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Welcome to Sassuolo Italy. If you’are planning to visit Sassuolo 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 Sassuolo 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 Sassuolo and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

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Formigine (5 Km)

Castello di Formigine

The Castle of Formigine was built in the twelfth century in a strategic position and to defend the territory. Historical information on the existence of the Castle is starting from 1201, the year in which it is mentioned as a fortress built by the Municipality of Modena. The current form of the building is due to the restoration work carried out in 1405.

Formigine (6 Km)

Parco Villa Gandini

The Park of Villa Gandini extends over an area of 106,266 square meters. The area is closely linked to the history and events of the Villa. The Park was built in the years between 1871 and 1978, by Count Luigi Alberto Gandini according to the style of English gardens.

Maranello (6 Km)

Galleria "Ferrari"

The Museum is divided into several areas: the Hall of Victories where all the Ferrari World Champions are exhibited from 1999 to today, the Trophies and the history of the World Champions Drivers. It is the area dedicated to Formula 1 with historical models. The museum's exhibition space is spread over 6 main rooms and is enriched by various services, including the Ferrari Store, the Cafeteria, a professional driving simulator and the photo point. From May a new wing will be opened with a large convention room and a new exhibition room, the muzzle also becomes a congress center capable of hosting

Modena (10 Km)

Museo dell'auto e moto d'epoca Umberto Panini

Modena (11 Km)

Fonte Sacra di S.Geminiano

The Sacred Source of St. Geminiano and its temple were built in 1800, by the architect Mignoni. For its construction, the Diocese participated with great interest. The structure presents the statue of faith on the dome, and under it is the statue of St. Geminiano, while he blesses the source.

Modena (14 Km)

Cinema Teatro Michelangelo

The Cinema Teatro Michelangeo has a capacity of 480 seats. It hosts a full program of opera, cinema and theater for schools.

Modena (14 Km)

Madonna Pellegrina

The establishment of the parish of Madonna Pellegrina dates back to 1958. The first wooden church was built on a soccer field. The structure has grown and developed over the years thanks to the contribution provided by the children and families of the communities. Beautiful works of art are kept inside the parish.

Modena (15 Km)

Teatro delle Passioni

This theater is dedicated to prose. It is part together with Teatro Storchi of ERT Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, Public Regional Teatro Stabile.

Modena (15 Km)

Seminario Metropolitano

The ex-convent of San Francesco and now Metropolitan Seminary. The current building was erected in 1699. Inside of considerable interest is the seventeenth-century cloister of rectangular shape with in the center a marble statue of the Immaculate Con

Modena (15 Km)

Chiesa Beata Vergine delle Grazie

Built at the beginning of '700 it has a simple facade with a single main door. The interior has a nave with a semicircular apse, 4 side chapels, and 2 small chapels.

Modena (15 Km)

Deposito Museo Civico

In the Civic Museum of Art of Modena there are works acquired through the Poletti Prize banned by the Municipality of Modena between 1871 and 1943. The works awarded and produced by young artists are exhibited in the gallery.

Modena (15 Km)

Chiesa di San Paolo

The original structure in the late Romanesque style was much larger than today. The present church was built in the seventeenth century on an earlier building, dating back to 1100, and renovated in last century.

Modena (15 Km)

Galleria Estense

Here are exposed works of art of property of the Dukes of Este and a collection of works that has been acquired later. Among the most precious art collections in Europe, many collections are works from the Emilian school of the XIV-XVIII century.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo del Presepe

The Museum of the Nativity Scene in Modena was built in 1972 by the parish priest Don Sesto Serri. A large number of cribs belonging to different eras are exposed to the public. The ones that stand out most are those of the Neapolitan tradition of the eighteenth century. Of particular interest are also the various terracotta sculptures of the Spanish production of Modena.

