Museo Ebraico
Ferrara
The Jewish Museum of Via Mazzini is located in the heart of the medieval city, near the Duomo and the Castello Estense. This road was part of the ghetto, where, from 1627 to 1859, Jews were segregated from the rest of the population.
Palazzina di Marfisa d'Este
Ferrara
Beautiful historic building considered one of the most brilliant examples of stately residence of the sixteenth century. Built in 1559, during the twentieth century it was recovered and used as a museum. Inside you can admire: the Hall of Businesses (and its wonderful ceiling made by the Bastianino), the Banquet Hall (with suggestive scenes from an Amazons Battle) and the Hall of the Fireplace (dominated by a monumental-sized fireplace dating back to the 16th century).
Palazzo Schifanoia
Ferrara
Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara’s most famous palace that was built in 1385 and end with a visit to the magnificent Salone dei Mesi, painted by the best. The palace has also other rooms with a collection of medieval and ancient.
Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza
Ferrara
In Corso Ercole I D'Este. It collects and preserves precious testimonies of the Risorgimento era (which, among other things, saw protagonists, several Ferrara patriots). During the 1950s it was expanded with the section dedicated to the delicate historical period of the Resistance. You can admire collections of uniforms, weapons and flags.
Museo della Cattedrale
Ferrara
The museum, housed in the former Church of San Romano, displays the works of value that belonged to the Cathedral and to the churches of the Diocese; real gem are the organ doors depicting the Annunciation and St George by Cosme Tura.
Museo "G. Boldini" e Museo dell'Ottocento
Ferrara
In Corso Porta Mare, 9, we find two important exhibition centers in Ferrara. The Giovanni Boldini museum is dedicated to one of the greatest European portraitists of the 19th century. The Museum of the Nineteenth Century, is instead dedicated to the great protagonists of the nineteenth century and houses valuable paintings and sculptures. Currently, museums are closed.
Museo Geo-Paleontologico
Ferrara
In Corso Ercole I d'Este 32. Housed at Palazzo Turchi in Bagni (already home of some university departments of Ferrara) it is dedicated to Piero Leonardi. It houses a valuable collection divided into 4 sections: Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontology of Invertebrates, Human Paleontology and Prehistory and Historical Geology. There you can admire interesting specimens of vertebrates, skeletal remains, fossils and reconstructions.
Museo dell'Illustrazione
Ferrara
Also known as MIL or Center for Studies on Image Reproduced, it was founded in June 1992, to safeguard, protect and preserve materials, otherwise, destined for oblivion. The museum's heritage is valuable. We remember the sketches by Mario Pompei and the terracotta casts created by Gustavino to illustrate “The Confessions of an Italian” and “The Betrothed”.
Museo di Architettura - Casa di Biagio Rossetti
Ferrara
In Via XX Settembre. It's also called MUSARC. What was the residence of the great Ferrara architect Biagio Rossetti (he owes the particular urban planning structure of the Emilian city) has recently been transformed into the first Italian museum dedicated architecture (as well as its developments and its problems).
Centro di Documentazione del Mondo Agricolo Ferrarese
Ferrara
The Ferrarese Agricultural Documentation Center was opened in 1981, is located in San Bartolomeo. It is a museum that tells the history and traditions of the rural civilization of Ferrara. In the building we find two other facilities such as the medical and handicraft clinic as well as domestic environments.
Lapidario Civico
Ferrara
It is located in the now deconsecrated church of Santa Libera (in Via Campo Sabbionario) and houses finds (in particular epigraphs, stems and sarcophagi) from Roman times found on the territory of Ferrara. Remarkable is the stele of the first century BC with the effiges of the Cesians and the sarcophagi (from the 3rd century BC) belonging to Annia Faustina and to the little Neon.
Museo Anatomico "G. Tumiati"
Ferrara
An important university museum based in Via Fossato di Mortara, 64/B, is divided into various sections dedicated to osteology, dissectory anatomy of muscles and to the human body in general. It also houses a collection of work tools including microscopes, foot drills and knives.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Ferrara
Housed on the main floor of Palazzo Costabili, known as “Lodovico il Moro” - in Via XX Settembre. It houses valuable findings of the highest workmanship of the Etruscan city of Spina, sets from symposium from Athenian origin. The large penthouse vases and the upper Adriatic ceramics are notable. The Sala degli Ori is splendid.
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale
Ferrara
In Via Filippo de Pisis, not far from the Estense Castle. It houses thousands of finds divided into the various sections dedicated to geology, paleontology and zoology and is $completed by an ecology station. The exhibition path “Environment Earth”, dedicated to environmental diversity and to the evolution of planet earth is valuable.
Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Ferrara
The museum was inaugurated in 1998 following the donation of Manlio by Franca Malabotta, which enriches the collection of 200 works of Filippo de Pisis already owned by the museum, creating the largest public collection of the painter from Ferrara.
Trevisan International Art
Ferrara
Curated by Paola Trevisan, who loves both good emerging and well-known artists, the gallery also hosts exhibitions of European and American artists and is open to collaborations with other galleries, institutions and organizations .
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Ferrara
A selection of high quality in which the classical repertoire is joined to the contemporary world. The prevailing drama are, dance, opera, concerts, children's theater, for over 160 performances each year.
Teatro Nuovo
Ferrara
It is located in the historic center of Ferrara, close to Castello Estense. The buildingdates back to the '20s, and preserves the late Art Nouveau style in interior decoration.An acoustic worthy of note makes it ideal for concerts.
