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Italia centrale

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Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan Sites

The town of Assisi evokes emotion and charm in all seasons. Its light, atmospheres and silence envelope the traveller in the intact medieval landscape that saw the birth of Franciscanism.  Even the stones of its buildings, full of history, emanate …
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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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Piazza del Duomo, Pisa

The monumental complex of Piazza del Duomo, the Cathedral’s square of Pisa, includes four buildings of outstanding artistic, cultural, religious and historical value: the Cathedral, the Bell Tower, the Baptistery, and the Monumental Cemetery, shining with the white beauty of …
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Villa d’Este, Tivoli

Villa d’Este at Tivoli, with the palace and its gardens, is among the most important and remarkable testimonies of Renaissance culture. The architectural and decorative elements of these extraordinary gardens, including fountains, basins, grottos, boulevards and pavilions, are a unique and …
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Villa Adriana (Tivoli)

Villa Adriana in Tivoli is a unique and exceptional monumental complex dating back to the second century AD, built by Emperor Hadrian. This archeological site is a testimony of the values ​​of the Roman civilisation and its shape, structure and …
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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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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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Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura

Roma Caput Mundi. This simple sentence summarises the greatness of the Eternal City. Rome has been the centre of one of the greatest empires of the ancient world, the heart of Christian spirituality and a crossroads for artists and intellectuals …
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