Tourist attractions Reggio Emilia

This attractive church was built at the start of the 17C in order to commemorate a miracle and has an interior with splendid frescoes, retables and paintings on wood all of which form a remarkable anthology of Emilian painting of the era. The highl..

This square, at the heart of the political, religious and commercial life of Reggio, is flanked by the cathedral with old foundations which was however remodelled in the 15 C, the Romanesque baptistry and the Town hall with the Bordello tower ..

Its 18C facade and unfinished belfry dominate the Piazza S. Prospero. It is reached along the very lively Via Broletto . On the dome of the apse is an attractive cycle of frescoes by C. Procaccini and B. Campi. There are also attractive marquetry st..

These are made up of the Spallanzani Museum of Natural History, a palaeontology and ethnology department, a collection of Roman and medieval mosaics and paintings by local artists such as Solitude by Antonio Fontanesi (1818-1882), and a section d..