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Ancient Hospital for the Infirm
The stately old Hospital for the Sick can be found in Via Agatopisto, the pen name of the Arcadian poet Appiano Buonafede (1716- 1793).
Town Hall
The "sumptuous palace" of Copparo which was commissioned by Ercole II d'Este in order to offer his court a pleasant place in which living was built around ...
Urban Park G. Bassani
The territory of Barco is located between the city and the river Po. It was one of the Este's game reserves, related to the famous "Delizia di Belfiore", ...
Museum Ferruccio Lamborghini
This centre houses all the activities and production lines for the celebrated automobile company
Giovanni Boldini Museum
TEMPORARILY CLOSED. Re-opening after restoration. The Boldini Museum is dedicated to the Ferrarese painter who lived between 1842 and 1931.
Valli di Argenta Museum
The Casino di Campotto is a rural building situated at the entrance to the Oasis in via Cardinala.
Water scooping plant of Saiarino and Museum of Land Reclamation
The Museo della Bonifica, situated at the Saiarino Pumping Station is an exemple of an industrial archaeology museum, where you can admire the complex ...
Palazzo Turchi di Bagno
CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Designed about 1492 by the architect Biagio Rossetti to create the so-called "Quadrivio degli Angeli" formed by palazzo dei ...
San Leonardo Abate Church
Dedicated to Saint Leonard, Abbot of Noblac at Limoges in France
Torre Tieni
It was a watch tower, which was used as a military and customs check point...
Romanesque Church of San Venanzio
The Romanesque church of St. Mary Savonuzzo, otherwise known as the church of San Venanzio, was built in 1344 above an old riverbed, by the orders of Giovanni ...
Parish Church of Sant'Agostino
Following the damage caused by the Reno breaking its banks,...
Church of SS. Pietro e Paolo
This very ancient church was first mentioned in a document dated 1143 but it was rebuilt in the 16th century and modified to the Baroque style in 1776 by the ...
Parish church of San Leo
The ancient church of Santo Stefano in Vicoaventino, was the site of the first Ferrarese diocesis.
Rocca Possente
Built in around the year 1000, it was extended and reinforced by the Este family in 1362.
The Delizia Tower
Este Castle of Mesola
The most important building in the village is certainly the massive and elegant hunting castle built by the last Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso II during the second ...
Castle Lambertini
It was built on the order of the Lambertini family in 1475 and 1681. When the power of this family was overshadowed the castle was sold to the Community of the ...
The towers
In the mediaeval era the vicinity of Poggio Renatico, although still largely wetlands and woods, was fortified by the Bolognese with a line of towers and ...
Palazzo Patrignani
Patrignani Town House as one can see probably dates back to the 1800s.
The Wheat Loggia and The Clock Tower and
In the centre of the city in Via Ugo Bassi one can see the Civic Tower an the Wheat Loggia. At one time the Tower and the Loggia stood between the magnificent ...
Archaeological Park of Pieve Santa Maria in Padovetere
Found in the Valle Pega are the remains of the ancient paleo-Christian church of Santa Maria in Padovetere, an ecclesial structure dating back to the VI ...
Pavilion of Contemporary Art
Open only for temporary exhibitions. CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF RESTORATION WORKS.
Carmine Church
This church can be found in the Carmine area and it is dedicated to to the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmelo, the oldest existing one. Built rather humbly it ...
Charterhouse
The Charterhouse, built by Borso d’Este in 1461, was transformed into a monumental cemetery at the beginning of the 1800s and conserves important sculptures.
Church of Rosary
Adjacent to the Piazza del Popolo, now called Via Vicenzino Folegatti, it was built between 1622 aand 1640 by the Confraternity of the holy Rosary.
Museum of Casa Romei
Giovanni Romei became administrator to the lords of Ferrara and married the princess Polissena d’Este. On the Via di San Francesco he had a house built that ...
Casa Minerbi - Dal Sale
A jewel of Ferrara’s historical heritage, the recently restored Casa Minerbi – Dal Sale is an architectural complex which stands because of the fascinating ...
Sanctuary of S. Maria in Aula Regia
The origins of the venerated Sanctuary of St. Mary’s in Aula Regia date back to the 10th century.
Museum of rural life
The Museum of rural life was created through the cooperation of Mr. Guido Scaramagli and the Municipality of Ferrara
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