City

The route unfolds chronologically through the city’s main four squares: it starts from Piazza del Foro, which is overlooked by iconic monuments from ancient Brixia, such as the Capitolium, the city’s main temple. The tour continues in Piazza Paolo VI with the Romanesque cathedral, the so-called “Rotonda”, and the seventeenth-century Duomo Nuovo (New Cathedral). Next […]

The route unfolds chronologically through the city’s main four squares: it starts from Piazza del Foro, which is overlooked by iconic monuments from ancient Brixia, such as the Capitolium, the city’s main temple. The tour continues in Piazza Paolo VI with the Romanesque cathedral, the so-called “Rotonda”, and the seventeenth-century Duomo Nuovo (New […]

The route includes a visit to the Benedictine monastic complex of San Salvatore – Santa Giulia, founded in 753 AD by the last Lombard king Desiderius and a place of historical importance that has been stratified by memories over the centuries: from the perfectly preserved Roman Domus dell’Ortaglia to the Basilica of San Salvatore, a […]

The tour includes a visit to the most important buildings of medieval Brescia: starting from Piazza Paolo VI, overlooked by the Broletto and the Rotonda or Old Cathedral, it continues towards the ancient Torre di Porta Bruciata with the astonishing church of San Faustino in Riposo, continuing along the ancient Corso delle Mercanzie, now […]

The tour includes a visit to the most important buildings of medieval Brescia: starting from Piazza Paolo VI, overlooked by the Broletto and the Rotonda or Old Cathedral; it continues towards the ancient Torre di Porta Bruciata with the astonishing church of San Faustino in Riposo. Walking along the ancient Corso delle Mercanzie, […]

The tour includes stops at Brescia’s major Renaissance buildings: it starts from the splendid Piazza Loggia with the imposing Palazzo della Loggia, now the Town Hall, the Monte Vecchio di Pietà with its elegant Loggetta and lapidarium, the first “archaeological museum” with no historical precedent, and finally the tower with the large astronomical […]

The tour includes stops at Brescia’s major Renaissance buildings: it starts from the splendid Piazza Loggia with the imposing Palazzo della Loggia, now the Town Hall, the Monte Vecchio di Pietà with its elegant Loggetta and lapidarium, the first “archaeological museum” with no historical precedent, and finally the tower with the large astronomical […]