The most beautiful religious buildings Parme

Built between 1521 and 1539, the church is a small marvel of frescoes. The Parable of the Ten Virgins of the Parmigianino can be found in the arch of the presbytery. In the crypt are the tombs of the Farnese family and of some Bourbons, notably that of Marie-Louise of Austria's second husband, Adam-Albert de Neipperg, who ruled Parma for a few years. Small adjoining museum that preserves relics such as the shirt of King Louis XVI at the time of his execution.

Organized around the churches and monasteries of Romanesque art. Among the three main pilgrimage routes that today as yesterday saw thousands of pilgrims every year to reach Rome, Jerusalem or Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle lies the via Francigena, which connected the Middle Ages to Rome in the Middle Ages. The proposed and signposted route leaves Fidenza to move towards Fornovo, then Bercerto and finally reach Le Pass (Tel 0524 83 377 - www.associazioneviafrancigena.com).

Located behind the cathedral, the church preserves important frescoes by Correggio (1520), including the Apparition of Christ to St. John in the dome: while Christ appears in the centre lit by divine light, St. John is represented on the edge of the skullcap. In the left nave, some works of Parmesan cheese. The monastery has three beautiful cloisters from the 16th century. Behind the church is the old pharmacy of San Giovanni, which was in use from the 13th century to 1766.