PARMA - Tourist Informations




Art itinerary
ART ITINERARY
Art and history of the town in just one pass to discover: Baptistery, Diocesan Museum, Stuard Gallery, Cathedral, Ducal Palace, Ducal Park and Eucherio Sanvitale Palace.
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Our guides and maps
OUR GUIDES AND MAPS
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Parma
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Parma
Str Della Repubblica, 1/A
43100  Parma  (PR)
tel +39 052140521 Comune amico

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Although a relatively small city, Parma can boast some truly monumental architecture, a rich artistic heritage and a range of important cultural institutions. Among the chief attractions of the town, the splendid  Romanesque Cathedral, frescoed by Correggio and the octagonal Baptistery, Benedetto Antelami's architectural and sculptural masterpiece. Besides, Parma is associated with influential figures such as Giambattista Bodoni, generally recognized as one of the greatest typographers of all time, Giuseppe Verdi and Arturo Toscanini.

Do not miss:


 >>> Cathedral
 >>> Baptistery
 >>> Pilotta palace
 >>> Regio theatre
 >>> Ducal park

Altitude: 57 m
Inhabitants: 183.701

How to get there
By car: motorway A1 from Milan or Bologna, exit tollgate Parma; Via Emilia SS 9. By train: Railway line Milano - Bologna, Railway Station Parma. By plane: airport of Parma Giuseppe Verdi.


INFO
For tourist information:
Iat Comune di Parma
Via Melloni, 1/a 43121 Parma
tel. +39 0521218889  fax +39 0521234735
email: turismo@comune.parma.it
website:http://www.turismo.comune.parma.it



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