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Museo Mandralisca
This small, privately owned museum showcases a collection amassed by parliamentarian, archaeologist and natural-history buff, Baron Mandralisca (1809–64). The rather faded displays of Greek ceramics and Arab pottery are of marginal interest compared to Antonello da Messinas splendi
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Museo Archeologico & Speziera di Santa Fina
The Speziera di Santa Fina, one of two museums on the same site, features a part-reconstructed 15th- to 18th-century pharmacy, complete with shelves stacked with brightly painted ceramic jars, half-empty potion bottles, terracotta bowls full of ingredients and leather-bound invent
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Museo Mille Miglia
The original Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles) ran between 1927 and 1957 and was one of Italys most legendary endurance car races – it started in Brescia and took some 16 hours to complete. The races colourful museum is loaded with some of the greatest cars to cross the finish line, as
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Museo del Sottosuolo
Naples fascinating Museum of the Underground is a DIY ode to speleologists and the treasures they uncover under the modern city. Hidden away on Piazza Cavour, its series of restored underground cisterns recreates real-life sites inaccessible to the public, from a phallocentric shri
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Forum Boarium
Car-choked Piazza Bocca della Verità stands on what was once ancient Rome’s cattle market, the Forum Boarium. Opposite the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin are two tiny 2nd-century BC temples: the circular Tempio di Ercole Vincitore , the oldest marble temple in Rome, and the Temp
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Castello
Rebuilt in the mid-16th century after an earthquake in 1511, Udines castle affords rare views of the city and snowy peaks beyond. It houses a number of different collections, all fascinating. The Museo del Risorgimento is both compellingly designed and set in a series of beautiful
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Basilica di SantAmbrogio
St Ambrose, Milan’s patron saint and one-time superstar bishop, is buried in the crypt of this red-brick cathedral, which he founded in AD 379. It’s a fitting legacy, built and rebuilt with a purposeful simplicity that is truly uplifting: the seminal Lombard Romanesque basilica. Sh
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Basilica dei Santi Apostoli
This much-altered 6th-century church is dedicated to the apostles James and Philip, whose relics are in the crypt. Its most obvious attraction is the portico with its Renaissance arches and the two-tier facade topped by 13 towering figures. Inside, the flashy baroque interior was c
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Mercato del Pesce di Pozzuoli
Pozzuolis atmospheric fish market is just the spot for an appetising morning stroll, though the best bargains are had at closing on Sunday. Good weather brings in the best catches, with local staples including pesce azzurro (mackerel), pesce bandiera (sailfish), seppie (squid), pol
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Nemi
The town of Nemi is perched high above Lago di Nemi, the smaller of the two volcanic lakes in the Castelli Romani. This area was the centre of a cult to the goddess Diana in ancient times, and favourite holiday spot of the emperor Caligula. Today it’s a popular getaway from Rome, a
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Palazzo della Ragione
Ancient Padua can be glimpsed in elegant twin squares separated by the triple-decker Gothic Palazzo della Ragione, the city’s tribunal dating from 1218. Inside Il Salone (the Great Hall), frescoes by Giotto acolytes Giusto de’ Menabuoi and Nicolò Miretto depict the astrological th
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Old Town
The Old Towns spiderweb of narrow streets and alleys staggers uphill from the old harbour to Portoferraios defining twinset of forts, Forte Falcone and the salmon-pink Forte Stella , revealing deserted 16th-century ramparts to wander and seagulls freewheeling overhead. From central
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Galleria Nazionale dArte Moderna e Contemporanea
Housed in a vast belle époque palace, this oft-overlooked gallery is an unsung gem. Its superlative collection runs the gamut from neoclassical sculpture to abstract expressionism with works by many of the most important exponents of 19th- and 20th-century art. There are canvases b
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Catacombe di San Callisto
These are the largest and busiest of Rome’s catacombs. Founded at the end of the 2nd century and named after Pope Calixtus I, they became the official cemetery of the newly established Roman Church. In the 20km of tunnels explored to date, archaeologists have found the tombs of 500
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Parco Sculture del Chianti
More than 25 site-specific contemporary artworks are tucked into this 13-acre wood, meaning you’ll encounter abstract humans, cube clusters and multicoloured cows amid the foliage. Between June and August weekly sunset Jazz and Opera concerts are staged in the park’s white Carrara
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Via Giulia
Designed by Bramante in 1508 as part of a big urban development program ordered by Pope Julius II, Via Giulia is one of Romes most charming roads lined with colourful Renaissance palazzi and potted orange trees. At its southern end, the Fontana del Mascherone depicts a gormless17th
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Anconas Arches
North of Piazza Dante Alighieri, at the far end of the port, is the Arco di Traiano (Trajans Arch), erected in 115 BC by Apollodorus of Damascus in honour of the Roman Emperor Trajan. Luigi Vanvitellis grand Arco Clementino (Clementines Arch), inspired by Apollodorus arch and dedic
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Chiesa di San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
This tiny church is a masterpiece of Roman baroque. It was Borromini’s first church, and the play of convex and concave surfaces and the dome illuminated by hidden windows cleverly transform the small space into a place of light and beauty.The church, completed in 1641, stands at t
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Cimitero
Until Napoleon established a city cemetery on Isola di San Michele, Venetians had been buried in parish plots across town – not the most salubrious solution, as Napoleon’s inspectors realised. Today, goths, incorrigible romantics and music-lovers pause here to pay respects to Ezra
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MADRE
When Madonna and Child overload hits, reboot at Naples museum of modern and contemporary art. Start on level three – the setting for temporary exhibitions – before hitting level twos permanent collection of painting, sculpture and installations from prolific 20th- and 21st-century
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