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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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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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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

The prehistoric pile-dwelling sites are located in the Alps between Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia, dotting a vast territory which is also uniformly marked by wetlands which are responsible for the exceptional preservation status of the remains of …
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Residences of the Royal House of Savoy

In 1563 Turin became the capital city of the Duchy of Savoy. In the following centuries the city stood out as a major European centre and was at the heart of a monumental renovation plan including residences, palaces and castles …
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Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy

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 …
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Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto

The eight towns in south-eastern Sicily (Catania, Militello Val di Catania, Caltagirone, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa, Modica, Noto and Scicli) were all rebuilt after 1693 following a devastating earthquake. They represent a considerable collective undertaking, successfully carried out at a high …
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Ville e giardini medicei in Toscana

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 …
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Il Parco Nazionale del Cilento and Vallo di Diano, including the archaeological site of Paestum and Velia, and the Charterhouse of Padula

The Parco Nazionale del Cilento and Vallo di Diano is a 360-degree showcase of the ages and vestiges of the Mediterranean civilisations, located within an extremely valuable cultural and natural landscape. A physical and cultural crossroads of peoples and traditions, …
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