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 …
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 …
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 …
The Site represents an architectural, artistic- figurative and naturalistic Heritage site that expresses the Catholic religious culture of the early Modern Age. The Sacri Monti (Sacred Mountains) recognized by UNESCO – 7 in Piedmont and 2 in Lombardy – are …
[expand title=”The origin and rise of a unique city”] Venice was founded in the V century AD, and that’s when the Republic of Venice began to take shape. As the Lombard forayed into Italy, progressive migratory flows led refugees and …
In the xv century, Vicenza was annexed to Venice, and in 1540 Venice’s upper classes opened new land far from the coast. Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, also known as Palladio, one of the greatest Western architects, was commissioned to …
This Site recognises the value and influence of the House of Medici, the Italian family whose numberless patronages left a significant stamp in the arts and culture of modern Europe. The architectural pattern of the “villa with garden” was an …
The world’s oldest botanic garden is also the model for may other gardens in Europe. It was founded as the medicinal plant garden for the university of Padova in 1545 and was used to study plants and their therapeutic properties. …
The extraordinary charm of the historical centre of Pienza lies in its being the materialization of an ideal that expresses the spirit of an epoch. Pienza is the “daughter” of one of the most interesting figures of the Italian Renaissance; …
