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Palazzo Lomellino
The most elaborate facade belongs to the 1563 Palazzo Lomellino . The grey blue exterior is festooned with stucco adornments, while the internal courtyard is dominated by an 18th-century nymphaeum (monument to the nymphs). Upstairs, the remarkably preserved 17th-century frescoes by
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Museo delle Maioliche
Lovers of handpainted Italian maiolica should make a beeline for this unique museum, which contains a private collection of over 2300 tiles, most from Sicily and Naples, amassed over three decades by founder Pio Mellina. The tiles fill the walls and floors of the lovingly restored
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Museo delle Arti Sanitarie
This small museum, located at a 16th-century hospital and monastic complex, is packed with an occasionally wince-inducing collection of historical surgical instruments, among them an 18th-century defibrillator, a portable pharmacy kit adorned with painted Roman landscapes, and an o
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Town Centre
One of Lipari Towns great pleasures is simply wandering its streets, lapping up the laid-back island atmosphere. Liparis liveliest street is Via Vittorio Emanuele , a cheerful thoroughfare lined with bars, cafes, restaurants and delis. The street really comes into its own in early
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Monte Testaccio
In the heart of the eponymous neighbourhood, Monte Testaccio, aka Monte dei Cocci, is an artificial grass-covered hill made of smashed amphorae (testae in Latin, hence the areas name, Testaccio). Between the 2nd century BC and the 3rd century AD, Testaccio was Rome’s river port. Su
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Giuseppe Quintarelli
The late Giuseppe Quintarelli put the Valpolicella region on the world wine map, and his benchmark estate is now run by daughter Fiorenza and her family. Quintarellis extraordinary, limited-production Amarone - made using corvina, corvinone, rondinella, cabernet, nebbiolo, croatina
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Chiesa di San Domenico
The Chiesa di San Domenico lies Off Via Roma. It was built in 1640 following the design of architect Andrea Cirincione; the façade was added in 1726 after the buildings that once occupied the square were demolished to give the church some space. The church has been the place where
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Antico Cimitero Israelitico
This overgrown garden was Venice’s main Jewish cemetery from 1386 until the 18th century. It fell into disuse after the establishment of a new cemetery on Via Cipro and the tombstones were only rediscovered by construction workers in the 1920s. Tombstones range in design from Venet
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Piazzale Michelangelo
Turn your back on the bevy of ticky-tacky souvenir stalls flogging David statues and boxer shorts and take in the spectacular city panorama from this vast square, pierced by one of Florences two David copies. Sunset here is particularly dramatic. Its a 10-minute uphill walk along t
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Ospedale del Ceppo
The facade of this former hospital, sparkling after recent renovation works, stuns with its 16th-century polychrome terracotta frieze by Giovanni della Robbia. It depicts the Sette Opere di Misericordia (Seven Works of Mercy), and the five medallions represent the Virtù Teologali (
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Chiesa di San Michele in Foro
One of Luccas many architecturally significant churches, this glittering Romanesque edifice marks the spot where the citys Roman forum was. The present building with exquisite wedding-cake facade was constructed on the site of its 8th-century precursor over 300 years, beginning in
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Stabiae
South of Oplontis, Stabiae stood on the slopes of the Varano hill overlooking what was then the sea and is now modern Castellammare di Stabia. Here at Stabiae you can visit two villas: the 1st-century-BC Villa Arianna and the larger Villa San Marco, said to measure more than 11,000
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Torrazzo
Cremonas 111m-tall torrazzo (bell tower, although torazzo translates literally as ‘great, fat tower’) soars above the citys central square. A total of 502 steps wind up to the top. The effort is more than repaid with marvelous views across the city. The clock has been tinkered wit
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Museo di Castelvecchio
Bristling with battlements along the River Adige, Castelvecchio was built in the 1350s by Cangrande II. Severely damaged by Napoleon and WWII bombings, the fortress was reinvented by architect Carlo Scarpa, who constructed bridges over exposed foundations, filled gaping holes with
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Museo delle Genti dAbruzzo
Located on a quiet road parallel to the river on the opposite bank from the centre, this wonderful museum illustrates Abruzzo peasant culture. The information is mainly in Italian, but the objects speak eloquently for themselves. There are shepherds capes, carnival masks, outlandis
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Chiesa di San Fermo
At the river end of Via Leoni, Chiesa di San Fermo is actually two churches in one: Franciscan monks raised the 13th-century Gothic church right over an original 11th-century Romanesque structure. Inside the main Gothic church, you’ll notice a magnificent timber carena di nave, a c
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Whitaker Museum
This museum on San Pantaleo island, 10km north of Marsala, houses a unique collection of Phoenician artefacts assembled over decades by amateur archaeologist Joseph Whitaker. Its greatest treasure (recently returned to Sicily after two years at Londons British Museum and Los Angele
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Piazza Municipio
About halfway along Corso Vittorio Emanuele is the graceful Piazza Municipio, flanked by Notos most dramatic buildings. To the north, sitting in stately pomp at the head of Paolo Labisis monumental staircase is the Cattedrale di San Nicolò, surrounded by a series of elegant palaces
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Palazzo Massari
This early Renaissance palace houses three museums: the Museo Giovanni Boldini , dedicated solely to Ferrara-born Giovanni Boldini; the Museo dellOttocento , focusing on 19th-century art; and the Museo dArte Moderna e Contemporanea Filippo di Pisis , half of which is devoted to its
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Quartiere Coppedè
Best entered from the corner of Via Tagliamento and Via Dora, the compact Quartiere Coppedè is a fairy-tale neighbourhood of Tuscan turrets, Liberty sculptures, Moorish arches, Gothic gargoyles, frescoed façades and palm-fringed gardens. The mind behind the madness belonged to the
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