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About Pavia
Pavia wears its past lightly: a Lombard capital turned medieval commune, where Romanesque basilicas, a Visconti castle and cobbled lanes sit quietly off the Milan tourist trail. Its darker chapters are especially well told on foot, as in the Dark Pavia Walking Tour: Executioner, Gallows & Inquisition, while the Esoteric Pavia Tour: Magicians, Mysteries and Superstitions trades saints for sorcery and local legend.
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Pavia was the capital of the Lombard kingdom and later a Visconti stronghold, so its history runs from Roman remains and Romanesque churches to castle politics and the Certosa. Guided walks here focus on those layers, plus subjects like executions, the Inquisition, brothels and superstition that most city tours skip entirely.
