Fratta Polesine - Museums Villa Badoer Villa Badoer was built in 1556 by Francesco Badoer. The rooms, which are on the first floor, have been decorated in a grotesque style by Giallo Fiorentino. Since 1996, the building has been included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Today it is the headquarters of the National Archaeological Museum of Fratta Polesine.
Rovigo - Walls, towers and gates Torre Mozza e Torre Donà The two towers, Donà and Mozza, were part of the castle of Rovigo, today they are the only testimony left of it. The castle dates back to the tenth century and was commissioned by Bishop Paolo Cattaneo. The two buildings are very strong elements of the city: Donà represents the emblem of Rovigo, while Mozza traces of the fortification of the Middle Ages.
Rovigo - Walls, towers and gates Porta San Bartolomeo Porta San Bartolomeo was built in the '400 as part of a structure that is also visible today. It took this name as it provides access to the homonymous neighborhood. On the façade is the coat of arms of Giovanni Mocenigo (who commissioned it) and Josaphat Barbaro (the captain of the Polesine).
Arqua'Polesine - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Arquà The Tower was built in the twelfth century together with the Estense Castle. It is a crenellated structure of three floors located next to the old castle that is now the seat of the Municipality of the area. At the time from the tower you could watch all the activities that took place around the castle.
Rovigo - Museums Museo dei Grandi Fiumi The Great Rivers Museum was built inside a former monastery of the Olivetani, which stands on the banks of the territory of the Polesine. In his exhibitions we find a collection of ceramics (dating from the fourteenth and eighteenth century), historical and archaeological testimonies since the prehistoric period. This is a collection of objects and documents of great importance for the area. Interested parties are free to visit it.
Adria - Museums Museo Archeologico Nazionale The museum is located in the historic part of the city. It is divided into three floors and is equipped with a public garden in which the archaeological evidence of the city is preserved. The finds originate from the ancient city with burials of different periods.
Adria - Museums Septem Maria Museum The Septem Maria Museum was inaugurated on 21 November 1998, on the outskirts of Adria. It is located in the engine room of the Amolara hydrovore where you can admire two centrifugal pumps in excellent state of preservation. It took the name 'seven seas' from Pliny the Elder to justify the location in this area of a museum that traces the history of water. Inside, you can see a reproduction of the engraving by Filippo Cluverio in which the Septum Maria area is indicated. In other environments you can see pumps, old tools, educational panels, etc.
Rovigo - Churches and places of worship Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Soccorso The Church of Santa Maria del Soccorso was created by Francesco Zamberlan in 1594. The building is octagonal in shape and is known as ``The Round``, it has two entrances, the main ``IV November`` and the entrance ``Piazza XX Settembre``. In its interior we can admire the image of the Madonna and Child holding a rose considered miraculous which was subsequently renamed as Santa Maria del Soccorso. Inside the church we also find other works and objects of art such as the organ of Gaetano Callido.
Fratta Polesine - Museums Casa-Museo Matteotti GIACOMO MATTEOTTI, HOME TO GIACOMO MATTEOTTI, ASSERTOR OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, RECOVERED THANKS TO THE INTERVENTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF FRATTA POLESINE AND THE ACADEMY OF CONCORDI IN ROVIGO, AFTER RESTORATION AND INSTALLATION, IT IS CURRENTLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AND HOLIDAYS.
Badia Polesine - Museums Museo Civico "A. E. Baruffaldi" The Antonio Eugenio Baruffaldi Civic Museum is a museum in Badia Polesine, belonging to the provincial museum system. The Museum was founded as a 'civic collection' in 1968. In the building you can admire objects concerning various historical periods, civil and religious institutions, ceramics, photography, free time and a model of the Adige boat mill. Important is the section that houses paintings by Badiese artists of the nineteenth and twentieth century. and the “Last Supper” by Girolamo Bonsignori from the 16th century.
Rovigo - Museums Pinacoteca del Seminario Vescovile In 1982, the Art Gallery of the Episcopal Seminary was entrusted to the Accademia dei Concordi (1580), ending in fact the reunification of the original Silvestri collection. Thus, a rich art gallery of about 200 works of Venetian art from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century is established, among which some masterpieces known all over the world stand out. In addition, in several windows, pre-Roman and Roman archaeological finds are preserved in black, red and gray ceramics, dating from the fourth to the first century BC.
Fratta Polesine - Castles, palaces and mansions Villa Avezzu The Villa Grimani Molin Avezzù was built in 1550. Its structure has a Palladian shape and a “Badoera” style. In the rooms of the building there are some frescoes from the Giallo Fiorentino school.
Lendinara - Monuments Statua di Giuseppe Garibaldi The Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi is located in the center of Piazza Pisacane, in the locality of Lendinara. The monument was built in 1884 and is one of the first monuments built in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi, in memory of the landing of the Garibaldine troops in which they found refuge at the time of the flight of the Austrians.