Brescia Castle Archives - Fondazione Brescia Musei

Perched at the top of the Cidneo Hill, the Castle is one of the most fascinating fortified complexes in Italy and the second largest in Europe.
Inside the fourteenth-century Mastio Visconteo, the “Luigi Marzoli” Arms and Armor Museum houses one of Europe’s finest collections of antique armour and weapons, displaying Brescia’s time-honoured weaponry tradition, documenting its technological and artistic evolution between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries.

Guided tours Brescia Castle

A walk through the Castle up to the Arce, its top part, via descents, towers and tunnels, retraces the history of the mighty fortress, the scene of crucial episodes in the history of Brescia over the centuries. The route ends with a visit to the collection of antique weapons and armour housed in […]

Guided tours Brescia Castle City

The tour includes a visit to the most important buildings of medieval Brescia: starting from Piazza Paolo VI, overlooked by the Broletto and the Rotonda or Old Cathedral; it continues towards the ancient Torre di Porta Bruciata with the astonishing church of San Faustino in Riposo. Walking along the ancient Corso delle Mercanzie, […]

Guided tours Brescia Castle City

The tour includes stops at Brescia’s major Renaissance buildings: it starts from the splendid Piazza Loggia with the imposing Palazzo della Loggia, now the Town Hall, the Monte Vecchio di Pietà with its elegant Loggetta and lapidarium, the first “archaeological museum” with no historical precedent, and finally the tower with the large astronomical […]

Guided tours Brescia Castle City

The route unfolds chronologically through the city’s main four squares: it starts from Piazza del Foro, which is overlooked by iconic monuments from ancient Brixia, such as the Capitolium, the city’s main temple. The tour continues in Piazza Paolo VI with the Romanesque cathedral, the so-called “Rotonda”, and the seventeenth-century Duomo Nuovo (New Cathedral). Next […]

Brescia Castle

“Luigi Marzoli” Arms and Armor Museum and outdoor tour of the fortifications

Medieval Town and Castle

Route – Renaissance City and “Luigi Marzoli” Arms and Armor Museum

Old Town, Castle and Luigi Marzoli Arms Museum