Chiesa di Santa Maria di Idris
Matera, Italy
Santa Maria di Idris is cut into the Monterrone, the tall rock spur that rises in the middle of the Sasso Caveoso in…
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Best churches to visit in Italy
Italy has more churches in this catalogue than any other country, and the most visited church interiors in the world: the Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s in Rome, the cathedral and baptistery complex of Florence, St Mark’s in Venice and the roof of Milan Cathedral. Beyond the big four, the list runs from the gold mosaics of Monreale and Ravenna to Giotto’s chapel in Padua and the cave churches of Matera.
Rome 14Venice 11Florence 9Naples 9Ravenna 6Palermo 5Assisi 4Lecce 4Matera 4Padua 4Milan 3Turin 3Bari 2Bologna 2Como 2Olbia 2Pisa 2Siena 2Sorrento 2Syracuse 2Verona 2Acireale 1Amalfi 1Arezzo 1Bolsena 1Brescia 1Camogli 1Cascia 1Cassino 1Catania 1Cefalu 1Chiusdino 1Ferrara 1Gaeta 1Gornate Olona 1Lucca 1Mantua 1Modena 1Modica 1Monopoli 1Monreale 1Montalcino 1Monza 1Noto 1Orvieto 1Perugia 1Pompei 1Positano 1San Gimignano 1San Giovanni Rotondo 1Spello 1Taormina 1Trani 1Tuscany 1
Cathedrals 34Basilicas 41Churches 25Chapels 9Monasteries & Abbeys 12Shrines & Sanctuaries 3Crypts & Ossuaries 3
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Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio
Palermo, Italy
The Martorana stands on Piazza Bellini in the historic centre of Palermo, beside the little red-domed church of San…
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Cloister of Santa Chiara
Naples, Italy
The church is free; the ticket is for the majolica cloister, the archaeological area and the small museum, and it is…
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Collegiata of San Gimignano
San Gimignano, Italy
The Collegiata charges a small ticket that includes the chapel of Santa Fina;
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Crypt of the Original Sin
Matera, Italy
The Crypt of Original Sin is a cave church in the countryside a few kilometres outside Matera, in Basilicata, southern…
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Duomo of Monza
Monza, Italy
Monza Cathedral, the Duomo of Monza, stands in the centre of Monza, about twenty kilometres north of Milan, and entry…
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Frari Basilica
Venice, Italy
A modest ticket is bought at the door or online, and the Chorus Pass, which covers about fifteen Venetian churches…
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Mantua Cathedral
Mantua, Italy
Mantua Cathedral, the Cathedral of San Pietro, stands on the Piazza Sordello in the historic centre of Mantua,…
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Modena Cathedral
Modena, Italy
Modena Cathedral stands on the Piazza Grande in the centre of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, and entry is free;
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Padua Baptistery
Padua, Italy
The Baptistery of Padua stands beside Padua Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in the centre of Padua, in the Veneto…
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Perugia Cathedral
Perugia, Italy
Perugia Cathedral, the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, stands on the Piazza IV Novembre at the top of the hilltop city of…
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San Francesco del Deserto
Venice, Italy
San Francesco del Deserto is a small island in the northern Venetian lagoon, a few minutes by boat beyond Burano, and…
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San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice, Italy
The church is free to enter; the campanile is the ticket and it is cheap.
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Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
The Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina is in San Giovanni Rotondo, on the Gargano promontory in Puglia, and it is…
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Santa Maria di Cerrate Abbey
Lecce, Italy
The Abbey of Santa Maria di Cerrate stands in the countryside about fifteen kilometres north of Lecce, in Puglia,…
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Santa Maria e San Donato
Venice, Italy
The Church of Santa Maria and San Donato stands on a canal in the centre of Murano, the island of glassmakers in the…
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Santa Maria Novella
Florence, Italy
One ticket covers the church, the Green Cloister, the Spanish Chapel and the museum rooms, and it is bought at a…
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Santa Monica
Florence, Italy
The Church of Santa Monaca stands on Via Santa Monaca in the Oltrarno district of Florence, Italy, the neighbourhood…
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Santissima Trinità
Gaeta, Italy
The Sanctuary of the Montagna Spaccata, the Split Mountain, stands on the Monte Orlando promontory at the southern end…
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Santo Stefano Rotondo
Rome, Italy
Entry is free and there is no ticket office; the church is served by the Hungarian college that owns it and keeps…
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Torba Abbey
Gornate Olona, Italy
The Monastery of Torba stands at the foot of a wooded hill in Gornate Olona, in the province of Varese in Lombardy,…
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Trani Cathedral
Trani, Italy
Trani Cathedral, the Cathedral of San Nicola Pellegrino, stands on an open square at the edge of the sea in the harbour…
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Archbishop’s Chapel, Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy
The chapel is covered by the Ravenna combined ticket, which also admits you to the Basilica of San Vitale, the…
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Baglioni Chapel
Spello, Italy
The chapel is inside the collegiate church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Spello and is entered free with the rest of the…
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