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Museo Europeo dei Trasporti
Just outside the tranquil lake town of Ranco lurks the eccentric Museo Europeo dei Trasporti, fun for anyone who likes machines and it’s potentially a great distraction for kids. Collection items stretching from the 1800s include a tricycle, various horse-drawn carriages from aroun
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Grotta del Genovese
Between 6000 and 10,000 years old, the Upper Palaeolithic wall paintings and Neolithic incised drawings at the Genovese Cave were discovered in 1949 by Francesca Minellono, a painter from Florence who was holidaying on Levanzo. Mostly featuring animals, the later ones also include
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Foris Portas
Outside the walls, the small pre-Romanesque Chiesa di Santa Maria Foris Portas was built around the 7th century. Inside in the apse are some remarkable frescoes depicting scenes from the infancy of Jesus Christ and dominated by an image of Christ Pantocrator. Art historians tend to
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Lazzaretto Nuovo
Every summer since 1988 amateur archaeologists and schoolchildren have made the journey out to the island of Lazzaretto Nuovo to work on one of the most fascinating historic sites in the lagoon, the Tezon Grande, a quarantine depot for the Republic between 1468 and the 1700s. The T
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Via de Bardi
Walking east from Ponte Vecchio, the first stretch of Via de Bardi shows clear signs of its recent history. This entire area was flattened by German mines in 1944, and hastily rebuilt in questionable taste after the war. The street spills into Piazza di Santa Maria Soprarno. Follow
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Palazzo della Cancelleria
As impressive an example of Renaissance architecture as you’ll find in Rome, this huge palazzo was built for Cardinal Raffaele Riario between 1483 and 1513. It was later acquired by the Vatican and became the seat of the Papal Chancellory. It is still Vatican property and nowadays
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Villa Manin
Contemporary-art lovers will appreciate the exhibitions at Villa Manin, a villa in Passariano, 30km southwest of Udine. Home to the Venetian noble Manin family from the 1600s until as late as the 1990s (when the last count died heirless), which included the last of Venice’s doges,
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Villa Borghese
Locals, lovers, tourists, joggers – no one can resist the lure of Romes most celebrated park. Originally the 17th-century estate of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, it covers about 80 hectares of wooded glades, gardens and grassy banks. Among its attractions are several excellent museum
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Jewish Ghetto
Centred on lively Via Portico d’Ottavia, the Jewish Ghetto is a wonderfully atmospheric area studded with artisans’ studios, vintage clothes shops, kosher bakeries and popular trattorias. Rome’s Jewish community dates back to the 2nd century BC, making it one of the oldest in Euro
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Palazzo Fabroni
Take a breather from the ancient with this spacious and airy contemporary art museum, host to riveting temporary exhibitions and a permanent collection amassed through exhibiting artists donating works to the gallery. Highlights include the shadow wall painting Scultura dOmbra (200
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Libreria Nazionale Marciana
Across Piazzetta San Marco from the Palazzo Ducale lies the gracious form of what Palladio described as the most sumptuous palace ever built. Designed by Jacopo Sansovino in the 16th century, the building occupies the entire west side of the piazzetta and houses the Libreria Nazion
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Piazza della Vittoria
Perhaps beautiful is not the word but this nonetheless fascinating piazza is a leftover of Il Duces dreams of grandeur. Designed by Marcello Piacentini and opened in 1932, the square is lined with a compendium of Fascist architecture – imposing, Big Brotherish, some would say even
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Oratorio di San Giorgio
The Oratorio di San Giorgio was frescoed with the life stories of St George, St Lucy and St Catherine of Alexandria in jewel-like colour by Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi in 1378, and briefly used as a prison by Napoleon – who apparently missed the message of St George’s lib
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Giardino dei Tarocchi Scultura
Twenty-two oversized Gaudí-influenced sculptures tumble down a hillside at this fantastical sculpture garden created by Franco-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002). The whimsical, mosaic-covered creations merge with the surrounding park, creating what the artist called
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Gelso
On the islands southern coast, Gelso is a picturesque little port with a family-run restaurant and a couple of black-sand beaches that rarely get very crowded. In summer theres a bus service to get there, but youll be much better off hiring a car or scooter, as services are limited
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Museo del Vino
You can find out about local wine-making and taste some of the area’s Vermentino at the modern Museo del Vino right at the top of town.
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Oratorio dei Crociferi
Humble though it may seem from the outside – especially after the opulence of I Gesuiti across the street – this simple 12th-century oratory is positively plastered on the inside with 16th-century masterpieces by Palma Il Giovane. The oratory was originally part of a hospice set up
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Erice Monuments Circuit
A single ticket grants admission to the towns five major ecclesiastical attractions: the Campanile and Treasury at the Duomo, the wood sculptures at San Martino , the Gruppa Misteri (Good Friday group sculptures) at San Giuliano , and the marble sculptures at San Giovanni . Buy you
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Trastevere
Although its traditionally proletarian nature is changing as the crumbling palazzi become gentrified, a stroll among the labyrinthine alleys of Trastevere still reaps small gems of a bygone past. Washing strung out from the apartments in best Mama-leone tradition has everyone sighi
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Palazzo Franchetti
Three Venetian families originally lived at this Gothic 16th-century Grand Canal palace, and they didn’t agree on decor. When Archduke Frederick of Austria snapped it up in the 19th century, he unified competing styles with a modern makeover. The Franchetti family lived here after
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