Museum of Ancient, Renaissance and Baroque Art
Ferrara
National Picture Gallery
Created in 1836, the Picture Gallery was the first public collection of Ferrarese paintings, put together to bring a halt to the dispersion of local artistic patrimony by setting up a modern museum in which to conserve and promote Ferrara's art and culture
Cathedral Museum
The Cathedral Museum, sited in the ex church of San Romano, was created through a join initiative between the Cathedral Chapter and the Municipality of Ferrara with the aim of documenting the history of the most important sacred temple of Este spirituality
Palazzina Marfisa d'Este
TEMPORARILY CLOSED. The Villa is a splendid example of a 16th-century high-class residence and was once surrounded by magnificent gardens that connected it to other buildings known as Casini di San Silvestro.
Estense Castle
In Ferrara in 1385, a dangerous revolt convinced Niccolò II d’Este of the need to erect mighty defences for himself and his family thus the Castello di San Michele was built, a fortress erected against the people
House of Ludovico Ariosto
The house, probably built to the design of Girolamo da Carpi, has a simple but elegant brick façade
Museum of Palazzo Schifanoia
Extraordinary vestige of the splendour of the Renaissance period, Palazzo Schifanoia is the symbol of Este Ferrara. The itinerary is open to visitors (divided over 1400 square meters, 21 rooms, about 250 works of art), new layout, and new museographic concept, developed with the aim of reconnecting Ferrara with one of the most important testimonies of its history
Argenta
Cento
Municipal Gallery "Il Guercino"
The Municipal Gallery is housed in a Eighteenth-century building. It hosts the largest concentration in the world of masterpieces by our illustrious fellow citizen Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as “il Guercino” and his workshop
Codigoro
Abbey of Pomposa
A masterpiece of Romanesque art, Pomposa Abbey can be seen from a distance with its towering campanile, which dominates the surrounding countryside like a "lighthouse" in the sea of green that surrounds it.
Throughout the province
Museo di Casa Romei
Magnifico esempio di residenza signorile fra Medioevo e Rinascimento, la casa presenta un cortile d'onore particolarmente suggestivo. L'architetto, probabilmente Pietrobono Brasavola, vi usò elementi tipicamente medievali accanto ad altri pienamente rinascimentali
