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

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Ferrara (2 Km)

Palazzo della Ragione

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 .

Cento (9 Km)

Castello della Giovannina

The Castle of Giovannina was built in 1504.. Inside the Castle still preserves beautiful frescoes today. The frescoes illustrate famous poems such as the Orlando Furioso, the Liberated Jerusalem, the Aeneid, the Pastor Fido and the Abducted Secchia. Today it is used as a municipal residence and is given as a concession to a catering company for the organization of events, such as weddings and conferences.

Ferrara (10 Km)

Museo di Architettura - Casa di Biagio Rossetti

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).

Cento (11 Km)

Torre dell' Orologio

The building was built as a Clock Tower in 1548 by the architect Francesco Gilardini. The tower has a marble dome.

Cento (11 Km)

Pinacoteca Civica "Il Guercino"

The Civic Art Gallery of Cento is located inside the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà in the municipality of Cento. The Palace was built in 1782 and the Art Gallery was officially known in 1839. It is one of the most important in the area. Currently it houses a large collection of works by Guercino. We can mention among the artists present Marcello Provenzali and Ludovico Carracci and numerous other artists of the past centuries. All the furniture in the room is very nice and embellished with furniture from the period in question. Admission to the art gallery is free for all art lovers.

Cento (11 Km)

Museo del Teatro "G. Borgatti"

The Giuseppe Borgatti Theatre was built in 1831 as an excellent example of the Italian theatre and is equipped with a nineteenth-century hall with stage. Thanks to it, several characters from the tradition were discovered who made Italian theater. A theatrical season takes place annually with the organization of several shows.

Cento (11 Km)

Porta Pieve

Porta Pieve is located in Cento. In the past there were four doors: Porta Pieve, Porta del Griglio or Porta della Rocca, Porta Molina and Porta Chiusa. Today, only the Porta Pieve is present. It is a tower of fourteenth-century architecture. Today, the sides of the door are clearly visible.

Cento (11 Km)

Rocca di Cento

The Rocca di Cento is one of the oldest monuments in the area. The construction of the castle dates back to 1382-1387 by the architect Antonio di Vincenzo and by the will of the bishop of Bologna. It is a defensive military structure and is surrounded by a very large and beautiful garden full of flowers and green trees. Today it represents a place of culture and entertainment.

Ferrara (13 Km)

Torre dell'uccellino

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.

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.

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)

Palazzo Municipale

The palace was the first residence of the Este family.

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 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)

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)

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)

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)

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 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)

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 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 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 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 (20 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.

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La Lepre Bianca

Cento (7 Km) - Via Di Renazzo, 88

e-mail www +395118895087

Set in a 2000 m² park, La Lepre Bianca features a swimming pool in natural stone. It offers a free shuttle to the town centre of Cento, 4 km south. Rooms and suites have a rustic feel with wood-beamed ceilings, wood floors and antique furniture. All have views of the park and are air conditioned. You will also find a TV and free Wi-Fi. A full English breakfast is served each morning, while the restaurant offers good quality Emilia-Romagna specialities at dinner. Parking is free at La Lepre Bianca. Its location is ideal for exploring the region, with Ferrara and Modena both 45 minutes' drive away. Bologna is just under 1 hour away by car.

Az. Agr. Spagnolina

Ferrara (15 Km) - Via Saccona 33 - Porporana

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Things to do in Terre del Reno Italy – what to see attractions and activities

What To See near Terre del Reno

Palazzo della Ragione

Castello della Giovannina

Museo di Architettura - Casa di Biagio Rossetti

Torre dell' Orologio

Pinacoteca Civica "Il Guercino"

Museo del Teatro "G. Borgatti"

Porta Pieve

Rocca di Cento

Torre dell'uccellino

Casa Romei

Casa di Ludovico Ariosto

Palazzo Municipale

Teatro Nuovo

Cattedrale di San Giorgio

Centro Storico di Ferrara

Castello Estense

Palazzo Paradiso

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara

Addizione Erculea

Museo Geo-Paleontologico

Lapidario Civico

Museo Ebraico

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale

Museo di Storia Naturale

Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza

Palazzo dei Diamanti

Università di Ferrara

Oratorio dell'Annunziata

Orto botanico dell'Università di Ferrara

Corso Ercole I° d'Este

Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Palazzo Schifanoia

Palazzina di Marfisa d'Este

Porta degli Angeli

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