Via Francigena: Points of interest
Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.
- Santa Croce, Mortara
16th-century classicism abbey. Designed by Pellegrini Tiballdi.
- San Giovanni Evangelista
16th-century renaissance architecture abbey. Designed by Bernardino Zaccagni.
- Nostra Signora della Guardia
20th-century sanctuary in Romanesque Revival style, in Pontremoli, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- Pointe des Trois Lacs
Natural landmark, in Entremont District, Switzerland, at 2,759 m elevation.
- Pointe de Drône
The Pointe de Drône is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It lies west of the Great St.
- Mont Fourchon
Mont Fourchon is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
- Palatine Towers
The Palatine Gate (Italian: Porta Palatina; Piedmontese: Pòrta Palatin-a) is a Roman Age city gate located in Turin, Italy.
- Mole Antonelliana
19th-century eclectic architecture tower. Designed by Alessandro Antonelli.
- Private House on Via Ottavio Revel, 18
Masonry techniques: brick facing and plaster; horizontal structures: bricked vaults; underground structures: semi-basements.
- Private House on Via Ottavio Revel, 19
Masonry techniques: brick facing; horizontal structures: bricked vaults; underground structures: semi-basements.
- Private House on Via Ottavio Revel, 20
Horizontal structures: bricked vaults; underground structures: semi-basements.
- Private House on Via Alessandro Vittorio Papacino, 2
Masonry techniques: brick and plaster facing; underground structures: basements; horizontal structures: ceilings with bricked vaults.
- Private House on Via Giuseppe Pomba, 4, 6, 8, 7, 9, 11
Underground structures: cellars.
- Private House on Via Paolo Sacchi 40, 42
Masonry techniques: brick and plaster facing; underground structures: basements.
- Private House on Via Saluzzo, 98
Horizontal structures: bricked vaults; underground structures: basements.
- Private House on Via Paolo Sacchi, 28 bis
Masonry techniques: plaster and brick facing; horizontal structures: bricked vaults; underground structures: basements.
- [Private House on Via Nizza, 43]
underground structures: basements
- [Private House on Via Giuseppe Pomba, 17]
underground structures: brick with barrel vaults, 1 floor of cellars
- Chiesa di S. Cristina
underground structures: 1 floor below ground level with a large area used as an oratory
- Chiesa di S. Carlo Borromeo
underground structures: 1 floor below ground level with a large area used as an oratory
- Chiesa di S. Francesco da Paola
floors: various; underground structures: vaulted structures
- Residential Building, formerly Chocolate Factory Michele Talmone
underground structures: basements
- [Private House on Corso Principe Oddone, 1]
masonry techniques: reinforced concrete, brick facing; underground structures: basements; decorations: stucco reliefs, wrought iron
- [Private House on Corso Principe Oddone, 3]
horizontal structures: filled vaults; underground structures: basements
- Juvarriani Palaces in Piazza della Repubblica 1, 3
Underground structures: barrel and cross vaults in brick masonry.
- Juvarriani Palaces in Piazza della Repubblica 2, 4
Underground structures: barrel and cross vaults in brick masonry.
- Former Military Factory
Structure in Hennebique reinforced concrete, masonry infill; shed warehouse.
- Santa Rosa
A neoclassical church rebuilt in 1850, with a dome added in 1913.
- Cistercian Abbey of Viterbo
The Cistercian Abbey of Viterbo (also known as Monastero della Duchessa) has been a Cistercian monastery in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy since 1557.
- Palazzo del Podestà
The Palazzo del Podesta, also known as Palazzo del Governatore, is a 13th-century civic palace located in Piazza del Plebiscito in central Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy.
- Fontana Grande, Viterbo
Fontana Grande or Large Fountain is a medieval fountain located in a piazza of the same name, and the intersection of via Garibaldi and via Cavour, in the historic center of Viterbo, region of…
- Santi Giuseppe e Teresa
Santi Giuseppe e Teresa is a Baroque-style, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in the historic Viterbo, regio of Lazio, Italy.
- San Giovanni in Zoccoli
San Giovanni in Zoccoli (St John in Sandals) is an Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in Via Mazzini #8 in Viterbo in the Region of Lazio, Italy.
- San Giovanni Battista del Gonfalone, Viterbo
San Giovanni Battista del Gonfalone (St John the Baptist of the Banner) is a Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic oratory (chapel or small church for a confraternity) located on #11 Via Cardinal La…
- Santa Maria Nuova
Santa Maria Nuova is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Baciadonne and the piazza of the same name in the historic center of Viterbo in the Region of Lazio, Italy.
- Santi Giacomo e Martino
Church, dedicated to James the Less, in Viterbo, Italy.
- Sant'Ignazio
Church, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, in Viterbo, Italy.
- Sant'Angelo in Spatha
The church of Sant'Angelo in Spatha is a church in Viterbo, located in Piazza del Plebiscito.
- VITERBO, VIA MONTE BIANCO
There is news of fragments of "small clay pots possibly belonging to a modest funerary equipment" found on Via Monte Bianco during construction work.
- Volsinii
The ancient Etruscan city that Valerius Maximus called the head of Etruria, rich and ordered by custom and law.
- Castello di Bolsena
Medieval fortress raised in stages between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, when the Guelf Monaldeschi family held the town.
- Palazzo del Drago
Palazzo Netti is a Renaissance architecture aristocratic palace located on Via Francesco Cozza #2 in the town of Bolsena, region of Lazio, Italy.
- Colle Falisco
Colle Falisco is a hill in the Volsini mountains located in the municipality of Montefiascone in the province of Viterbo, offering a panoramic view of Lake Bolsena and the plain leading towards…
- Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore
The Church of the Most Holy Savior is located in Bolsena, Italy, and is designated as Italian national heritage.
- Sant'Andrea, Montefiascone
Sant'Andrea in Campo is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church in Montefiascone, province of Viterbo, Italy.
- San Francesco
San Francesco is a church dedicated to Francis of Assisi, located in Bolsena, Italy, and is designated as Italian national heritage.
- San Salvatore
San Salvatore is a church dedicated to Salvator Mundi, located in Bolsena, Italy.
- Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve
The historic Church of Santa Maria della Neve is worth a quiet moment inside if the doors are open.
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