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Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Sibaritide
Founded around 730 BC and destroyed by the Krotons in 510 BC, Sybaris was rebuilt twice: once as Thuni by the Greeks in 444 BC, and again in 194 BC by the Romans who called it Copia. Evidence of all three cities can be seen at this archaeological site and its museum located 5km sou
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Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
Venices cosmopolitan nature is evident in Castello, where Turkish merchants, Armenian clerics and Balkan and Slavic labourers were considered essential to Venetian commerce and society. This 15th-century religious confraternity headquarters is dedicated to favourite Slavic saints G
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Basilica di San Fedele
With three naves and three apses, this evocative basilica is often likened to a clover leaf. Parts of it date from the 6th century while the facade is the result of a 1914 revamp. The 16th-century rose window and 16th- and 17th-century frescoes enhance the appeal. The apses are cen
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Palazzo dei Normanni
Home to Sicilys regional parliament, this venerable palace dates to the 9th century. However, it owes its current look (and name) to a major Norman makeover, during which spectacular mosaics were added to its royal apartments and magnificent chapel, the Cappella Palatina . Visits t
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Cattedrale di San Zeno
This cathedral with beautiful Pisan-Romanesque facade and sky-high brick campanile (bell tower) safeguards a lunette of the Madonna and Child between two angels by Andrea della Robbia. Its other highlight, in Cappella di San Jacopo off the north aisle, is the silver Dossale di San
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Parco Regionale della Maremma
This spectacular regional park incorporates the Uccellina mountain range, a 600-hectare pine forest, marshy plains and 20kms of unspoiled coast. Park access is limited to 13 signed walking trails of 2.5km to 13km; the most popular is A2 (Le Torri), a 5.8km walk to the beach. From m
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Casa dei Tre Oci
Acquired by the Fondazione di Venezia in 2000, this fanciful neo-Gothic house was once the home of early-20th-century artist and photographer Mario de Maria, who conceived its distinctive brick facade with its three arched windows (its namesake eyes) in 1910. Now it hosts his photo
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Basilica di Sant’Anastasia
Dating from the 13th to 15th centuries and featuring an elegantly decorated vaulted ceiling, the Gothic Chiesa di Sant’Anastasia is Verona’s largest church and a showcase for local art. The multitude of frescoes is overwhelming, but don’t overlook Pisanello’s story-book-quality fre
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Seggiovia del Monte Solaro
A fast and painless way to reach Capri’s highest peak, Anacapris Seggiovia del Monte Solaro chairlift whisks you to the top of the mountain in a tranquil, beautiful ride of just 12 minutes. The views from the top are outstanding – on a clear day, you can see the entire Bay of Naple
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Palazzo del Podestà
In this superbly imaginative seven-room museum a rich range of audiovisual and interactive displays tell the story of Bergamos Venetian age. Expect animated maps, high-tech re-creations of printing typefaces and a mock-up shop with draws full of snakes. Its all set in the medieval,
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Ponte di Tiberio
The majestic five-arched Tiberius Bridge dates from AD 21. In Roman times it marked the start of the Via Emilia – the important arterial road between the Adriatic Coast (at Rimini) and the Po River valley (at Piacenza) – which linked up here with the Via Flaminia from Rome. These d
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Fontana Aretusa
Down the winding main street from the cathedral is this ancient spring, where fresh water still bubbles up just as it did in ancient times when it was the citys main water supply. Legend has it that the goddess Artemis transformed her beautiful handmaiden Aretusa into the spring to
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Castel Trauttmansdorff
You could give an entire day to these beautiful botanical gardens a little outside Merano. Exotic cacti and palms, fruit trees and vines, beds of lilies, irises and tulips all cascade down the hillside surrounding a mid-19th-century castle where Sissi – Empress Elisabeth – spent th
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Museo Casa Deriu
Housed in an elegant 19th-century townhouse, Bosas main museum showcases local arts and artisanal crafts. Each of the three floors has a different theme relating to the city and its past: the 1st floor hosts temporary exhibitions and displays of traditional hand embroidery; the 2nd
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina
This delightful museum occupies a light-filled palazzo built atop the 2nd-century BC Santuario della Fortuna Primigenia, a vast temple that once encompassed much of what is now Palestrinas historic centre. It has an interesting collection of ancient sculpture and funerary artefacts
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Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo
Soak in the dizzying bay views at the belvedere before exploring the adjoining Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo. Built in the 11th century and remodelled between the 17th and 19th centuries, this one-time Benedictine abbey houses a small museum with some arresting pictures done in
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Quadrilatero dOro
A stroll around the Quadrilatero dOro, the worlds most famous shopping district, is a must. This quaintly cobbled quadrangle of streets – bounded by Via Monte Napoleone, Via SantAndrea, Via della Spiga and Via Alessandro Manzoni – has always been synonymous with elegance and money
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Duomo di Arezzo
Construction started in the 13th century but Arezzos cathedral wasnt completed until the 15th century. In the northeast corner, left of the intricately carved main altar, is an exquisite fresco of Mary Magdalene (c 1459) by Piero della Francesca. Also notable are five glazed terrac
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La Pescheria
Catanias raucous fish market, which takes over the streets behind Piazza del Duomo every workday morning, is street theatre at its most thrilling. Tables groan under the weight of decapitated swordfish, ruby-pink prawns and trays full of clams, mussels, sea urchins and all manner o
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Teatro Bibiena
If ever a theatre were set to upstage the actors, its the 18th-century Teatro Bibiena. Dimly lit and festooned with plush velvet, its highly unusual, intimate bell-shaped design sees four storeys of ornate, stucco balconies arranged around curving walls. It was specifically intende
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