Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta in Italy

Facts and Data

Webpages:
Official Unesco Page
Ferrara (only in Italian)

Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1995
Size of heritage: 46,712 ha
- Buffer zone: 117,649 ha

Coordinates:
Longitude: 11,619°
Latitude: 44,838°

About

Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palaces of the House of Este. The humanist concept of the 'ideal city' came to life here in the neighbourhoods built from 1492 onwards by Biagio Rossetti according to the new principles of perspective. The completion of this project marked the birth of modern town planning and influenced its subsequent development.

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Ferrara

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Largo Castello 36
44121 Ferrara
Italy

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Annunziata

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Piazza Repubblica 5
44121 Ferrara
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Corte Estense

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Via Correggiari 4/A
44100 Ferrara
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Weekday: 7:00 - 23:30
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De Prati

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Padiglioni 5
44100 Ferrara
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Touring

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Viale Cavour, 11
44100 Ferrara
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Europa

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Corso della Giovecca 49
44121 Ferrara
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Nazionale

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Corso Porta Reno 32
44121 Ferrara
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Santo Stefano

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Via Boccacanale Santo Stefano 21
44121 Ferrara
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Borgoleoni 18

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Via Borgo dei Leoni 18
44121 Ferrara
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Zen Room & Breakfast

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Via Della Luna 34
44100 Ferrara
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