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Chiesa di SantAgostino
The far end of Piazza del Duomo is dominated by the 13th-century stone hulk of this deconsecrated church. Once dedicated to St Augustine, the Romanesque space hosts seasonal art exhibitions today.
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Parco Nazionale delle Incisioni Rupestri
About halfway between Darfo and Edolo, the Parco Nazionale delle Incisioni Rupestri is a 30-hectare open-air museum containing rock engravings that date back as far as the Bronze Age. From the reserves museum colour-coded paths loop through chestnut woods revealing an intriguing ar
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Hellenistic
To the east of the Museo Archeologico is the Hellenistic-Roman Quarter, featuring a well-preserved street layout which was part of urban Akragas (and later, under the Romans, Agrigentum). The regular grid is made up of main streets (plateiai) intersected at right angles by secondar
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Cattedrale di San Giovanni Evangelista
Sansepolcros 14th-century duomo contains an Ascension by Perugino, a Resurrection by Raffaellino del Colle and a polyptych by Niccolò di Segna that is thought to have influenced Pieros Resurrection . Left of the main altar is the striking Il Volto Santo (Sacred Face), a wooden cruc
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Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli
This hulking basilica occupies what was once the central hall of Diocletians baths complex. It was originally designed by Michelangelo, but only the great vaulted ceiling remains from his plans.
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Piazza Garibaldi
The large town square is home to Sulmonas extensive Wednesday and Saturday morning market: youll find fresh fish, veg, fruit and flowers as well as the ubiquitous porchetta van, selling pork in a roll. Along Corso Ovidio is a striking series of arches, all that remains of a 13th-ce
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Museo Correale
East of the city centre, this museum is well worth a visit whether youre a clock collector, an archaeological egghead or into embroidery. In addition to the rich assortment of 17th- to 19th-century Neapolitan art and crafts, there are Japanese, Chinese and European ceramics, clocks
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Bocca della Verità
A bearded face carved into a giant marble disc, the Bocca della Verità is one of Romes most popular curiosities. Legend has it that if you put your hand in the mouth and tell a lie, the Bocca will slam shut and bite your hand off.The mouth, which was originally part of a fountain,
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Necropoli di Sant’Andrea Priu
About 7km east of Bonorva, the Necropoli di Sant’Andrea Priu lies in lush, verdant countryside. An isolated site, accessible by a narrow potholed road, it is made up of around 20 small grottoes carved into trachyte rock and dating as far back as 4000 BC. Of the grottoes, the Tomba
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Nuraghe Mannu
To get an eagle-eye view over the coast, follow the signs off the Cala Gonone–Dorgali road to this nuraghe. After 3km the rocky track peters out at a wild headland where you can see nearly the entire curve of the gulf. The location is romantic, set above a lush gorge and with silve
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Sacra di San Michele
This Gothic-Romanesque abbey, brooding above the road 14km from Turin, has kept sentry atop Monte Pirchiriano (962m) since the 10th century. It housed a powerful, bustling community of Benedictine monks for over six hundred years and was a staging point for high social level pilgri
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Museo della Seta
Lago di Comos aspiring silk makers still learn their trade in the 1970s-built Istituto Tecnico Industriale di Setificio textile technical school. Its also home to the Museo della Seta, which draws together the threads of the towns silk history. Early dyeing and printing equipment f
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Palazzo Fortuny
The not-so-humble home studio of outrageous art nouveau Spanish-Venetian designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo features three floors swagged with Fortuny’s printed textiles, mood-lit with his signature patterned glass lanterns. Today these sumptuous halls host rotating exhibits by mod
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Università degli Studi di Pavia
The University of Pavia was formally established in 1361 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, although there had been a school of divinity here as early as 825. The oldest colleges, dating from the 16th century are the Collegio Borromeo and the Collegio Ghislieri. Another three have si
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Il Vittoriano
Love it or loathe it, as most locals do, you cant ignore Il Vittoriano (aka the Altare della Patria; Altar of the Fatherland), the massive mountain of white marble that towers over Piazza Venezia. Begun in 1885 to honour Italys first king, Victor Emmanuel II, it incorporates the Mu
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Isole Borromeo
The Borromean Gulf forms Lake Maggiores most beautiful corner, sheltering the Borromean Islands and their spectacular, privately owned palaces. Closest to Stresa is Isola Bella with its ostentatious terraces and cool shell-encrusted grottoes; tiny Isola Superiore , packed with fish
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Museo Fortuny
Find design inspiration at the palatial home-studio of Art Nouveau designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, whose shockingly uncorseted Delphi goddess frocks set the standard for bohemian chic. First-floor salon walls are eclectic mood boards: Fortuny fashions and Isfahan tapestries, fa
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Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro
Dubbed the Square Colosseum, the Palace of the Workers is EUR’s architectural icon, a rationalist masterpiece clad in gleaming white travertine. Designed by Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano, and built between 1938 and 1943, it consists of six rows of nin
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Serra Orrios
Eleven kilometres northwest of Dorgali, at kilometre 25 on the SP38, is Serra Orrios, a ruined nuraghic village inhabited between 1500 and 250 BC. Nestled among olive groves, the remains comprise a cluster of 70 or so horseshoe-shaped huts grouped around two basalt-hewn temples: Te
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Spiaggia Sabbia Nera
Vulcanos beach scene is centred on this smooth strip of black sand at Porto di Ponente, about 10 minutes walk beyond the mud pools on the western side of the peninsula. One of the few sandy beaches in the Aeolians, its a scenic spot, curving around a bay of limpid, glassy waters ou
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