Art & Culture
Culture is identity, memory, and territorial cohesion, as well as a driver of development. It would be even better to speak of cultures, and thus of stories, places, and languages that must be preserved, enhanced, and shared.
Moments
10 good reasons visit Pavia
- Art & Culture
Castles Pavia
Towers, walls, ditches .. a journey between fortresses and sumptuous historic houses
- Art & Culture
Churches Pavia
The wonders of faith and the marvels of architecture in splendid religious buildings
- Religious Tourism
The Lands of Kings
A great historical and architectural tour trough the Middle Ages and Reinassance
- Lifestyle
Monuments Pavia
Ancient squares, historic houses, statues, religious buildings, museums ... in Pavia and its province
- Art & Culture
Museums Pavia
Masterpieces of art, treasures and centuries-old traditions in the museums of Pavia and surroundings
- Art & Culture
Theaters Pavia
Opera, prose, dance and theatrical review .... the theater in Pavia and the province is staged
- Art & Culture
Castles and Rice Paddies
A tour of Castles and Rice Paddies in search of a land of exquisite beauty
- Active & Green
Towards the Upper Oltrepò
An itinerary travelling through ancient villages, mountain landscapes and gourmandise
- Lifestyle
The Wine Valleys
A guide to the most picturesque valleys and villages in italy and their fine wines
- Lifestyle
Places
Pavia University Campus
An ancient and glorious history. Alessandro Volta, Ugo Foscolo, Carlo Rubbia sat on the professorships of the University of Pavia
- Art & Culture
Basilica of San Michele Maggiore
- Art & Culture
Castle of Vigevano
The Castle of Vigevano is considered one of the biggest fortified structures in Europe, occupying 70 thousand square metres.
- Art & Culture
Dal Verme Castle
It was built as a military outpost and has proved itself impregnable with its strong walls
- Art & Culture
Belgioioso Castle
- Art & Culture
The Chignolo Po Castle
"La Versailles della Lombardia" (cit. Marc'Antonio Dal Re)
- Art & Culture
Lardirago Castle
- Art & Culture
Duomo di Vigevano
It delimits the eastern side of the Piazza Ducale, with its grandiose Baroque façade
- Religious Tourism
Oramala Castle
- Villages
Scaldasole
- Art & Culture
Valeggio
- Art & Culture
Visconti Castle
At the start of the 20th century, Visconti Castle(PV) was acquired by the local municipality and has since been home to the civic museums
- Art & Culture
Certosa di Pavia
The Certosa di Pavia, a monastery built by Gian Galeazzo Visconti as a family chapel, is connected to the castle by the Visconteo Park.
- Religious Tourism
Civic Museum of Dolls and Toys
"Quirino Cristiani" - Santa Giuletta in Oltrepò Pavese
- Art & Culture
Collezione Maria Maddalena Rossi
- Art & Culture
Cathedral of Pavia
The most impressive church in Pavia to whose design Leonardo Da Vinci contributed
- Religious Tourism
Ecomuseo del Paesaggio Lomellino
- Art & Culture
Mill of Mora Bassa
In the ancient halls of the Mora Bassa Mill in Vigevano, a permanent exhibition on "Leonardo's Machines"
- Art & Culture
Eremo di Sant'Alberto di Butrio
Set up from a miraculous healing, the religious building immersed in the quiet of the Apennines
- Religious Tourism
Il Magazzino dei Ricordi
The museum preserves the historical memory of Zavattarello, recalling the immense cultural heritage and traditions of the area.
- Art & Culture
Pontoon bridge
This bridge is one of the last remaining pontoon bridges in Italy.
- Art & Culture
The Sforzesca
A genuine prototype for subsequent rural Lombard architecture
- Art & Culture
Lomello
- Villages
Civic Museums of Pavia
Inside the magnificent castle built by Galeazzo Visconti between 1360 and 1365
- Art & Culture
Lomellina Archaeological Museum
A dive into the ancient civilizations of Lomellina in Gambolò
- Art & Culture
Archaeology museum and sala longobarda
- Art & Culture
Museum of Art and Rural Traditions of Olevano di Lomellina
- Art & Culture
Giuseppe and Titina Dal Verme Contemporary Art Museum
- Art & Culture
Corkscrew Museum
In the Pinot Noir valley of Montecalvo Versiggia, where corkscrews are as valuable as diamonds
- Art & Culture
The Museum of Electrical Technology
- Art & Culture
Museum of Mineralogy
It houses collections of minerals, rocks, and fossils from the most renowned locations in Italy and abroad
- Art & Culture
Kosmos Natural History Museum
Un museo antico con collezioni scientifiche di altissimo valore, costituito a scopo didattico da Lazzaro Spallanzani nel 1771
- Art & Culture
International footwear museum
An art and a tradition in the town that has been the shoes world capital
- Art & Culture
Ferruccio Lombardi Natural History Museum
- Art & Culture
Pavia University Hisotry Museum
- Art & Culture
Giuseppe Beccari Historical Museum
- Art & Culture
Piazza Ducale in Vigevano
You will be enchanted by one of the most beautiful Renaissance squares
- Art & Culture
Romanesque church Pieve of San Zaccaria
- Art & Culture
Casimiro Ottone Civic Art Gallery
- Art & Culture
Ponte Coperto Bridge
- Art & Culture
Ugo Fantelli Archaeological and Naturalistic Collection
- Art & Culture
Following history’s trails. Who is the Sun King?
- Art & Culture
Sartirana Lomellina
- Art & Culture
Fraschini theatre
- Art & Culture
Sanctuary of Madonna del Campo - Mortara
- Religious Tourism
Oratory of San Giacomo Of Cerreta - Belgioioso
- Art & Culture
Tromello
Along the right bank of the Terdoppio stream, on the road connecting Pavia to Mortara, is the first stop of the Via Francigena.
- Villages
Church of Saint Teodoro - Pavia
The church was built in the second half of the 12th century to house the remains of Saint Theodore
- Religious Tourism
Chiesa dei Cappuccini
- Art & Culture
Church of Saint Francesco
The church of Saint Francesco in Pavia shows a clear separation between the Romanesque architecture and the late Gothic
- Art & Culture
Church Of Saint Giovanni Domnarum
- Art & Culture
Church Of San Lanfranco
The church of Saint Lanfranco and its monastery were erected in Pavia, on the north bank of the river Ticino
- Art & Culture
Church Of Saint Salvatore Pavia
San Salvatore was an ancient and powerful monastery of Pavia
- Art & Culture
Cagnoni Civic Theatre
The theatre of Vigevano
- Art & Culture
Municipal Archeological Museum of Casteggio and Oltrepo Pavese
- Art & Culture
Events
The miserable Citade. Pavia besieged 1522-1527
Santa Maria Gualtieri
Piazza della Vittoria, Pavia
12/04/2025 - 28/09/2025
- Art & Culture
The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525: the times, the places, the men
Castello Visconteo
Viale XI Febbraio, 35, Pavia
15/02/2025 - 29/12/2025
- Art & Culture
On the trail of the battle of Pavia - free guided tours and events
Statua della Lavandaia
Via Milazzo, 1, Pavia PV
01/03/2025 - 29/12/2025
- Art & Culture
Pavia 1525: the city, the arts, the battle
Castello Visconteo
Viale XI Febbraio, 35, Pavia
18/09/2025 - 11/01/2026
- Art & Culture
Celebrations of the 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Pavia 1525/2025
Castello Visconteo
Pavia
21/02/2025 - 11/01/2026
- Art & Culture
