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The Historic Centre of Florence

Florence (Firenze in Italian), founded in 59 BC as the Roman colony of Florentia on the site of an Etruscan settlement is widely, and rightfully, regarded as the cradle of of the Renaissance. And indeed, during the early days of …
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Mantua and Sabbioneta

An extremely old Etruscan, Roman and Medieval city, Mantua throve and grew under the House of Gonzaga (XIV-XVII cent.), as one of the most elegant Renaissance courts in Italy, an exemplary city built on subsequent layers and adapted to Renaissance …
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City of Verona

Verona played a key role in European history as the crossroads of arts and peoples, armies and cultures. Founded by ancient tribes, it became a Roman colony in the century BC, quickly rising in importance. It was occupied by Theodoric, …
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The Amalfi Coast

La Costiera Amalfitana è un eccezionale paesaggio culturale, dove la Natura e l’Uomo hanno interagito in armonia realizzando uno scenario di grande valore culturale, artistico, architettonico, paesaggistico. In un contesto naturale dalla topografia scenografica, attraverso un percorso storico-evolutivo di secoli, …
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The Sassi and the Park of the rupestrian churches of Matera

Matera is a centuries-old town dug into the pliable rock of Murgia. It was founded over 10,000 years ago and is one of the oldest cities in the world. Matera, the city of Sassi, has grown since prehistoric times as a …
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Porto Venere, Cinque Terre and the islands of Tino, Tinetto and Palmaria

Cinque Terre are located in the easternmost part of Liguria, between the steep coastal strip locked between the sea and the mountaintops. The Cape of Porto Venere, on the south, is the last spike on the Cinque Terre crown. The …
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Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta

There are three factors that make the region of Ferrara so special: the old city centre that was renewed by the first city plan of the modern age, its criteria eventually inspiring other cities both in Italy and in Europe; …
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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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Villa Romana del Casale

Not far from Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale is an outstanding example of a late Imperial villa, its uniqueness lying in the vast, magnificent mosaics (IV cent. AD) of unrivalled artistic quality, which decorate lots of its rooms. With …
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