Modena (15 Km)

Biblioteca Estense

The Estense Library was established around the 14th century, by the lords of Ferrara and preserves a great heritage of volumes, illuminated codes and musical manuscripts of considerable value. Among them the Bible of Borso D'Este, which comes from the refinement of the school of Ferrara and its art of miniature. There are also documents related to geographical maps, such as the Catalan Charter of the 15th century.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo Civico d'Arte

The Civic Museum of Art was established in 1962, after the division of the Civic Museum of the 800, into an archaeological-ethnological museum and a historical-artistic museum. Inside, it preserves works that testify and document the culture of the city from the Xll to the twentieth century.All the material collected is the result of private donations, including paintings, sculptures, instruments musical, scientific instruments, ceramics and glass. Of great interest, is the Giuseppe Graziosi Gipsoteca, which preserves a collection of plastic and graphic works.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo Universitario di Storia Naturale e Strumentazione Scientifica

The Museum of Natural History and Scientific Instrumentation of the University of Modena was built in 1990. In 1997 it became an Interdepartmental Center where research and studies of scientific museology could be carried out. The building supports collections of different university museums. Currently, the Museum is under reconstruction.

Modena (15 Km)

Palazzo Comunale

Modena (15 Km)

Piazza Grande

The main square which UNESCO included as a World heritage site and includes most of the important buildings and monuments. Few of the most important buildings in Italy can be founded here such as the University, founded in 1175, which houses over 3000 manuscripts and other historical volumes, 25 libraries and 16 cinemas among others.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo Civico del Risorgimento

The Civic Museum of the Risorgimento was built in 1893 and was transferred several times. Only in 1924, it was permanently placed in the Palazzo dei Musei. The collection supports many works that belong to the Risorgimento. The works that stand out most are those concerning the wars of the twentieth century, in particular the Italian-Turkish War and the First World War. In the 90s, the Museum was closed and the materials were transferred to the Civic Museum of Art.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo del Duomo

The Cathedral Museum is set up since 2000 and exhibits forms of artistic expression and culture built around the Cathedral of Modena and testimonies related to the cult of St. Geminiano.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo Lapidario e del Tesoro del Duomo

The Duomo Museum of Modena supports special works that show the life of the Modena church over the centuries. For its great importance, the museum has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the museum there are four rooms that present different works by important and famous artists.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo Lapidario del Duomo

It was established at the end of '800, next to the complex of the Cathedral and the Piazza Grande. It belongs to the world heritage site, which was conferred by UNESCO. The Lapidary is a masterpiece of Roman culture.

Modena (15 Km)

Duomo

Erected in memory of the fallen of the First World War. In the crypt on the pillars and on the walls are carved the names of 7,300 fallen Modenese during the First World War.

Modena (15 Km)

Monastero dei Benedettini

The current structure is the work of an extension, which occurred during 1500, of a previous structure dating from the late tenth century. The facade has a seventeenth-century portal inside and you can see the cloister of the Levant.

Modena (15 Km)

Chiesa di San Carlo

Built in 1664 by the ducal architect Bartolomeo Avanzini, today used as an auditorium. Inside there are paintings from the most important artists of the '600 Modena.

Modena (15 Km)

La Ghirlandina

The Ghirlandina tower, protected by Unesco as an artistic heritage of humanity, dates back to 1261. In Gothic style it is so called for the double round of railings that they surround it as garlands.

Modena (15 Km)

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

It rises on the western side of Piazza Matteotti, and was originally dedicated to St. Michael. It was rebuilt in the sixteenth century and in accordance with the present appearance in 1723 and designed by Gerolamo Frigamelica Roberti.

Modena (15 Km)

Raccolta d'Arte della Provincia

In the Palace of the Province there are works of great importance. There is a collection with works from the nineteenth century to the Second World War. In the building there are post-impressionistic paintings by great artists.

Modena (15 Km)

Museo Muratoriano

Modena (15 Km)

Teatro Storchi

The theater which retains its original structure, was named after Gaetano Storchi, from Modena a merchant who financed its construction. It has a rich program from the theater season, and many initiatives offered to the public.

Modena (16 Km)

Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti

Opened in 1841 as " Teatro dell’Illustrissima Comunità". In 2007, one month from the death of the great tenor from Modena, it was known as "Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti. " It hosts concerts, operas and ballets.

