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 Maria delle Cacce

  17th-century monastery, in Pavia, Italy.

• Cloister of the Monastery of S. Salvatore

  Monastery, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Northwest Body of the Courtyard Stella of the Monastery of S. Salvatore

  Monastery, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre dell'orologio

  Clock Tower. Tower, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Santa Maria di Canepanova

  Church in Renaissance style, dedicated to Mary, designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, in Pavia, Italy.

• Oratorio dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta (Pavia)

  Church, designed by Giovanni Antonio Veneroni, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Chiostro principale del Monastero di S. Salvatore

  Monastery, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• San Salvatore

  Monastery in Renaissance style, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Corpo del refettorio del Monastero di S. Salvatore

  Monastery, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Palazzo del Maino

  Palace in Renaissance style, in Pavia, Italy.

• Palazzo Bellingeri

  Palace in baroque style, in Pavia, Italy.

• University History Museum, University of Pavia

  20th-century museum, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre San Dalmazio

  Tower, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre de' Catassi

  Tower, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre Beccaria May

  Tower, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Church of San Tommaso

  15th-century gothic art church. Designated as Italian national heritage.

• San Giacomo e Filippo, Pavia

  Church. Designated as Italian national heritage.

• Church Santa Maria Gualtieri

  Church, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• San Marino

  Church. Designated as Italian national heritage.

• Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia

  15th-century italian gothic architecture church. Designed by Bernardo da Venezia.

• San Giovanni Domnarum

  Church. Founded by Gundeberga.

• Chiesa di Santa Mostiola

  Church in First Romanesque style, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• San Colombano Maggiore

  Church in First Romanesque style, dedicated to Columbanus, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Chiesa di San Nicolò della Moneta

  Church in baroque style, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• San Zeno

  Church in Romanesque style, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Oratorio della Confraternita di San Rocco e della Misericordia

  Church, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• San Giuseppe

  Church, in Pavia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Basilica Sant'Ambrogio (Pavia)

  Church, dedicated to Ambrose, in Pavia, Italy.

• The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera

  A town of houses dug into soft rock, in two districts, Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso, joined by stairs and narrow lanes.

• Castello Tramontano

  Castello Tramontano is a 16th-century fortification situated on Lapellio Hill, above the historical city of Matera. It was built to control the local population.

• Palazzo Bernardini (Matera)

  15th-century palace, in Matera, Italy.

• Palazzo Lanfranchi

  17th-century palace, dedicated to Lanfranchi, in Matera, Italy.

• Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo

  Church in baroque style, dedicated to Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, in Matera, Italy.

• Chiesa del Purgatorio

  Church of Purgatory. Church in Romanesque style, in Matera, Italy.

• Convent of Saint Augustine

  Church in baroque style, dedicated to Augustine of Hippo, in Matera, Italy.

• Palazzo Ridola

  Palace, in Matera, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Palazzo Bronzini

  Palace, in Matera, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Fontana Ferdinandea

  Ferdinandea Fountain. 16th-century fountain, dedicated to Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, in Matera, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

  A medieval church begun around 1230, the first sacred building outside Matera's walls, mostly Romanesque with Arab-style portals, Gothic arches and a Greek cross plan.

• San Francesco d'Assisi (Matera)

  Church in baroque style, in Matera, Italy.

• Chiesa di San Domenico

  Church of San Domenico. Church in Romanesque style, dedicated to Saint Dominic, in Matera, Italy.

• Santa Lucia alla Fontana

  Church, in Matera, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Chiesa di San Francesco da Paola

  Church of San Francesco da Paola. Church, in Matera, Italy.

• Chiesa della Libera

  Church of Libera. 19th-century church, dedicated to Our Lady of Libera, in Monte Sant'Angelo, Italy.

• Chiesa Sacro Cuore di Gesù

  Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 20th-century church, dedicated to Sacred Heart, in Monte Sant'Angelo, Italy.

• CHIESA DEL SS. REDENTORE o DELLA CROCE

  Church of the Most Holy Redeemer or of the Cross. The supporting structure is made of masonry.

• CHIESA DI S. MARIA DEL CARMELO

  Church of St. Mary of Carmel.

• Chiesa della Misericordia

  Church, in Ascoli Satriano, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

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