, opposite the ...
- Palazzo Schifanoia
- Extraordinary vestige of the splendour of the Renaissance period, Palazzo Schifanoia is the symbol of Este Ferrara. New itinerary is open to visitors (divided ...
- Palazzina Marfisa d'Este
- TEMPORARILY CLOSED. The Villa is a splendid example of a 16th-century high-class residence and was once surrounded by magnificent gardens that connected it to ...
- Estense Castle
- In Ferrara in 1385, a dangerous revolt convinced Niccolò II d’Este of the need to erect mighty defences for himself and his family thus the Castello di San ...
- Corso Giovecca
- This street, built by Biagio Rossetti by demolishing the old walls, forms the link between the Medioeval city to the south, and the Addizione Erculea to the ...
- Piazza Ariostea
- This very special oval piazza set below ground level and also famous for the races of the Palio, is the work of the architect Biagio Rossetti.
- Piazza Trento Trieste
- The piazza is the beating heart of the city. It dates back to the Middle Ages and the building of the new cathedral dedicated to St. George around which the ...
- Quadrivio degli Angeli
- The quadrivium was the name given to the crossroads where Corso Ercole d'Este crosses Corso Porta Mare (to the right) and Corso Biagio Rossetti (to the left).
- Via delle Volte
- This charming medieval street marks the axis along which the so-called linear Ferrara developed between the 7th and 9th centuries A.D. and which greatly ...
- Via San Romano
- This ancient road was the main link between the market square (currently Piazza Trento e Trieste) and the port, which was situated at the present via ...
- Piazza Municipale
- Piazza Municipale was once the former court of honour of the Ducal Palace that is dominated by the magnificent Scalone d’Onore (stairway of honour) built by ...
- Corso Ercole I d'Este
- It was called Via degli Angeli after the church of St. Mary of the Angels that once rose at the end of it.
- The city walls
- The ancient Walls of Ferrara encircle the historic centre almost without interruption for nine kilometres, constituting one of the oldest and most ...
- Porta Paola
- Porta Paola was designed and built in1612 by Giovan Battista Aleotti and dedicated to Pope Paul V who was pontiff at that time.
- Porta degli Angeli
- The Porta degli Angeli was built in 1526, but was already included in the 15th Century design, at the bottom of Via degli Angeli.
- Parco Massari
- The park takes its name from the adjoining palace, which was built at the end of the XVIth. century, and which has the biggest public gardens within the city ...
- Parco Pareschi
- This was originally the garden of the Estense Palace, said to be of St. Francis, which was built in the second half of the XVth Century by Pietro Benvenuto of ...
- Roman Necropolis of Voghenza
- Voghenza was a Roman city called Vicus Aventinus or Vico Habentia: an administrative hub of vast imperial properties.
- Santa Giustina
- An example of the rural planning of the 1950s,...
- House of Ludovico Ariosto
- The house, probably built to the design of Girolamo da Carpi, has a simple but elegant brick façade
- Oratory of Beata Vergine dell'Olmo
- A destination fort pilgrims,the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Elm was consecrated in 1666 and built next to an ancient elm tree upon which was ...
- Palazzo Pio di Tresigallo
- Renown for its Rationalistic architecture, Tresigallo is also home of a XVI Century Palace, probably built as a hunting reserve
- Museum of Palazzo Schifanoia
- Extraordinary vestige of the splendour of the Renaissance period, Palazzo Schifanoia is the symbol of Este Ferrara. New itinerary is open to visitors (divided ...
- Civic Museum of Belriguardo
- The museum is situated in the Belriguardo Palace and it is divided in three sections: Archaeology, Renaissance and Modern Art.
- Museo Villa Bighi
- Villa Bighi was built in 1963 by the eclectic artist Dante Bighi who used it as his home and gallery.