Modena (16 Km)

Santuario della Madonna del Murazzo

The facade is in Lombard-Gothic style . The interior is composed of five altars and maintains various sculptures, paintings and statues of the nineteenth and twentieth century.

Modena (16 Km)

Museo Astronomico e Geofisico

The Astronomical and Geophysical Museum of Modena was founded in 1826, by decree of Duke Francesco IV d'Este. The Museum represents an example of scientific study from the period from 1820 to 1920, hosting ancient astronomical, meteorological and geophysical instruments. Newtonian telescopes from the nineteenth century were used in the same premises. Currently, the museum is closed for restoration.

Modena (16 Km)

Palazzo Ducale

The Doge's Palace dates back to 1634 wanted by Francesco I d'Este on a project by Bartolomeo Avanzini. Inside you can admire the beautiful ballroom, the throne room and the golden sitting room. Today it is home to the Military Academy.

Modena (16 Km)

Museo della Figurina

Modena (16 Km)

Galleria Civica

Modena (16 Km)

Museo del Combattente

The Combatant Museum was built in 1995. Inside, 1,200 objects are exhibited that testify to the period of the two world wars. The collected items were donated by citizens. Among the objects on display are gas masks, photographic prints and imprisonment diaries. Of particular interest is a Bersagliere bicycle from 1912 and the equipment of a ski soldier.

Modena (16 Km)

Palazzina dei Giardini

The Palazzina dei Giardini was built in the 7th century, at the behest of Francesco I d'Este and was located in the gardens of the Doge's Palace in Modena. The original role of the building was that of a fun place for the court as well as Casinos. The property has a large area and spaces of extraordinary beauty, which is why it is considered an ideal place for art exhibitions.

Modena (16 Km)

Museo Civico Archeologico Etnologico

The museum was founded in 1871. The ethnological section preserves the collections of Carlo Boni from New Guinea, Pre-Columbian Peru, South America, Africa and Asia. Later, other materials were pooled, donations of scholars and travelers in Modena.

Modena (16 Km)

Chiesa di San Lazzaro

The building is all that remains of the leper colony built in the late twelfth century.

Vignola (18 Km)

Torre Campiglio

The Campiglio Tower of Vignola was built in 1605 using irregular granite basins. It has a truncated conical shape and is 12 meters high. In the last century, part of the Tower was destroyed. In the nineteenth century, however, it underwent some restorations.

Marano sul Panaro (18 Km)

Museo Civico di Ecologia e Storia Naturale

The Civic Museum of Ecology and Natural History was opened in 1994 inside the ancient mill of the feudal lords Montecuccoli. The exhibition is divided into seven rooms, where mineralogical, paleontological and zoological collections of the territory of Marano sul Panaro are exhibited.

Vignola (18 Km)

Villa Martuzzi trasformato

Villa Martuzzi was built in the sixteenth century by the Marquises Rangoni. In the nineteenth century the building was purchased by Counts Martuzzi and Ripandelli and restored in a seventeenth-century style. During World War II, a Nazi department was introduced in the villa.

Spilamberto (19 Km)

Museo del Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena

The Museum of Traditional Balsamic of Modena was built on 24 November 2002 by the Association “Consorteria of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar”. It aims to promote tradition and everything that has to do with this traditional product. All the items on display can be touched by hand and are characterized by the aroma of vinegar.

Spilamberto (19 Km)

Castello Rangone

The Rangone Castle was built during the XIII by the Municipality of Modena. The building has a defensive structure, consisting of a large tower. The castle belonged to the Spilamberto family, who gave it to the Rangoni family, from which it also took its name. In the twentieth century the castle was abandoned and in 2005 it passed to the Municipality of Spilamberto.

Modena (19 Km)

Chiesa di San Giorgio

The design of the present church built in the seventeenth is attributed to Gaspare Vigarani. The interior has a Greek cross with a a central dome and the high altar of 1666 in polychrome marbles by Antonio Loraghi.

