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Welcome to Formignana Italy. If you’are planning to visit Formignana for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Formignana and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Formignana and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

What To See near Formignana

Ostellato (10 Km)

Necropoli Romana di Voghenza

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.

Ostellato (10 Km)

Pieve romanica di San Vito

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.

Ostellato (10 Km)

Percorso Cicloturistico

A single cycle-tourist route that connects La Pieve di San Vito, the Valleys of Ostellato, the largest barn in Europe, to the delight of the Virgin, the delight of belriguardo and the Roman necropolis of Voghera.

Ostellato (12 Km)

Delizia del Verginese

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.

Voghiera (13 Km)

Castello del Belriguardo

Ferrara (13 Km)

Delizia di Fossadalbero

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.

Ostellato (14 Km)

Vallette di Ostellato - Oasi del Parco del Delta

Wetland of natural interest organized and accessible by car, bike, on foot. Repopulation area of more than 150 different bird species, shot fishing competition field and capfishing, home of the 2011 fishing world championships.

Ferrara (17 Km)

Le Mura di 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!

Ferrara (18 Km)

Museo Anatomico "G. Tumiati"

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.

Ferrara (18 Km)

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

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.

Ferrara (18 Km)

Museo della Cattedrale

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.

Ferrara (18 Km)

Museo "G. Boldini" e Museo dell'Ottocento

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.

Ferrara (18 Km)

Museo dell'Illustrazione

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”.

Ferrara (18 Km)

Palazzina di Marfisa d'Este

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).

Ferrara (18 Km)

Palazzo Schifanoia

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Oratorio dell'Annunziata

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).

Ferrara (19 Km)

Università di 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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Porta degli Angeli

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Orto botanico dell'Università di Ferrara

Housed in the gardens of Palazzo Turchi in Bagno it was founded for academic purposes in 1771 (with the name of Giardino dei Simplici). It consists of three greenhouses and hosts tropical and subtropical species. The section dedicated to rare aquatic plants and the Japanese garden are notable.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Corso Ercole I° d'Este

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

Ferrara (19 Km)

Museo di Storia Naturale

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Museo Ebraico

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Palazzo dei Diamanti

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!

Ferrara (19 Km)

Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Palazzo Paradiso

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Lapidario Civico

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Museo Geo-Paleontologico

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Addizione Erculea

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!

Ferrara (19 Km)

Teatro Comunale di 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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Teatro Nuovo

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Cattedrale di San Giorgio

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Centro Storico di 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!

Ferrara (19 Km)

Castello Estense

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Palazzo Municipale

The palace was the first residence of the Este family.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Casa di Ludovico Ariosto

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.

Ferrara (19 Km)

Casa Romei

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.

Other attractions in Formignana

Museums

Galleria d'Arte Moderna "O. Marchesi"

Museums

Museo del Bracciante Artigiano

The Museum of the Artisan Worker collects in its interior tools used in the course of manual work of different specializations. The Museum as a whole gives a complete picture of the various activities carried out by the laborers in the fields. The various tools reflect the machining of mechanics and carpenter. Do not miss the exhibition of vintage bicycles and means of transport.

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