Places
Viewpoint·Easy·Family·Popular
Palmanova — the star fortress
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Built from 1593 as Venice's bulwark against the Ottomans and the Habsburgs, Palmanova is a textbook Renaissance "ideal city": three concentric rings of walls, a hexagonal central piazza and radial streets. The outer bastions and dry moat form a green circuit you can walk right around.
Duration
1–2 hours
Distance
4 km
Elevation
+10 m
Best season
Year-round
Parking · Free
Free parking outside the walls at the three town gates.
Water
Fountains on the central piazza.
Highlights
- Nine-pointed star fortress (UNESCO)
- Grassy rampart-and-moat circuit
- Hexagonal central piazza
With your dog
Leashed dogs welcome on the ramparts and in the moat park.
