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La Ferrovia Retica

The Rhaetian Railway is an outstanding example of technology, engineering and architecture, a harmonious, spectacular unicum of humans successfully fitting in with the high mountains. Completed in the early XX century to connect and open the regions on the Central …
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Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica

The Site is split into two separate parts of outstanding cultural diversity, which provide evidence of ages and ages of European settlements. The necropolis of Pantalica has palaeo-ethnological relevance and is a combination of unique natural and archaeological sites, with …
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Historic Centre of Urbino

The Historic Centre of Urbino is a remarkable and nearly intact testimony of the Italian Renaissance civilisation; its monumental and artistic excellence was built between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, the golden age of Urbino, which turned from a …
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18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio complex

The Site of Caserta tells us about an important and significant part of the 18th century history. The Bourbon dynasty started a grandiose project of urban planning of the territory, which remained partially unfinished, in the area of Caserta to …
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Genoa: le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli

Between the XVI and XVII centuries Genoa experience its golden age as a Mediterranean power; in that time it started a public nobility residential project, whereby a network of new streets and nobility palaces was built to house the authorities …
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Historic Centre of Naples

Naples is one of the oldest metropolises in Europe. Founded by Greek colonisers in the VII century BC with the name Parthenope or Palaepolis, then founded again in 470 BC as Neapolis, for over two millennia it had been one …
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Val d’Orcia

The landscape of the Val d’Orcia (the valley of the river Orcia) took form starting from the Middle Ages, when little country churches, villages and farms started to be built around that territory. These old settlements still exist today to …
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The Lombards in Italy. The seats of power (568 – 774 A.D.)

The Lombards were a Germanic people of Scandinavian origin settled on Christian and land; after their conversion to Christianity, they absorbed material and cultural values inherited from the Romans. They also came in contact with Byzantine, Hellenic and Middle-eastern culture …
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Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena

[expand title=”The Cathedral. Lanfranco, a God-inspired architect”] The first stone of the Cathedral of Modena, a magnificent example of Romanesque art that impressed its contemporaries and still does, with its outstanding beauty and uniqueness, was laid on June 9th 1099. …
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Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato

Vineyard-covered hills as far as the eyes can see; hilltop villages, centuries-old farmhouses and cellars, medieval towers and castles standing out from the hilly landscape. Langhe-Roero and Monferrato stand out for the exceptional value of the landscape and they are …
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