Savona: Sightseeing
Places and attractions in the Sightseeing category
Archaeological Museum of Savona
The Archaeological Museum of Savona is located in Palazzo della Loggia inside the Priamar Fortress. It presents the history of the Priamar promontory and the town of Savona. On the exposition are old collections of objects from around the Mediterranean and artifacts from the 20th century excavations of the fortress and its surrounding.
Fortezza del Priamar
Medieval fortress with tours and museum The Priamar Fortress is a fortress occupying the hill with the same name above the port of Savona, Liguria, northern Italy.
Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Misericordia
The Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Misericordia is a church and surrounding buildings located some six kilometers from the center of Savona, Liguria, northern Italy. It is built on the site commemorating the apparition of the Virgin Mary to the shepherd and officially blessed Antonio Botta.
Cathedral of the Assumption
Savona Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Savona, Liguria, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Savona, since 1986 it has been the seat of the Bishops of Savona-Noli.
Villa Zanelli
Villa Zanelli is an historical building located in Savona, Liguria, Italy. The building is an example of the Liberty style of residential architecture, and was completed in 1907 for the Zanelli family. Designed by the architect Gottardo Gussoni from Turin, it is close to the Tyrrhenian Sea beach in the Legino district of Savona.
Cappella Sistina
The Sistine Chapel, in Savona, is a Catholic place of worship adjacent to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption which is located in front of the Della Rovere Palace.
Port of Savona
Port of Savona is a port in Savona, Italy. It is the fourth cruise port by number of passengers in Italy, with 1,300,000 people in 2013.
Torretta
The Leon Pancaldo Tower or Quarda Tower, commonly called "Torretta," is a medieval construction located on the harbor of Savona, at the entrance to central Via Paleocapa, and is considered the symbol of the city.
San Giovanni Battista in San Domenico
The church of St. John the Baptist in San Domenico stands at the edge of Savona's historic center, at the intersection of the nineteenth-century main thoroughfare and what had been the pivotal street axis of the medieval old town.
St. Lucia Church
The church of Santa Lucia is a small religious building that stands, in Savona, on a rocky outcrop once overlooking the sea, along the old road connecting with Albissola Marina. The Confraternity of Sts. Augustine and Monica resides there.
Sant'Ambrogio
St. Ambrose Church is the parish church of the Legino district of the city of Savona.
San Pietro Church
St. Peter's Church is located on Untoria Street in a part of Savona's surviving medieval old town near the ancient Porta Bellaria.
Church of St. Andrew the Apostle
The church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo is a religious building in Savona.
Santa Maria Ausiliatrice
The Church of Mary Help of Christians is located in Savona, on Via San Giovanni Bosco, outside the city's historic center, in an urban area developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Chiesa di Santa Rita
The church of Santa Rita is a religious building located in Savona, in the neighborhood of the same name on the right bank of the Letimbro River. The Confraternity of the Holy Trinity resides there.
Madonna della Neve
The Church of Our Lady of the Snows is located in the Fornaci neighborhood in Savona, a few meters from the sea.
Santi Giovanni Battista
The Oratory of Saints John the Baptist, Evangelist and Petronilla is located in the nineteenth-century center of the city of Savona.
Oratorio del Cristo Risorto
The Oratory of the Risen Christ is home to one of the oldest confraternities in Savona and is located in the historic center near the intersection of medieval Via Pia and 19th-century Via Paleocapa.
Church of the Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart Church stands overlooking the public gardens of the Sea Extension, in the municipality of Savona.
Church of San Filippo Neri
The church of St. Philip Neri is the parish church of the Valloria district of the city of Savona.
Forte della Madonna degli Angeli
The Fort of Our Lady of the Angels is a 19th-century fortress located on a hill just behind the center of Savona, at an altitude of 232 m above sea level.
Chiesa del Nome di Maria
The Church of the Name of Mary, better known as the Church of the Two Lions, is a religious building located on a hill in Rocca di Legino, in the municipality of Savona.
Cappella di San Martino
St. Martin's Chapel is a small religious building located in the Lavagnola neighborhood of Savona.
Palazzo Imperiale
Palazzo Imperiale stands along the road from Savona to the Colle di Cadibona, at the confluence of the Letimbro and Lavanestro valleys. It was named after Francesco Maria Imperiale, who owned it in the 18th century.
Seminario Vescovile
The Episcopal seminary of Savona stands in the Villetta neighborhood on the hill just behind the city center.
Convento dei Frati Minori Cappuccini
The Capuchin Convent is a complex of religious buildings located on high ground in the Ligurian town of Savona and is governed by friars of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
Chiesa di San Francesco da Paola
The church of St. Francis of Paola stands in Savona, in the populous Villapiana neighborhood developed during the 20th century.
Monastero di Santa Teresa
The monastery of St. Teresa stands on Florence Street, on a hill behind the Villapiana district of the city of Savona. Inside it reside the cloistered nuns of the Discalced Carmelite order.
Church of San Paolo
St. Paul's Church stands in Savona, in the Oltreletimbro area, along the main road connecting the city center and west, in an area that expanded after World War II.
Chiesa dei Santi Lorenzo
The church of Lorenzo, Biagio and Donato is a small religious building that stands, in Savona, on a hillock once overlooking the Letimbro valley and today surrounded by the working-class neighborhood of Villapiana.
Oratorio di San Dalmazio
The Oratory of St. Dalmatius stands a few meters from the parish church in the Lavagnola neighborhood of Savona.
Church of Holy Mary of Grace
The Chapel of St. Mary, or Our Lady of the Bridge, is a religious building located in the Lavagnola neighborhood of the city of Savona.
Church of the Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity Church is a modern religious building located in Chiavella, in the municipality of Savona.
Map
Liguria