Must-see attractions in Livorno

  • Santuario della Madonna di Montenero

    Livorno

    The story goes like this: in 1345, the Virgin Mary appeared to a shepherd, who led her to monte nero (black mountain), a haven of brigands. Needless to…

  • Terrazza Mascagni at Dusk

    Terrazza Mascagni

    Livorno

    No trip to Livorno is complete without a stroll along this seafront terrace with its dramatic black-and-white chessboard-style pavement. When it was built…

  • Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori

    Livorno

    The highlight of a visit here is the 19th-century building. Known as Villa Mimbelli, it has an ornately decorated interior featuring an extraordinary…

  • Piccola Venezia

    Livorno

    Piccola Venezia is a tangle of small canals built during the 17th century, using Venetian methods of reclaiming land from the sea. At its heart sits the…

  • Acquario di Livorno

    Livorno

    Livorno's seafront aquarium swims with black-tip reef and zebra sharks, seahorses, Madagascan spider tortoises, moon jellyfish and impressive green sea…

  • Il Parterre

    Livorno

    Laid out in 1854 to prettify the wasteland around the city's great water cistern (unveiled in 1842), this lush public park is a peaceful green oasis of…

  • Chiesa di San Ferdinando Re

    Livorno

    Constructed between 1704 and 1714 but extensively damaged during WWII and subsequently rebuilt, this church was named after the King of Castile. Its…

  • Chiesa di Santa Caterina

    Livorno

    This early-18th-century Domenican church with its thick stone walls and prominent dome stands sentry on the western side of Piazza dei Domenicani as it…

  • Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo

    Livorno

    Livorno's Natural History Museum is beloved of school groups and families. The highlight of the permanent collection is a 20m-long whale skeleton called…

  • Fortezza Nuova

    Livorno

    Built for the Medicis between 1590 and 1604, this hulk of a red-brick fort in Piccola Venezia is a pale shade of its 17th-century magnificent self…

  • Chiesa della Madonna

    Livorno

    This Franciscan church, with notably plain and stark facade, was built in the 17th century by foreign communities of the Catholic faith living in Livorno…

  • Chiesa dei Greci Uniti

    Livorno

    This Greek Orthodox church was built in 1607, acquired its magnificent baroque facade in the 18th century and became a Catholic church after WWII. The…

  • Sinagoga di Livorno

    Livorno

    Livorno's huge concrete synagogue, built between 1958 and 1962, occupies the site of a 17th-century predecessor that was badly damaged by Allied bombs in…

  • Monumento dei Quattro Mori

    Livorno

    Pietro Tacca's 1626 statue of Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany and four chained African slaves was commissioned to commemorate Ferdinand's victories over…

  • Chiesa di San Gregorio degli Armeni

    Livorno

    All but destroyed in a WWII bombing, the once-graceful baroque-style facade – gated and chained today – is all that remains of the early 18th-century…

  • Chiesa Olandese-Alemanna

    Livorno

    This Neo-Gothic Protestant church was built in 1864 for the use of Livorno's Dutch-German community. It's now permanently closed.