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Empire’s Worth of History, Food, Civilization, and Catholicism. Italy’s capital is enormous, somet...
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5 votes
The French Embassy is housed in the elegant Palazzo Farnese, close to the Campo de Fiori. Unfortu...
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36 votes
Castel Sant'Angelo, the popes' refuge, was built on the site of Emperor Hadrian's (117-138 AD) cy...
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The biggest arena of the ancient world, where gladiators did battle with wild animals. The Italian...
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Amidst the now ruined temples, arches and basilica, Caesar and Cicero once trod the hallowed grou...
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You're not even allowed to dip your little toe into Rome's most popular Baroque fountain, but eve...
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A market for vegetables, clothes and bric a brac. Rome's most expensive market, but many Roman wom...
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This Roman temple, designed in the 1st century BC, in the shape of a cylinder with a dome on top,...
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2000 years ago, the Circus Maximus resounded to the cheers which urged on death-defying gladiator...
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Rome's most attractive and most popular baroque square. Still the Romans' favourite meeting place....
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The Spanish Steps, one of the world's most famous open-air staircases, is as big and lively as a ...
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St. Peter's Square, which was completed in 1667, is a masterpiece - of optical illusions too. For...
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74 votes
Home to the Papal conclaves, as well as to Michelangelo's legendary Renaissance-style painted cei...
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In the largest church in the world, the heart of Christendom beats under Michelangelo's dome. St. ...
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They are the biggest museums in the world, with works of art in over 1400 rooms. There is everyth...
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Rome's second-largest park is great for unwinding, either inline skating, cycling or taking a ric...
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1000 works of art, countless sculptures by Bernini, and the dazzling nakedness of Paolina Borghes...
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This large Renaissance piazza was the meeting place for everybody who came down Via Cassia or Via...
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Michelangelo designed both the trapezoid Capitol Square and the façades of the surrounding buildi...
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Fountain of Four Rivers is the centrepiece of the Piazza Navona. The gods ...
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The luxurious Baths of Caracalla built by the emperor of the same name were destroyed 300 years l...
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Famous antiques such as the Venus, the Roman she-wolf and lots of paintings. The Capitoline Museum...
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The 12th century mosaics in the apse of the basilica alone are a gem, but the best is in the vaul...
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In ancient times Tiber Island was dedicated to Asclepius, the god of healing. The Holy Roman Empe...
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The subterranean tombs of prominent Romans. In the tufa stone hills along the arterial roads of an...
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Pintuicchio painted the chambers of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI between 1492-1495. Cesare Borgia...
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Manneristic architecture and baroque paintings. The palace built in 1540 is a masterpiece of Itali...
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Every year on August 5th, the legend of this church's foundation is remembered. On this night in ...
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The facade of the oldest Church of our Lady in Rome, dating from the 3rd century, rises up from b...
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Triton sits high on the shell, held up by four delicate dolphins, spurting out a fountain of wate...
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Rome's most beautiful bridge, the Ponte San Angelo, is for pedestrians only and leads directly fr...
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The Augustinian church where Martin Luther celebrated mass with his fellow monks in 1510 is direc...
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3 votes
The Papal Egyptian Museum displays mummies and statues which were excavated in Egypt in the 19th ...
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4 votes
The relief-adorned Arch of Constantine was erected next to the Colosseum to mark Emperor Constant...
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It is here that the foundation stone of the Roman Empire was laid. On the Palatine Hill is where ...
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The Arch of Janus is the only quadrifrons triumphal arch preserved in Rome, across a crossroads i...
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The round tomb, built in 27 BC, was intended not only for Augustus but for the entire Julio-Claud...
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The dazzling whiteness of the 38 m high Trajan's Column (built in 113 AD), once the centrepiece o...
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11 votes
The birthplace of Saint Francis. Assisi, a medieval city built on a hill, is the birthplace of Sa...
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The birthplace of Saint Francis. Assisi, a medieval city built on a hill, is the birthplace of Sai...
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The embodiment of a medieval city. Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pu...
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Perhaps the most beautiful piazza in Italy. In a country teeming with gorgeous public squares, it ...
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This small village at a height of 274 m was established in 1203 as a Sienese bastion against Flor...
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This Benedictine abbey, founded in 1001, was expanded in the 11th and 12th centuries. It got its ...
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178 votes
A Kaleidoscope of Art. While Rome entices with its majestic monuments and big city grandeur, Flore...
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105 votes
A stroll across the old bridge with its jewellery stores is particularly pleasant at sunset when ...
- 58museum / gallery
57 votes
It is not just the fabulous art treasures that make a visit worthwhile - you can also enjoy a spl...
- 59sight
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The pantheon of Florence. The Holy Cross Church is the main Franciscan church in Florence. With it...
- 60museum / gallery
32 votes
Michelangelo's David. In the gallery, built in 1784, apart from the marble statue of David and oth...
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The very centre of Florence. This square, dominated by the mighty Palazzo Vecchio, is one of the m...
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Almost all roads lead to the Cathedral, the dome of which dominates the skyline and also offers a...
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The city is governed from an 800-year old palazzo. The grand palace with battlements and a 94 m hi...
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The city's biggest palazzo brings together seven museums under one roof. The Pitti merchant family...
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The history of the city on church walls. The city's first Gothic structure, built in 1246, is clad...
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Cosimo the Elder lived here with his family until his death in 1464. There are only a few rooms o...
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The Cathedral square, with Cathedral, campanile and baptistry, was once the spiritual centre of t...
