San Bartolomeo

San Bartolomeo is a church in Parma, Parma, Emilia-Romagna. San Bartolomeo is situated nearby to the theater building Teatro Regio, as well as near the marketplace Piazza Ghiaia.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church building in Parma, Italy
Also known as: “Chiesa di San Bartolomeo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Teatro Regio and Biblioteca Palatina.

Teatro Regio

Theater building

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Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale, is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy. Replacing an obsolete house, the new Ducale achieved prominence in the years after 1829, and especially so after the composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born near Busseto, some thirty kilometres away, had achieved fame.

Biblioteca Palatina

Library

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The Biblioteca Palatina, or Palatina Library, was established in 1761 in the city of Parma by Philip Bourbon, Duke of Parma. It is one of the cultural institutions housed within the Palazzo della Pilotta complex in the center of Parma. Biblioteca Palatina is situated 200 metres north of San Bartolomeo.

Galleria nazionale di Parma

Museum

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The Galleria nazionale di Parma is an art gallery in Parma, northern Italy. Painters exhibited in the museum include Beato Angelico, Fra Angelico, Canaletto, Ludovico Carracci, Agostino Carracci, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Sebastiano del Piombo, Guercino, Parmigianino, Tintoretto, and others. Galleria nazionale di Parma is situated 270 metres north of San Bartolomeo.