What to see · Altare

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Altare: 3 places to start with

1. 1 Churches Chiesa di Sant'Eugenio A parish church of 1620-1650, with twin bell towers on the front and four chapels a side.
2. 2 Churches Ex oratorio di San Sebastiano A plague oratory turned private house, its bell tower moved after the 1887 earthquake.
3. 3 Churches Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata Rebuilt in 1650 by a master glassmaker, on the foundations of Altare's first parish church.

6 places covered in Altare Grouped by type, most important first.

Churches and places of worship

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Chiesa di Sant'Eugenio ★

A parish church of 1620-1650, with twin bell towers on the front and four chapels a side.

Ex oratorio di San Sebastiano ★

A plague oratory turned private house, its bell tower moved after the 1887 earthquake.

Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata ★

Rebuilt in 1650 by a master glassmaker, on the foundations of Altare's first parish church.

Castles, palaces and villas

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Forte Tecci

A pentagonal and a triangular block over a deep ditch: the largest fort of the Altare line.

Castello di Altare

A central tower and three rings of walls on the hill: what is left of the Del Carretto castle.

Museums, theatres and collections

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Museo dell'Arte Vetraria

Eight centuries of Altare furnaces, told inside an Art Nouveau villa of 1906.