Delizia di Fossadalbero
Ferrara
Great palace wanted by Niccolo III and built in the first half of the fifteenth century. Transformed into 'delight' (i.e. place to rest and enjoy) by Borso d'Este, it looks like a crenellated castle with outposts and rivellins. It has 44 rooms (tastefully furnished and decorated), a chapel and a beautiful garden. Legend has it that this' Delight 'was the setting for the illicit and unfortunate love between Hugo (son of Niccolo III) and the Parisina.
Torre dell'uccellino
Ferrara
In the nearby town of Poggio Renatico, we find one of the most famous towers in Emilia. Also called Usolino, it was built, for defensive purposes, during the 13th century. In exposed terracotta it has a rather massive size, a battlements according to the Guelph use and a tapering in the middle part.
Oratorio dell'Annunziata
Ferrara
Beautiful little church located in Via Borgo di Sotto, formerly called the Church of the Good Death, has a simple, but beautiful sixteenth-century façade attributed to Giovan Battista Aleotti. It is famous for hosting a superb cycle of frescoes (entitled History of the True Cross) made around 1550 by Camillo Filippi, Sebastiano Filippi known as Bastianino, Niccolò Roselli and Giovanni Francesco Surchi (called Dielai).
Casa Romei
Ferrara
In via Savonarola we find a superb example of late medieval and Renaissance architecture. It was built during the 15th century and, over the years, it also incorporated the nearby “Convent of Corpus Christi”. It features a grand courtyard of honor and lavish halls. The main floor of the house, you can admire a beautiful apartment used by Cardinal Hippolytus II d'Este. Since 1953 it has been home to a museum.
Casa di Ludovico Ariosto
Ferrara
At number 2 of Via Ariosto, we find a simple red-brick building. We are talking about the house that hosted the last years of the famous poet of Orlando Furioso. Inside it houses a small museum. You can admire some everyday objects belonging to Ludovico Ariosto and a fine copy of the work “Orlando Furioso” illustrated by Gustave Doré.
Porta degli Angeli
Ferrara
In the northern part of Ferrara, along the walls, you can admire this valuable monument built at the beginning of the sixteenth century, as part of the urban planning project known as “Herculean Addition”. Restored and recovered in the course of the 1980s, it looks like a rectangular tower, completed by a small house, slightly lower (which once housed the guard body), It is the only door in the city can also be visited internally.
Addizione Erculea
Ferrara
The Herculean Addition, a beautiful work of Italian medieval architecture , is composed of many Buildings: Prosperi - Sacrati and Turks of Bath, and it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is worth a look!
Centro Storico di Ferrara
Ferrara
An exceptionally well-preserved medieval town in the heart of the city of Ferrara. There are beautiful and characteristic monuments, palaces, churches and historic streets worth a visit!
Castello Estense
Ferrara
The beautiful Castello Estense, built in brick and surrounded by a characteristic moat, which makes it typically medieval, is a true work of architectural art that is worth visiting.
Cattedrale di San Giorgio
Ferrara
The magnificent Cathedral of San Giorgio in Ferrara, Emilia Romagna, was erected by the will of William of Adelard and consecrated to the saint of the same name in 1135. Definitely worth a visit.
Palazzo della Ragione
Ferrara
This elegant mansion in Gothic style, built between the years 1315 and 1326, was rebuilt after the fire that almost destroyed it after the Second World War. Today, despite all, is back with its splendor .
Palazzo Paradiso
Ferrara
The beautiful Palazzo Paradiso, built in 1391, is an important symbol of the city Ferrara, inside it houses the Ariostea Public Library, where you can find beautiful works by Ludovico Ariosto.
Università di Ferrara
Ferrara
The city of Ferrara, in Emilia Romagna, was an important university and Italian humanist centre. In this ancient university, in 1391, graduated famous people in world history, including: Nicholas Copernicus and Paracelsus.
Palazzo dei Diamanti
Ferrara
A beautiful building, a whole construction in marble, very beautiful and special, shaped as a diamond point. Inside you will find the unique National Art Gallery in Ferrara, which contains works of great value. Worth visiting!
Le Mura di Ferrara
Ferrara
In the Middle Ages the building of walls surrounded by a moat was common, and those of Ferrara, are no exception; they are almost 9 km long and of preserved features , the walls of Ferrara, are absolutely worth seeing!
Museo di Storia Naturale
Ferrara
The interesting Museum of Natural History, built between the years 1935 and 1937, contains rich collections of zoology, of Geopaleontology and mineralogy (with many Brazilian stones) that are worth to be seen.
Corso Ercole I° d'Este
Ferrara
Corso Ercole I d'Este is a historic route of Ferrara among the most important in the city and the oldest in Europe.Desired by the Duke of Ferrara Ercole I d'Este and commissioned to Biagio Rossetti, started in 1492 and finished in 1510
Palazzo Municipale
Ferrara
The palace was the first residence of the Este family.
Museo Etnografico
Fratta Polesine
(23 Km)
Villa Avezzu
Fratta Polesine
(23 Km)
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.
Villa Badoer
Fratta Polesine
(23 Km)
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.
Torre di Arquà
Arqua'Polesine
(22 Km)
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.
Castello del Belriguardo
Voghiera
(13 Km)
Casa-Museo Matteotti
Fratta Polesine
(23 Km)
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.
Torre Malvezzi ruderi
Galliera
(20 Km)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna "O. Marchesi"
Copparo
(18 Km)