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Celebrations of the 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Pavia 1525/2025

A Landmark Event in European History

When
From 21/02/2025
to 11/01/2026
Where
Castello Visconteo
Pavia
Contacts
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In 2025, the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Pavia—one of the most significant events in the history of Italy and Europe—will be celebrated. This anniversary represents an important opportunity to remember the clash on February 24, 1525, which marked the end of French ambitions in Italy and the consolidation of Habsburg power. Commemorative events, historical conferences, and exhibitions will retrace the battle and its consequences, shedding light on the political and military context of the era. The anniversary will also be a chance to reflect on Pavia’s historical legacy and its impact on the European landscape of the 16th century.

The program currently developed and presented by the organizing bodies includes the following initiatives:

February 21–23, 2025:
Historical Reenactment at Mirabello Castle, featuring the participation of over 500 actors from across Europe.

March 30, 2025:
Corri Battaglia di Pavia, a running race that will traverse the historical sites of the battle.

February–December 2025:
Multimedia Exhibition “The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525: The Times, the Places, the Men” at the Visconti Castle in Pavia, offering a multimedia immersion into the historical context of the battle (curated by Luigi Casali, Marco Galandra, and Mario Rizzo).

April 7–9, 2025:
International Scientific Conference “Pavia 1525: An Epoch-Making Battle in a Changing World,” held at the University of Pavia and the University Colleges, with the participation of world-renowned historians and scholars, curated by the University of Pavia – Prof. Mario Rizzo.

April–September 2025:
Documentary Exhibition “The Wretched Citadel: Pavia Besieged 1522–1527” at Santa Maria Gualtieri, Piazza della Vittoria in Pavia. The exhibition presents a crescendo of events starting in 1522, peaking in 1525, and culminating in the sack of Pavia in 1527.

September 18, 2025 – January 11, 2026:
Exhibition “Pavia 1525: The City, the Arts, the Battle” at the Visconti Castle. Curated by Francesco Frangi, Pietro Cesare Marani, Mauro Natale, and Laura Aldovini, as well as Carmine Romano, the exhibition aims, on the one hand, to showcase to the general public the splendid artistic and cultural flourishing that the city of Pavia experienced during the Renaissance—a period that both preceded and led up to the, in some respects, catastrophic event of 1525—and, on the other hand, to surprise visitors with the depiction of the battle. This depiction was conceived and executed just a few years later in the spectacular tapestries of the Capodimonte Museum, exceptionally lent for the five-hundredth anniversary, and woven in the years 1530–1532 by the Flemish workshop of Jan and Willem Dermoyen based on designs by Bernard von Orley.October 

October - December 2025:

Book exhibition "The silence of the press" at the University Library of Pavia - Salone Teresiano


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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
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The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525: the times, the places, the men

Corri Battaglia di Pavia 2025

Castello Visconteo
Piazza Castello Pavia
30/03/2025
  • Active & Green
Corri Battaglia di Pavia 2025

Pavia 1525. An epochal battle in a changing world

Università di Pavia e Collegi storici pavesi
Corso Strada Nuova 65 Pavia
07/04/2025 - 09/04/2025
  • Art & Culture
Pavia 1525. An epochal battle in a changing world

Pavia 1525: the city, the arts, the battle

Castello Visconteo
Viale XI Febbraio, 35, Pavia
18/09/2025 - 11/01/2026
  • Art & Culture
arazzi della battaglia di Pavia

The miserable Citade. Pavia besieged 1522-1527

Santa Maria Gualtieri
Piazza della Vittoria, Pavia
12/04/2025 - 28/09/2025
  • Art & Culture
The miserable Citade. Pavia besieged 1522-1527

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
Pavia Castello Visconteo

Civic Museums of Pavia

Inside the magnificent castle built by Galeazzo Visconti between 1360 and 1365
  • Art & Culture
Civic Museums of Pavia

Mirabello Castle

  • Art & Culture
Mirabello Castle

Places

Archaeology museum and sala longobarda

  • Art & Culture
Archaeology Museum and Sala Longobarda
23 mt

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
Pavia Castello Visconteo
69 mt

Civic Museums of Pavia

Inside the magnificent castle built by Galeazzo Visconti between 1360 and 1365
  • Art & Culture
Civic Museums of Pavia
82 mt

Fraschini theatre

  • Art & Culture
Teatro Fraschini Pavia
311 mt

Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro

  • Religious Tourism
Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro
329 mt

