Parma Cathedral – Garibaldi Square loop from Parma
Parma Cathedral – Garibaldi Square loop from Parma
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Parma Cathedral – Garibaldi Square loop from Parma
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8.23km
30m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: April 17, 2026
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1.61 km
Baptistery of Parma
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Triggered? Read the full history at piazzaduomoparma.com/en/the-square/baptistery
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1.68 km
Parma Cathedral
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2.01 km
Partisan Monument, Parma
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To finance the work, a national subscription was concluded between the citizens and the municipalities of the province. The location for the construction of the monument was determined from the beginning in the area in front of the Pilotta Palace (then Piazza Marconi), where a statue of King Vittorio Emanuele II once stood (destroyed on the night of July 5, 1946 at a cost of TNT). A competition was announced for the construction of the work and in July 1954 a jury composed of intellectuals, artists and administrators unanimously chose Mazzacurati and Lusignoli's project.
The monument was inaugurated on June 30, 1956 with a grand ceremony attended by the President of the Republic Giovanni Gronchi and other government authorities, municipal and provincial institutions, deployed armed forces, the banners of the municipalities decorated for the resistance and tens of thousands of people .
In 1966 the work won the national sculpture prize of the Accademia di San Luca. In 1961 it was the victim of an attack and the statue of the partisan on the ground, restored, was placed in the local cemetery of the Villetta, a copy was placed in its place.
Source: pietredellamemoria.it/pietre/monumento-al-partigiano-parma
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3.19 km
Basilica of Santa Maria della Steccata
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In the 15th century, the oratory was donated to the brotherhood dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, which had meanwhile taken the name Beata Vergine della Steccata.
After the oratory was demolished, the new temple was built between 1521 and 1539. The original project was by Gianfranco Zaccagni, then work was continued by Zucchi and later by Gianfranco Ferrari D'Agrate, who made changes to the original project. The passage to Parma by Antonio da Sangallo the younger, who may have suggested to Zucchi the design of the luminous dome and may have made other suggestions for the upper part, dates from that period.
The plan is a Greek cross with arms terminating in semicircular apse. There are an equal number of chapels in the four re-entrant corners. The decoration of the spandrels of the drum and the dome was entrusted in 1560 to Bernardino Gatti who painted the Assumption of Mary in the dome among a large number of saints and patriarchs, as Christ descended to her.
The great arch above the main altar is one of the masterpieces of Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino, who frescoed it between 1533 and 1539. On the right he depicted the "wise virgins" with the lamp on and on the left the "foolish virgins" with the lamp off. In the basin of the apse behind the main altar, the fresco dedicated to the Coronation of the Virgin was executed between 1541/1547 by Michelangelo Anselmi on cartoons by Giulio Romano.
Opening hours: every day from 07:30 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 18:30. Entrance is free.
Leggi di più: visit-parma.com/it/storia-chiesa-di-santa-maria-della-steccata
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3.62 km
Resti del ponte romano
Ruins
5.03 km
Kiosk of the Ducal Park
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5.95 km
Palazzo della Pilotta
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6.32 km
Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi, Parma
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6.79 km
Garibaldi Square
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8.23 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.75 km
1.96 km
831 m
373 m
295 m
Surfaces
5.06 km
1.27 km
1.10 km
776 m
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