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Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Taranto
In the new town is one of Italys most important archaeological museums, exploring ancient Taras. It houses, among other artefacts, the largest collection of Greek terracotta figures in the world. Also on exhibit are fine collections of 1st-century-BC glassware, classic black-and-re
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Museo Civico Archeologico Isidoro Falchi
Vetulonias main piazza boasts spectacular views over the surrounding countryside and is home to this small but extremely impressive museum bringing Etruscan history to life through rich display of artefacts excavated from local Etruscan tombs and settlements. Highlights include the
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Palazzo Farnese
In Caprarola, 20km southeast of Viterbo, this lordly 16th-century palazzo is a true Renaissance wonder. It features a distinct pentagonal design and, inside, an internal circular courtyard and extraordinary columned staircase. Visits take in the richly decorated rooms frescoed by s
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Agienza Regionale Agricola di Alberese Farm Experience
Parts of the park are farmed, mainly to graze the Maremmas famous cattle. This experience offers a superb insight into the work of the local butteri (traditional cowboys); experienced riders can even practice herding cows themselves. The Agienza is also the regional headquarters of
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Tavole Palatine
The remains of the Temple of Hera – 15 columns and sections of pavement – are Metapontos most impressive sight. Theyre known as the Tavole Palatine (Palatine Tables), since knights, or paladins, are said to have gathered here before heading to the Crusades. The ruins are 3km north
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Casa Noha
Buffing itself up for its European Capital of Culture status in 2019, Matera opened this brilliant multimedia exhibit in February 2014. Hosted in several rooms of a 16th-century family home, it relates the sometimes painful social history of the town and its sassi , warts and all.
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Museo Nazionale Giuseppe Verdi
Take a trip through the rooms of this fine country-mansion-turned-museum on the outskirts of the small town of Busseto, which cleverly maps out the story of Verdis life through paintings, music and audio guides (included in the price). As you explore, you’ll undoubtedly recognise n
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Museo dellAccademia Etrusca
The plain facade of 13th-century Palazzo Casali was added to the original building in the 17th century. Inside, this fascinating museum displays substantial local Etruscan and Roman finds, Renaissance globes, 18th-century decorative arts and contemporary paintings. The Etruscan col
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Quattrocchi
Liparis best coastal views are from a celebrated viewpoint known as Quattrocchi (Four Eyes), 3km west of town. Follow the road for Pianoconte and look on your left about 300m beyond the turn-off for Spiaggia Valle i Muria. Stretching off to the south, great, grey cliffs plunge into
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Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
The last resting place of the patron saint of music features Pietro Cavallinis stunning 13th-century fresco in the nuns choir. Inside the church itself, Stefano Madernos mysterious sculpture depicts St Cecilias miraculously preserved body, unearthed in the Catacombs of San Callisto
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Museo Faggiano
Breaking the floor to replace sewer pipes led the owner of this private home to the chance discovery of an archaeological treasure trove. Layers of history are revealed beneath the floors starting with the Messapii culture in around the 5th century BC and progressing through Roman
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Fontana Pretoria
This huge and ornate fountain, with tiered basins and sculptures rippling in concentric circles, forms the centrepiece of Piazza Pretoria , a spacious square just south of the Quattro Canti.The city bought the fountain in 1573; however, the flagrant nudity of the provocative nymphs
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Torre Guinigi
The birds-eye view from the top of this medieval, 45m-tall red-brick tower adjoining 14th-century Palazzo Guinigi is predictably magnificent. But what impresses even more are the seven oak trees planted in a U-shaped flower bed at the top of the tower. Legend has it that upon the d
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Galleria Nazionale
Tthe Galleria Nazionale displays Parma’s main art collection. Alongside works by local artists Correggio and Parmigianino, you’ll find paintings by Fra Angelico, Canaletto and El Greco. Before you get to the gallery, though, you’ll pass through the Teatro Farnese, a copy of Andrea
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Cattedrale di Monreale
Inspired by a vision of the Virgin and determined to outdo his grandfather Roger II, who was responsible for the cathedral in Cefalù and the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, William II set about building the Cattedrale di Monreale, 8km southwest of Palermo. The resulting cathedral is
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Terrazza Mascagni
No trip to Livorno is complete without a stroll along (and photo shoot of) this dazzling terrace with stone balustrades that sweeps gracefully along the seafront in a dramatic chessboard flurry of black-and-white checks. When it was built in the 1920s it was called Terrazza Ciano a
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Museo di Arte Sacra
Housed in the former monastery of San Pietro allOrto, this museum houses a splendid Maestà (c 1335–37) by Ambrogio Lorenzetti and sculptures by Giovanni Pisano that originally adorned the duomos facade. The collection of primitive grey alabaster bas-reliefs also came from the duomo
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Grotta di Su Marmuri
High above Ulassai, the mammoth Grotta di Su Marmuri is a 35m-high cave complex. Visits are by guided tour only (minimum of four people), which take you on a one-hour, 1km walk through an underground wonderland festooned with stalactites and stalagmites – some like humungous drip c
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Massimago
Presiding over the cutting-edge of valpolicella viticoltore is the dynamic Camilla Chauvenet, who took over this winery when she was just 20 years old and since been turning out lighter, more modern versions of the classics, including an unusual rose and sparkling variety. The on-s
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Teatro Greco
Taorminas premier sight is this perfect horseshoe-shaped theatre, suspended between sea and sky, with Mt Etna looming on the southern horizon. Built in the 3rd century BC, its the most dramatically situated Greek theatre in the world and the second largest in Sicily (after Syracuse
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