What to see in La Spezia

Castle of San Giorgio

Modern and Contemporary Art Center

The building was erected at the beginning of the XXth century as an elementary school. Among its students, sculptor Berto Lardera and collector Giorgio Cozzani.

Starting from the 20s the building housed both the Civil and Criminal Courts;...

Civic Museum Amedeo Lia

The "Amedeo Lia" museum, estabilished in 1995 and opened in 1996, is located in the old convent of the minimites of St. Francis from Paola, who settled in the town of la Spezia in about 1620. The building of the convent and successively the...

Ethnographic Civic Museum Giovanni Podenzana

Seal Museum

Naval Technical Museum

Archaeological Civic Museum Ubaldo Formentini

The Civic Museum of La Spezia was founded in 1873 around a first nucleus of naturalist collections donated by Cesare Pondenzana (1840-1884), Giovanni Podenzana's father. With the encouragement and help of the La Spezia geologist Giovanni...

Cathedral of Christ the King

Abbey Church of Santa Maria Assunta

Church of Saints John and Augustine

Equestrian Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi

Church of Our Lady of Health

Public gardens

Palazzo delle Poste

Church of Our Lady of the Snow

Church of St. Stephen

National Museum of Transport

Market Square

Maritime Military Arsenal

Diocesan Museum

Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Elm

Church of San Venerio In Migliarina

Town Hall

The Town Hall of La Spezia, facing the current Piazza Europa, is a building erected in 1933 by architect Franco Oliva in the typical rationalist style of the time.

It is characterized by a massive architecture slightly lightened by a high...

Civic Theater

Villa Marmori

Widely considered one of the most successful, albeit late, examples of floral architecture in La Spezia, the villa, more properly called Marmori-Ceretti, is located on Via XX Settembre in the heart of a residential area that developed with the...

The Scalinate

Piazza Garibaldi

Monument to Domenico Chiodo

Evangelical Baptist Church

Palazzo Maggiani

Trianon Theater

Palazzo Castagnola

Palazzo Castagola is located in the historic center of the city, right near the central Piazza Sant'Agostino and the narrow street of Via del Prione.

The building has been almost completely transformed in its external facades following an...

Palazzo Doria

Castle of Coderone

Church of Saints Andrew and Cyprian

Designed by architect Franco Oliva, the Church of Saints Andrew and Cyprian is located on Via Vittorio Veneto within the complex of the Sant'Andrea Civil Hospital. The building, with a gable facade, sits on a raised floor with a rough ashlar...

Palazzo Crozza

Governament Palace

Originally known as the Palazzo del Governo, it now houses the Prefecture and the Province. It is the work of Franco Oliva, a prominent figure in the cultural context of La Spezia in the first half of the 20th century.

Built in 1928, the...

Fountain of the Voices

Situated in the heart of the gardens of Piazza Brin, the Fountain of Voices was created by Mirko Basaldella in 1955, during an intense artistic period in which the sculptor from Udine also created the magnificent gate for the Mausoleum of the...

Corso Cavour

Palazzo Boletto

Art Deco style building built in 1927 by architect Bacigalupi. It was expanded in 1933 with the addition of the block to the east still on the drawing of Bacigalupi. The building, which closes the square towards the sea, is particularly enriched,...