Italy Attractions: Holy Place
Here's a list of all attractions in Italy tagged as 'Holy Place' . Click 'X' to remove this filter and browse all of our top local attractions.
Sistine Chapel
The world-famous Sistine Chapel is inside the Pope's residence in the Vatican. Part of its fame is directly related to the papacy: The Sistine Chapel is where ... Continue Reading »
St Peter's Basilica
St Peter's Basilica was built between 1506 and 1590, when the dome was finally completed. It is on the site of the tomb of St. Peter; his relics were finally ... Continue Reading »
Roman Catacombs
Catacombs are ancient underground cemeteries; the catacombs here in Rome were mainly used by Christians (and occasionally Jews) from the 2nd to the 5th ... Continue Reading »
Pantheon
The Pantheon in Rome is a remarkable building architecturally. Basically a cylinder with the floating dome on top of columns, it is the largest masonry vault ... Continue Reading »
St Mark's Basilica (Basilica of San Marco)
Basilica di San Marco (St Mark's Cathedral) is magnificent. It is both a wonderful architectural flurry of Gothic, Byzantine, Romanesque and Renaissance ... Continue Reading »
Duomo
Milan’s Cathedral, or Duomo, is a much-loved symbol of the city. The most exuberant example of Northern Gothic in Italy, its spiky spires and towers ... Continue Reading »
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina
The exquisite church of Santa Maria della Spina is one of the prettiest fairy-tale churches in the world. Designed in classic Pisan Gothic style, the tiny ... Continue Reading »
Pisa Baptistery (Battistero)
The wedding cake white marble of the Pisa Baptistery, or Battistero, is one of the stunning collection of buildings on the Piazza dei Miracoli. The ... Continue Reading »
Catacombe di San Gennaro
These are the most important catacombs in southern Italy due to the length of their use as a burial site and the well-preserved mosaics. In use from the rise ... Continue Reading »
Pisa Duomo
Pisa’s marvelously striped marble cathedral is a textbook example of Pisan Romanesque architecture, dating back to 1064. Roughly cross-shaped, the duomo ... Continue Reading »
Holy Shroud (Cappella della Sacra Sindone)
Behind the high altar in the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista, also known as the Duomo di Torino is the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, containing one of most ... Continue Reading »
Duomo di San Gennaro
The Duomo is the main church of Naples. A wonderful Gothic cathedral built in the thirteenth century, it stands on the site of an earlier church dating from ... Continue Reading »
Basilica de Superga
In June of 1706, during the War of Spanish Succession, the city of Turin was besieged by the allied army of France and Spain. The conflict lasted through the ... Continue Reading »
Basilica di San Petronio
Named for Bologna’s patron saint, the city’s fifth-century bishop, the Basilica di San Petronio is the world’s fifth-largest church and a fabulous example ... Continue Reading »
Basilica di Santo Stefano
A jumble of four churches make up the Basilica of St Stephen, or Basilica di Santo Stefano, dating back to the Romanesque era. With interesting cloisters, ... Continue Reading »
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- People Watching
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