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A small museum inside Santa Croce. In the museum to the right of the church, there are important w...
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Mosaics, the like of which are not to be found anywhere else in Florence, glitter and shine in th...
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The ultimate Florentine Renaissance palace, for which no fewer than 15 houses had to make way. In...
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First a Roman forum, then a market and a ghetto, the refurbishment of the square was initiated du...
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The campanile, built between 1334 and 1359, is beside the Cathedral. Because of its harmonious pr...
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The small palazzo was acquired by Michelangelo and was given to the city by Cosimo Buonarroti in ...
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Michelangelo's David was the first monumental statue of the High Renaissance and is considered to...
- 77museum / gallery
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This medieval house is named after Dante Alighieri. The rooms display editions of his Divine Come...
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The "Porta del Paradiso" is inside the San Giovanni Baptistry. It took 26 years for Lorenzo Ghibe...
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The Cathedral with its mighty dome - designed by Brunelleschi - has long since defined the city's...
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The remains of the early Christian Santa Reparata Church today form part of the Cathedral's found...
- 82city / town
2 votes
Vinci is a town and comune of Firenze province in the Italian region of Tuscany, at 26 m (85 ft) ...
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35 votes
Perfection is overrated in this little city. Pisa is a refined city with much more to offer than j...
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The Campanile, the Leaning Tower, has become the symbol of Pisa. The construction of the 183-foot...
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16 votes
This large green field in Pisa contains the Duomo, Baptistero, and Campanille-the 'Leaning Tower'...
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This large green field in Pisa contains the Duomo, Baptistero, and Campanille-the 'Leaning Tower'...
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This small, inconspicuous plaza in the heart of Pisa is a real gem. During the day, traditional f...
- 90museum / gallery
1 votes
This often-overlooked museum is housed in an old convent near the Leaning Tower and specializes i...
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24 votes
Aged like a fine wine, and only getting better. Once upon a time, Lucca was a Roman colony with mi...
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An old amphitheatre turned piazza. Piazza Anfiteatro started out as a Roman amphitheatre in the fi...
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Parete is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, loca...
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San Michele in Foro is a basilica church in Lucca. It was built over the former Roman forum. Unti...
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An avenue of lime trees leads the way to the lake, formerly known as Lago di Massaciùccoli, but r...
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This elegant city features some of the biggest attractions in northern Italy, e.g. the Romanesque...
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The Parco Ducale is situated on the western side of the River Parma. The green oasis, which is co...
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In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Latin baptisterium) is the separate centr...
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Busseto is a commune in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. It became hom...
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Floods of Romance. The mere mention of Venice immediately conjures romantic images: quaint scenes ...
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The "most beautiful salon in the world", built with masterful mosaic art. The 175 m long, slightly...
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61 votes
At St Mark's Cathedral: gold and silver, jewels and mosaics. This five-domed church, around 1000 y...
- 121sight
76 votes
This famous bridge is the symbol of Venice's former economic power. This was the commercial centre...
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Where the heart of Serenissima beat for 1000 years. The palace of palaces, the centre of power for...
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27 votes
On the one hand, the main square of the Dorsoduro district is one of the most traditional in Camp...
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There is probably no more filigreed or delightful facade along the Grand Canal, or in fact in the...
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You could almost persuade yourself that you could still here the protests of prisoners being led ...
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For 150 years Armenian monks have been running a boarding school in this palace, built towards th...
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Situated right behind Ca' Pesaro and the church of San Stae, this splendid palace dating from the...
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The spiritual focal point of the rich Greek colony which once contained many thousands of people,...
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- 131theater / opera
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A great opera, an evening of dance, or a concert in the city's oldest and legendary theatre, now ...
- 132theater / opera
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Baroque music, played by master musicians in a former church. On more than 200 days a year, the ch...
- 133city / town
2 votes
The ancient university town (220 000 Ew.) Eased in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance in It...
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32 votes
Founded in the 1st century B.C., Verona has played such an important role in history. Shakespeare...
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Even those who are not accustomed to attending opera should make sure they visit the open-air spe...
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A place of homage for romantics: countless lovers' wishes cover the walls of what is supposedly J...
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The Loggia del Consiglio is beautiful early Renaissance. On the south side of the Palazzo della R...
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In ancient Verona, the central forum was located here. Even today the life of the city takes plac...
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101 votes
Chic Central with old country manners. If all of the cities in Italy were sisters, Florence, Rome,...
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1 votes
Especially pleasant atmosphere. The accommodation features: restaurant in the hotel, meeting room...
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81 votes
The symbol of the city with a history stretching back 600 years. Milan Cathedral, the foundation s...
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46 votes
Residence, fortification, museum - and a model for the Kremlin. The castle of Milan's ruling famil...
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42 votes
Milan's most beautiful shop window: a place to see and be seen, to shop and to savour. Il salotto,...
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A fascinating insight into the history of early Christianity. The three-naved church dedicated to ...
- 146theater / opera
9 votes
Milan's opera house: the stage of Rossini and Verdi, Caruso and Callas is a once in a lifetime ex...
- 147museum / gallery
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Having returned to the recently restored surroundings of the Scala, this newly structured museum ...
- 148shop
10 votes
A legendary shopping street with every luxury brand on the planet. On the Via Monte Napoleone and...
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The world's highest density of exclusive fashion in a single square of streets. The selection - an...
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Science (from the Latin scientia, 'knowledge'), is the effort to understand, or to understand be...
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