Vignola (19 Km)

Museo Civico di Vignola

The Civic Museum of Vignola consists of two exhibition sections articulated in the collections of Paleontology and Geomineralogy. The collection of fossils donated in 1991 by the Bertarelli collection, composes together with the fossils found on site, the Paleontology section. The Geomineralogy section exhibits minerals and rocks of the Val Samoggia, the Panaro valleys and the Modena Apennines.

Vignola (20 Km)

Castello Vignola

The Castle of Vignola, also known as the Fortress, was built in 1963 but there is no certain information. Today it is considered one of the identifying symbols of the Vignolese. The castle can be visited today according to set times.

Vignola (20 Km)

Torre Galvani

The Galvani Tower was built by the Galvani family from which it also took its name. It is the only one of the four towers named after the families who had them in custody. Currently, the building is privately owned.

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Green Resort

Formigine (8 Km) - Via Turchetto, 22

e-mail www +393355410524

The grounds are strategicalled located in the green and tranquil area of the residential neighbourhood of Casinalbo in Casinalbo di Formigine, few minutes away from the new Civil Hospital, from downtown Modena, nearby the main arterial roads to Maranello (Ferrari) and Sassuolo (Ceramics), and with access routes to highways. Each housing solution is in perfect synch with the environment and translates into luminous spaces, elegance of detail, sophistication in decor, but always with an eye for convenience. Each apartment consists of a night area with matrimonial bed, day area with a fully-equipped cooking corner, and a bathroom. The clients have at disposal a parking area in the yard protected by an automatic gate, or, if available, in the garage.

La Lanterna

Guiglia (19 Km) - Piazza Cantelli, 8

e-mail www +3959792444

Hotel La Cartiera - Vignola Village Resort

Vignola (19 Km) - Via Sega, 2

e-mail www +3959767089

Hotel La Cartiera is situated in Vignola, behind the cherries valley, 18 km from Modena and 29 km from Bologna in the heart of the land made famous for fast cars and castles. The different room categories and the apartments in the residence offer maximum comfort thanks to the modern facilities on offer: a flat screen television with satellite channels, autonomous climate control, Wi-Fi access, a safe, a hairdryer, a bathrobe and slippers. The perfect choice for business and leisure trips alike, the hotel has a restaurant, a large spa area with a gym and beauty treatments, a car park and Wi-Fi access. The Ferrari museum in Maranello, the vinegar making areas, the ham producers and traditional dairies are all only a few minutes from the hotel, whilst Bologna Panigale Airport is only 30 minutes drive away.

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Things to do in Sassuolo Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Castello di Montegibbio

Palazzo Ducale

What To See near Sassuolo

Castello di Formigine

Parco Villa Gandini

Galleria "Ferrari"

Museo dell'auto e moto d'epoca Umberto Panini

Fonte Sacra di S.Geminiano

Cinema Teatro Michelangelo

Madonna Pellegrina

Teatro delle Passioni

Seminario Metropolitano

Chiesa Beata Vergine delle Grazie

Deposito Museo Civico

Chiesa di San Paolo

Galleria Estense

Museo del Presepe

Biblioteca Estense

Museo Civico d'Arte

Museo Universitario di Storia Naturale e Strumentazione Scientifica

Palazzo Comunale

Piazza Grande

Museo Civico del Risorgimento

Museo del Duomo

Museo Lapidario e del Tesoro del Duomo

Museo Lapidario del Duomo

Duomo

Monastero dei Benedettini

Chiesa di San Carlo

La Ghirlandina

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

Raccolta d'Arte della Provincia

Museo Muratoriano

Teatro Storchi

Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti

Santuario della Madonna del Murazzo

Museo Astronomico e Geofisico

Palazzo Ducale

Museo della Figurina

Galleria Civica

Museo del Combattente

Palazzina dei Giardini

Museo Civico Archeologico Etnologico

Chiesa di San Lazzaro

Torre Campiglio

Museo Civico di Ecologia e Storia Naturale

Villa Martuzzi trasformato

Museo del Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena

Castello Rangone

Chiesa di San Giorgio

Museo Civico di Vignola

Castello Vignola

Torre Galvani

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