Tourist attractions Brescia

Down this picturesque long street you can first survey the Roman remains of Brescia ( Capitolin temple , the theatre and the forum), visit the Saint Salvatore and Saint Giulia monastery, the town museum devoted to local history and finish up at Sa..

Built in 73 AD this temple has preserved the remnants of its cella . The remains of a Roman theatre and of a Brixia forum .

This magnificent museum is housed in the monastery founded in 753 which, over the centuries, developed from the Lombard basilica of San Salvatore, the Romanesque church of Santa Maria, and the Romanesque church of Santa Giulia, which are also used fo..

Today the Brescia town hall, this Loggia was built in the late 15C to the early 16C by various architects including Sansovino and Palladio who helped build the top level. Opposite, the clock tower is surmounted by two jack-of-the-clocks which..

This gallery has a vast collection of works from the Brescia school . This school produced paintings that were distinctive for their richness of tonality and solid compositional balance. Here you see Moretto , who painted religious scenes and port..

Similar to other Brescia churches, this 13C church preserves beautiful works of arts, especially paintings by the local school. You can see a work by Moretto (Three Saints)a Pietà from the Giotto school and a Child Virgin ,altar retable by Romanino.

The new Cathedral (17C) dwarfs the 11C Roman Cathedral nicknamed the Roundhouse because of its circular shape. Inside, there is a magnificent sarcophagus of pink marble surmounted by a recumbent statue of the Bishop and, in the chancel, canva..

This castle was built on top of the ruins of a Roman temple by the Visconti family and subsequently strengthened with bastions. The lion of Saint Mark at the entrance relates the suffering that Brescia endured because of Venetian domination. The Lui..

This church accommodates the Cross of Desiderius (8-9C) bedecked with many hard stones, cameos and coloured glass and adorned with portraits of Galla Placidia, who reigned fastidiously over Ravenne, and of his children.

In the lavish interior of this church you can see the polyptych of the Virgin of the Misericord from the Brescia school (16C) and a delightful fresco from the 16C of the Virgin with Coral .

This church conceals an Annunciation by Jacopo Bellini (15C) as well as a Deposition by the Brescia painter, Civercchio.

This Church houses a Moretto masterpiece, the Crown of the Vergin , as well as a polyptych by Titian.