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Forbidden Brescia: Discovering the City's Bold History

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Overview

  • A tour suitable for the whole family: you'll learn while having fun!
  • All our guided visits are conducted by licensed tour guides.
  • Over 10 years of experience in organising guided visits in Italy.

Activity location

    • Brescia
    • Brescia, Lombardia, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Piazza della Loggia, Brescia BS, Italia | Under the Bella Italia statue, Piazza della Loggia, Brescia BS, Italy
    • Brescia, Lombardia, Italy

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    All our guided visits are conducted by licensed tour guides.

What you can expect

In the heart of the Carmine district, where the lights of Brescia's nightlife once shone, lies a fascinating and little-told storey: that of prostitution, from its Roman origins to the 20th century.

Among hidden alleys, secluded squares, and silent buildings, this itinerary reveals ancient brothels, forgotten municipal regulations, and the names and faces of women suspended between social marginalization and silent power, between sin and necessity.

A guided visit through period documents, curious anecdotes, and true events, which brings to light the most human, intimate, and sometimes tragic side of a district that has always been a crossroads of passages, passions, and secrets. A historical, social and human route that is both moving and surprising.

Places visited: Piazza Loggia, Via Gasparo da Salò, Corso Mameli, Pallata, Contrada San Giovanni, Via San Faustino

Meeting point: Under the Bella Italia statue, Piazza della Loggia, Brescia BS, Italy

Tour duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

All our guided visits are conducted by licensed tour guides.

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of the tour. The tours start with the utmost punctuality.

Barrier-free route, also suitable for people with motor disabilities.

Location

Activity location

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    • Brescia
    • Brescia, Lombardia, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Piazza della Loggia, Brescia BS, Italia | Under the Bella Italia statue, Piazza della Loggia, Brescia BS, Italy
    • Brescia, Lombardia, Italy