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The palace was named after the Basque ball game pelota once practised in one of the courtyards. It is a 16th-century complex of buildings constructed as court to the famed Renaissance Farnese family. It was said to be one of the finest in all of Italy. The Palazzo della Pilotta houses several museums: Archaeological Museum, Farnese Theatre, National Gallery, Palatine Library and Bodoni Museum.
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During the Bourbon times it was a palace for important guests. It now hosts Poste centrale (central Post office), Società parmense di Lettura (Parma Literary society) and the Museo Glauco Lombardi.
Chamber of Saint Paul
A part of a former apartment of the abbess of the Benedectine Convent of Saint Paul. It's decorated by distinctive Renaissance frescoes.
A prominent Renaissance church.
It is an interesting example of Renaissance architecture. There is a fresco there attributed to Parmigianino and walls painted by Cosimo da Piazza.