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Museo dell’Ombrello e del Parasole
Those driving to Mottarone or Orta San Giulio (for Lake Orta) from Stresa could stop in Gignese (8km from Stresa) for the intriguing Museo dell’Ombrello e del Parasole. Regional artisans once made a living from handmade parasols and umbrellas, and later small-scale industrial produ
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Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali
This striking museum brings to life the Mercati di Traiano , emperor Trajans great 2nd-century market complex, while also providing a fascinating introduction to the Imperial Forums with multimedia displays, explanatory panels and a smattering of archaeological artefacts. Sculpture
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Cimitero Monumentale
Behind striking Renaissance-revival black-and-white walls, Milan’s wealthy have kept their dynastic ambitions alive long after death with grand sculptural gestures since 1866. Nineteenth-century death-and-the-maiden eroticism gives way to some fabulous abstract forms from mid-centu
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Chiesa dOgnissanti
Stroll along Borgo dOgnissanti, from Piazza Carlo Goldoni towards ancient city gate Porta al Prato, past antiques shops and designer boutiques to reach this 13th-century church, built as part of a Benedictine monastery. Its highlight is Domenico Ghirlandaios fresco of the Madonna d
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Casa Museo
The good news is that this museum is well signposted and has a car park. The bad news is that its on a perilous corner on Ischias mountain road between Buonopane and Fontana. Double back if you can because beguiling Casa Museo is far more interesting than its name suggests. Tunnell
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Basilica di Superga
Vittorio Amedeo IIs 1706 promise, to build a basilica to honour the Virgin Mary if Turin was saved from besieging French and Spanish armies, resulted in this wedding cake edifice, built on a hill across the Po river. Architect Filippo Juvarras Basilica di Superga became the final
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Basilica di San Saturnino
One of the oldest churches in Sardinia, the Basilica di San Saturnino is a striking example of Paleo-Christian architecture. Based on a Greek-cross pattern, the domed basilica was built over a Roman necropolis in the 5th century, on the site where Saturninus, a much revered local m
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Peristyle & Great Hunt
The main part of the villa is centred on the peristyle , a vast covered courtyard lined with amusing animal heads. This is where guests would have been received before being taken through to the basilica (throne room). Of the rooms on the northern side of the peristyle, the most in
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Tenute Olbios
Spread across sixty hectares, Tenute Olbios estate whisks visitors through the wine-making process in 1½-hour guided tours (€10), which head down to the cellar and conclude with a three-wine tasting below the oak ceiling of the granite-walled tasting room. A slightly longer tour (€
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Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
Dominating the Florence skyline is the russet-domed Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore , with its furiously pretty façade in pink, white and green marble. Begun in 1296 by Arnolfo di Cambio, the world’s fourth-largest cathedral took almost 150 years to complete. The restrained int
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Abbazia di Montecassino
Dramatically perched on a mountain top near the regional border with Campania, the Abbazia di Montecassino was one of the most important Christian centres in the medieval world. St Benedict founded it in 529 AD, supposedly after three ravens led him to the spot, and lived there unt
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Chiesa Nuova
Not exactly nuova (new) as the name would suggest, this imposing landmark church, also known as the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Vallicella, boasts a distinguished17th-century facade and a rich baroque interior. Of particular note are the superb ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona an
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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo
A magnificent repository of art, this is one of Rome’s earliest and richest Renaissance churches. Of the numerous works of art on display, it is the two Caravaggio masterpieces that draw the most onlookers – the Conversion of Saul and the Crucifixion of St Peter – but it contains o
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Villa Taranto
The grounds of this late-19th-century villa are one of Lago Maggiores highlights. A Scottish captain, Neil McEacharn, bought the Normandy-style villa from the Savoy family in 1931 after spotting an ad in the Times. He planted some 20,000 plant species over 30 years, and today its c
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Museo Regionale
Messinas considerable art collection is held here. The most famous work is the San Gregorio (St Gregory) polyptych by local boy Antonello da Messina (1430–79). Although in pretty shabby condition, its five panels are wonderfully figurative. There are also two splendid works by Cara
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Via Etnea
Its not difficult to see how Catanias main shopping street got its name – on a clear day you can see Mt Etna rising menacingly at the end of it. Via Etnea runs straight from Piazza del Duomo up to the foothills below Etna. Lined with modern department stores, bars and pavement cafe
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Palazzo dello Spagnuolo
In baroque-rich Naples, even staircases can be an event and the masterpiece gracing the courtyard of this palazzo is one of its most showstopping. Designed by Ferdinando Sanfelice and dating from 1738, its double-ramped, five-arched flights were put to good use in film classics lik
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Galleria Comunale dArte
Housed in a neoclassical villa north of Il Castello, this gallery zooms in on modern Sardinian art, including works by island artists like Tarquinio Sini (1891–1943). His humorous contrasti (contrasts) showing frumpily dressed Sardinian girls standing beside glamorous, coiffed flap
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Chiesa di San Domenico Maggiore
Completed in 1324 on the orders of Charles I of Anjou, this was the royal church of the Angevins. Of the few 14th-century remnants surviving the churchs countless revamps, the frescoes by Pietro Cavallini in the Cappella Brancaccio take the cake. The sacristy is also noteworthy, fe
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Museo Etnografico Sardo
Zooming in on Sardinian folklore, this museum harbours a peerless collection of filigree jewellery, carpets, tapestries, rich embroidery, musical instruments, weapons and masks. The highlight is the traditional costume display – the styles, colours and patterns speaking volumes abo
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