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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 site of Aquileia, consisting of the Patriarchal Basilica and the archaeological area, bears the cultural and architectural symbols of an age that has shaped the Mediterranean and European world. From the Roman world to the early Medieval Christendom, there …
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With their unique shape – a central white base and a grey cone-shaped roof – the Trulli have a strong cultural value and are unique in Europe: thanks to the Trulli, a testimony of a prehistoric architectural typology that survives …
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The Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedrals of Monreale and Cefalu site contains a selection of the most significant monuments, buildings and areas which are the expression of a socio-cultural syncretism that, during the period of Norman rule (11th-12th century AD) …
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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 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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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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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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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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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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