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.

• San Leone

  Church, dedicated to Leo I, in Ordona, Italy.

• San Sebastiano (Massa)

  Cathedral dating to 1963. Designed by Gaetano Rapisardi.

• Palazzo Ducale (Massa)

  Palace in Renaissance style, in Massa, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Museo della Pietra Piegata

  Museum of the Bent Stone. 21st-century museum, in Stazzema, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Cerignola Cathedral

  19th-century gothic revival cathedral. Designed by Enrico Alvino.

• Lucca Cathedral

  A cathedral begun in 1060 by Bishop Anselm, later Pope Alexander II, and consecrated in 1070, with a west front started in 1204 and a nave rebuilt in Gothic style in the 14th century.

• Palazzo Pretorio, Lucca

  Palace, designed by Matteo Civitali, in Lucca, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Baptistery of San Giovanni

  Archaeological site, in Canosa di Puglia, Italy.

• Hypogeum Scocchera B

  Archaeological site, in Canosa di Puglia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Santuario della Madonna dell'Altomare

  Sanctuary of the Madonna dell'Altomare. Sanctuary, in Andria, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Thermal Baths Ferrara

  Archaeological site, in Canosa di Puglia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Santuario della Madre dei Bimbi

  Sanctuary of the Mother of Children. 20th-century sanctuary in Romanesque style, in San Miniato, Italy.

• Santuario di Santa Maria dei Miracoli

  Sanctuary of Santa Maria dei Miracoli. 16th-century sanctuary, in Andria, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi

  Monument, in Corato, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Museo della Città e del Territorio

  Museum of the City and Territory. Museum, in Corato, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Chiesa dell'Annunziata

  Church of the Annunciation. 14th-century church in Romanesque art in Apulia style, dedicated to Annunciation, in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy.

• Chiesa del Purgatorio

  Church of Purgatory. 17th-century church in Renaissance style, in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Most Holy Trinity

  Former Augustinian nuns' monastery of the late 1500s, built over the old Podestà's palace whose loggias it kept.

• Santuario dei Santi Medici

  Sanctuary of the Holy Doctors. Sanctuary in Neoclassical style, in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy.

• Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie

  Sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces. Sanctuary in Romanesque style, in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy.

• Castle

  Castle, in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Castle

  Castle, in Bitonto, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Rocca di Montestaffoli

  14th-century castle, in San Gimignano, Italy.

• Collegiate Church of San Gimignano

  11th-century museum in Romanesque style, in San Gimignano, Italy, designated as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Monteriggioni Museum

  21st-century museum, in Monteriggioni, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage, covering 200.0 km².

• Santa Maria delle Grazie

  Fifteenth-century oratory built by the Luci brothers, turned into a convent in 1501.

• Angevin Castle

  13th-century castle, in Mola di Bari, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Palazzo Sansedoni, Siena

  Palace, dedicated to Sansedoni, designed by Agostino da Siena, in Siena, Italy.

• Museo del mare di Monopoli

  Museum, in Monopoli, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Monumental Fountain

  Fountain, in Mola di Bari, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Palazzo Chigi-Saracini

  Palace, designed by Arturo Viligiardi, in Siena, Italy.

• Palazzo Marsili

  Palazzo Marsili is a Gothic style urban palace located on Via di Città #124-132 in Siena.

• Castle of Monopoli

  Castle, in Monopoli, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Chiesa della Madonna di Vitaleta

  Church, dedicated to Mary, in San Quirico d'Orcia, Italy.

• Santa Maria Assunta

  Church in Romanesque style, dedicated to Assumption of Mary, in San Quirico d'Orcia, Italy.

• Ponte delle Mille miglia

  Bridge of the Thousand Miles. Bridge, in San Quirico d'Orcia, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• San Pietro

  Saint Peter. Church in Romanesque style, dedicated to Saint Peter, in Radicofani, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Madonna del Roccheto

  Church, dedicated to Mary, in Radicofani, Italy.

• Santa Elisabetta

  Saint Elizabeth. Church, in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Fortress and Museum of Radicofani

  20th-century museum, in Radicofani, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage, covering 500.0 km².

• Museo del Cassero

  Museum of the Cassero. 20th-century museum, in Radicofani, Italy.

• Torre Santa Sabina

  Tower of Santa Sabina. Tower, in Carovigno, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Proceno Castle

  Castle, in Proceno, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre Pozzelle

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

• Castello alfonsino

  15th-century castle, in Brindisi, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Monument to Virgil

  20th-century monument, designed by Floriano Bodini, in Brindisi, Italy, built in Carrara marble.

• Brindisi cathedral

  Cathedral. Designated as Italian national heritage.

• End of the Via Appia Antica

  Archaeological site, in Brindisi, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

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