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Museo della Carta
Amalfi’s paper museum is housed in a rugged, cave-like 13th-century paper mill (the oldest in Europe). It lovingly preserves the original paper presses, which are still in full working order, as you’ll see during the 15-minute guided tour (in English), which explains the original c
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Palazzo Leoni Montanari
An extraordinary collection of treasures await inside Palazzo Leoni Montanari, among them ancient pottery from Magna Graecia and grand salons filled with Canaletto’s misty lagoon landscapes and Pietro Longhis 18th-century satires. A recent addition is Agostino Fasolatos astounding
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Capo Carbonara
If you do just one daytrip from Villasimius, make it the 15-minute drive south to Capo Carbonara, a protected marine park. The promontory dips spectacularly into the crystal-clear water of the Med. Besides perfect conditions for scuba divers, the area has some gorgeously secluded b
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Museo Diocesano
Next door to the Palazzo Ducale is the Museo Diocesano , a winding homage to Gubbio’s medieval history.
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La Rotonda
No matter how you look at it, this villa is a show-stopper: the namesake dome caps a square base, with identical colonnaded facades on all four sides. This is one of Palladio’s most admired creations, inspiring variations across Europe and the USA, including Thomas Jefferson’s Mont
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale Gaio Cilnio Mecenate
Overlooking the remains of a Roman amphitheatre that once seated up to 10,000 spectators, this museum in a 14th-century convent building exhibits Etruscan and Roman artefacts. The highlight is the Cratere di Euphronios, a 6th-century-BC Etruscan vase decorated with vivid scenes sho
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MUSE
A stunning new architectural work, care of Renzo Piano, houses this 21st-century science museum and cleverly echoes the local landscape. Curatorially, the museum typifies the citys brainy inquisitiveness, with highly interactive exhibitions that explore the Alpine environment, biod
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Campanile
The 414-step climb up the cathedrals 85m-tall campanile, begun by Giotto in 1334, rewards with a staggering city panorama. The first tier of bas-reliefs around the base of its elaborate Gothic facade are copies of those carved by Pisano depicting the Creation of Man and the attivit
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Palazzo dei Diamanti
Named after the spiky diamond-shaped ashlar stones on its facade, the late-15th-century diamond palace was built for Sigismondo dEste. It houses Ferraras Pinacoteca Nazionale , where you can contemplate the genius of the 16th- to 17th-century ‘Ferrara school’, spearheaded by artist
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Eastern Temples
The Eastern Temples are the most stunning of all Selinuntes ruins, crowned by the majestic Temple E . Built in the 5th century BC and reconstructed in 1958, it stands out due to its completeness. It is the first of the three temples close to the ticket office. Temple G , the north
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Museo Archeologico dellAlto Adige
The star of the Museo Archeologico dell’Alto Adige is Ötzi, the Iceman, with almost the entire museum being given over to the Copper Age mummy. Kept in a temperature-controlled igloo room, he can be viewed through a small window (peer closely enough and you can make out faintly vis
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Teatro Olimpico
Behind a walled garden lies a Renaissance marvel: the Teatro Olimpico, which Palladio began in 1580 with inspiration from Roman amphitheatres. Vincenzo Scamozzi finished the elliptical theatre after Palladio’s death, adding a stage set modelled on the ancient Greek city of Thebes,
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Parco Archeologico Rocca di Manerba
Protected by Unesco, the gorgeous rock of Minerva juts out scenically into the lake just north of Moniga del Garda. The park contains the remaining low rubble walls of a medieval castle, a restful nature reserve of evergreen woods, orchid meadows and walking trails, and some of the
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Museo Archeologico
Significant remains from prehistoric and Roman times are displayed at the Museo Archeologico .
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Cimitero delle Fontanelle
Holding about eight million human bones, the ghoulish Fontanelle Cemetery was first used during the 1656 plague, before becoming Naples main burial site during the 1837 cholera epidemic. At the end of the 19th century it became a hot spot for the anime pezzentelle (poor souls) cult
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Isola del Garda
Its not often you get to explore such a stunning private island, villa and grounds. Anchored just off Salò, this speck of land is crowned with impressive battlements, luxuriant formal gardens and a sumptuous neo-Gothic Venetian villa. Boats depart from towns including Salò, San Fel
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Graeco
These twin theatres west of Piazza del Duomo are Catanias most impressive Graeco-Roman remains. Both are picturesquely sited in the thick of a crumbling residential neighbourhood, with laundry occasionally flapping on the rooftops of vine-covered buildings that appear to have sprou
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Grotte di Catullo
Occupying 2 hectares at Sirmiones northern tip, this ruined 1st-century AD Roman villa is a picturesque complex of teetering stone arches and tumbledown walls, some three storeys high. Its the largest domestic Roman villa in northern Italy and wandering its terraced hillsides offer
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Rialto Market
Venices bustling Rialto Market has been whetting appetites for seven centuries. Scour the stalls of the Pescaria for glistening mountains of moscardini (baby octopus), moeche (soft-shell crabs), and inky seppie (squid). Sustainable fishing practices are not a new idea at the Pescar
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Chiesa di San Maurizio
The 16th-century royal chapel and convent of San Maurizio is Milans hidden crown jewel, every inch of it covered in breathtaking frescoes, several of them executed by Bernardino Luini who worked with Leonardo. Many of the frescoes immortalise Ippolita Sforza, Milanese literary mave
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