Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Ferrara
(25 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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 Benvignante
Argenta
(9 Km)
Benvignante's Delight was built at the behest of the Este in the 15th century. The building is in Renaissance style and has had several owners, who in turn left their tracks on the structure, for example the coat of arms of Luigi Gulinelli above the entrance. Currently, the complex is not open to the public due to lack of renovations.
Delizia di Fossadalbero
Ferrara
(33 Km)
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
(20 Km)
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
(23 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(25 Km)
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
(25 Km)
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.
Museo Ebraico
Ferrara
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(23 Km)
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
(25 Km)
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
(22 Km)
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
(22 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(22 Km)
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
(28 Km)
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
(13 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(22 Km)
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
(22 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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.
Museo Civico di Medicina
Medicina
(16 Km)
The Civic Museum of Medicine is located in the rooms of the Palazzo Antico della Comunità. It contains works and materials collected over the years. Part of the objects were donated by citizens, while others were collected by the City Council. Of great value are the paintings by the great artist Aldo Borgonzoni.
Museo di Anatomia degli Animali Domestici
Ozzano dell'Emilia
(23 Km)
The Museum of Pet Anatomy presents images and reproductions of pets. Skeletons and various boards are also used. This institute is among the oldest in the province, not only in the Municipality. In fact, it was founded in 1882 by Professor Clemente Papi, and precisely this makes it one of the most important. Today, however, it is possible to see a considerable part of it, compared to the original one collected.
Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica
Ozzano dell'Emilia
(21 Km)
The National Institute for Wildlife has several locations, but the most important is that of Ozzano dell'Emilia, in Bologna. He is tasked with protecting the environmental goods composed of wild animals, analyzing their way of life, evolution and relationships with other local animals. In the Institute we find a post-university qualification school on biology and wildlife conservation and work teaching courses for the coordination of wild animals for graduated technicians.
Museo della Bonifica
Argenta
(11 Km)
The Museum was inaugurated in 2002, although work began in 1994. This is a reclamation process that made several changes to the surrounding area. The Museum is located in a water supply plant. The rooms are well maintained with Art Nouveau architecture and special decorative objects.
Museo delle Valli di Argenta
Argenta
(11 Km)
The present appearance of the Museum is the result of a series of restorations that ended in 2007. Inside there is a historical naturalistic collection, composed of objects and testimonies that document the evolution of the natural environment and the interventions of man in an area characterized by waters. The Museum is open to the public and available to all interested parties.
Castello del Belriguardo
Voghiera
(16 Km)
Addizione Erculea
Ferrara
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(29 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(25 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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
(24 Km)
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.
Delizia del Verginese
Ostellato
(18 Km)
Country castle of the Estensi of Ferrara. Today the site of the Archaeological Museum of the Territory. The castle can also be reached by bicycle thanks to the cycle-tourist route from the Pieve di San Vito (year 1000) to the Roman necropolis of Voghenza.
Necropoli Romana di Voghenza
Ostellato
(22 Km)
Always open to the public, of the imperial age, are visible two burial fences, crate tombs covered by stone slabs of Verona, a sarcophagus. The burials date back to the I-III centuries AD.
Pieve romanica di San Vito
Ostellato
(22 Km)
The church was built in 1027. It is made up of a lot of material for reuse of Roman buildings that would ascertain its construction over some pre-existing pagan temple. In this church we still have two pagan altars today.
Corso Ercole I° d'Este
Ferrara
(25 Km)
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
Il Cassero
Castel San Pietro Terme
(25 Km)
The Cassero is the monument that officially marks the birth of Castel San Pietro in 1199, as a bulwark to defend the territory of Bologna. It is a massive construction, adorned with Ghibelline merli, the work of various interventions.
Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Castel San Pietro Terme
(27 Km)
The church dates back to the eighth century, is in Romanesque style. You should definitely see the crypt of Varignana, located below the church and always dating back to the eighth century.
Palazzo Municipale
Ferrara
(24 Km)
The palace was the first residence of the Este family.
Torre Malvezzi ruderi
Galliera
(24 Km)