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Deus Ex Machina Milan
Milan's temple of motorcycle and surf culture with custom bikes, coffee, food, and a vibrant events programme.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Lombardy, Italy · Europe
Pavia works well as a base: 5 minutes from San Martino Siccomario, 30km from Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore.
Pavia is a town located in Lombardy, Italy. With a population of 65,734, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Pavia sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Pavia to your route.
The Visconti Castle of Pavia (Italian: Castello Visconteo di Pavia) is a medieval castle in Pavia, Lombardy, Northern Italy. It was built after 1360 in a few years by Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan, and used as a sovereign residence by him and his son Gian Galeazzo, first duke of Milan. Its wide dimensionsRead more
induced Petrarch, who visited Pavia in the fall of 1365, to call it "an enormous palace in the citadel, a truly remarkable and costly structure". Adjacent to the castle, the Visconti created a vast walled park that reached the Certosa di Pavia, a Carthusian monastery founded in 1396 by the Visconti as well and located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north.
In the 16th century, an artillery attack on Pavia destroyed a wing and two towers of the castle. The frescos that entirely decorated the castle rooms are today almost completely lost. The castle had been the seat of the Visconti Library until its transfer to Paris in 1499. Today, it hosts the Pavia Civic Museums.
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Pavia is located in Lombardy, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 45.1921 latitude, 9.1592 longitude.
Pavia has a population of approximately 65,734 people, making it a town in Italy.
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cafe
Milan's temple of motorcycle and surf culture with custom bikes, coffee, food, and a vibrant events programme.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
One of the oldest churches in Milan, featuring an early Christian octagonal plan and Roman-era colonnade.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Leonardo da Vinci's iconic mural painting of the Last Supper, housed in the refectory of a Dominican convent in Milan.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Italy's largest church and the third-largest in the world, a breathtaking Gothic masterpiece adorned with 3,400 statues and 135 spires.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Italy's largest science museum, housed in a Milan monastery, with halls of vintage vehicles, locomotives, aircraft, the submarine Toti and machines built from Leonardo's drawings.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Beautifully restored museum chronicling Alfa Romeo's racing glory and design mastery across three themed floors at the historic Arese factory.
38 km · about 45 min drive
racetrack
The 'Temple of Speed': one of the oldest and fastest circuits in the world, hosting the Italian Grand Prix since 1922.
49 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Small museum inside the Monza park preserving the history of Italian Grand Prix racing with historic cars and memorabilia.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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