Pavia University Hisotry Museum

  • Art & Culture
Pavia University Hisotry Museum
400 mt

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 Francesco
439 mt

University Library of Pavia

  • Art & Culture
Salone Teresiano
505 mt

Aula Magna of the University of Pavia

  • Art & Culture
Aula Magna of the University of Pavia
506 mt

Chiesa di S. Maria del Carmine

  • Religious Tourism
S. M. Del Carmine – Pavia
569 mt

Church Of Saint Giovanni Domnarum

  • Art & Culture
Church Of Saint Giovanni Domnarum
633 mt

Camillo Golgi Museum

The museum preserves the historical and scientific heritage of the former Institute of General Pathology of Pavia
  • Art & Culture
Camillo Golgi  Museum
642 mt

Palazzo Bottigella Gandini

Hidden among Pavia’s historic buildings is Palazzo Bottigella-Gandini, restored and now a space for contemporary art exhibitions
  • Art & Culture
Pavia
717 mt

Arnaboldi Dome

The Arnaboldi Gallery is a commercial gallery that, in the form of a covered pedestrian street, connects Strada Nuova to Piazza del Lino.
  • Art & Culture
Arnaboldi Dome
718 mt

Kosmos Natural History Museum

Un museo antico con collezioni scientifiche di altissimo valore, costituito a scopo didattico da Lazzaro Spallanzani nel 1771
  • Art & Culture
Kosmos Natural History Museum
723 mt

The Plane Tree of the Pavia Botanical Garden

  • Active & Green
The Plane Tree of the Pavia Botanical Garden
743 mt

Botanical Gardens Pavia

Un orto storico che si trova nell’attuale sede dagli ultimi decenni del 1700
  • Parks
Botanical Gardens Pavia
743 mt

Palazzo del Broletto

The old town hall of Pavia, which housed the institution until 1875
  • Art & Culture
Palazzo del Broletto
746 mt

Following history’s trails. Who is the Sun King?

  • Art & Culture
Sun King’s equestrian statue, Monuments Pavia
777 mt

The Diocesan Museum of Pavia

  • Art & Culture
The Diocesan Museum of Pavia
801 mt

Events

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
The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525: the times, the places, the men
98 mt

Pavia 1525: the city, the arts, the battle

Castello Visconteo
Viale XI Febbraio, 35, Pavia
18/09/2025 - 11/01/2026
  • Art & Culture
arazzi della battaglia di Pavia
98 mt

Pavia 1525. An epochal battle in a changing world

Università di Pavia e Collegi storici pavesi
Corso Strada Nuova 65 Pavia
07/04/2025 - 09/04/2025
  • Art & Culture
Pavia 1525. An epochal battle in a changing world
391 mt

Milano Sanremo 2025

Strade della provincia di Pavia
Pavia (PV)
21/03/2025 - 22/03/2025
  • Sport
Milano Sanremo 2025
645 mt

The miserable Citade. Pavia besieged 1522-1527

Santa Maria Gualtieri
Piazza della Vittoria, Pavia
12/04/2025 - 28/09/2025
  • Art & Culture
The miserable Citade. Pavia besieged 1522-1527
660 mt

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Pavia Lungo Ticino Sforza
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  • Sport
71th INTERNATIONAL RAID PAVIA – VENEZIA 2nd JUNE 2024
1.26 km

Where to sleep

CASA ELENA

Pavia
CASA ELENA
103 mt

SALVO CRIFFO'

Pavia
SALVO CRIFFO'
321 mt

LAB42

Pavia
LAB42
400 mt

INTERNO 12

Pavia
INTERNO 12
529 mt

CASA VACANZE TASSO 47

Pavia
CASA VACANZE TASSO 47
567 mt

CASA CAROLINA

Pavia
CASA CAROLINA
601 mt

CASA LUIGI

Pavia
CASA LUIGI
601 mt

CASA ALESSIA

Pavia
CASA ALESSIA
604 mt

Residenziale Il Naviglio

Pavia
Residenziale Il Naviglio
606 mt

CIVICO 1 APARTMENT

Pavia
CIVICO 1 APARTMENT
616 mt

CIVICO 1 DI MF ROOMS

Pavia
CIVICO 1 DI MF ROOMS
616 mt

VITTORIA SUITE

Pavia
VITTORIA SUITE
627 mt

CAVOUR 14 DI LIVING RENT SRL

Pavia
CAVOUR 14 DI LIVING RENT SRL
689 mt

GALLERIA ARNABOLDI MAISON D'HOTES

Pavia
GALLERIA ARNABOLDI MAISON D'HOTES
696 mt

CASA DI MARTA

Pavia
CASA DI MARTA
698 mt

ARNABOLDI PALACE

Pavia
ARNABOLDI PALACE
736 mt

PAVIA CENTRO

Pavia
PAVIA CENTRO
740 mt

CASTELLANI

Pavia
CASTELLANI
750 mt

GAFFURIO 4

Pavia
GAFFURIO 4
763 mt

GAFFURIO 3

Pavia
GAFFURIO 3
763 mt