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Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Beyond the Basilica di San Lorenzo ticket office lie peaceful cloisters framing a garden with orange trees. Stairs lead up the loggia and the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, commissioned by Giulio de Medici (Pope Clement VII) in 1524 to house the extensive Medici library (started b
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Basilica dei SS Maria e Donato
Fire-breathing is the unifying theme of Murano’s medieval church, with its 12th-century gilded glass Madonna apse mosaic made in Murano’s fornaci (furnaces) and the bones of a dragon hanging behind the altar. According to legend, these are the bones of a beast slayed by San Donato,
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Palazzo Madre
The 16th- to 18th-century Palazzo Madre is a wonderfully decadent structure crammed full of all manner of antique furnishings and adornments. Highlights include Countess Borromeo’s doll collection, a neoclassical puppet theatre designed by a scenographer from Milan’s La Scala, and
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Oratorio di San Domenico
Dominating this small chapel is Anthony Van Dycks fantastic blue-and-red altarpiece, The Virgin of the Rosary with St Dominic and the Patronesses of Palermo . Van Dyck completed the work in Genoa in 1628, after leaving Palermo in fear of the plague. Also gracing the chapel are Giac
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Galleria Estense
Reopened in 2015 after a three-year closure (due to earthquake damage), this delightful gallery features the Este family’s collection of northern Italian paintings from late medieval times to the 18th century. There are also some fine Flemish works and a canvas or two by Velázquez,
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Largo di Torre Argentina
A busy transport hub, the Largo di Torre Argentina is set around the sunken Area Sacra and the remains of four Republican-era temples, all built between the 2nd and 4th centuries BC. These ruins, which are among the oldest in the city, are out of bounds to humans but home to a thri
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Borgo Teresiano
Much of the graceful city-centre area north of Corso Italia dates to the 18th-century reign of Empress Maria Theresa, including the photogenic Canal Grande . Reflecting centuries of religious tolerance, its here youll also find the mosaic-laden Serbian Orthodox Chiesa di Santo Spir
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Rocca Di Cerere
Just below the entrance to the castle is a huge rock, which was once home to Ennas Temple of Demeter (Ceres to the Romans), goddess of fertility and agriculture. The temple, built in 480 BC by the tyrant Gelon, is supposed to have featured a statue of King Triptolemus, the only mor
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Palazzo Doria
This palace, one of three that together make up the Musei di Strada Nuova, features a small but absorbing collection of legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini’s personal effects. In the Sala Paganiniana, pride of place goes to his Canone violin, made in Cremona in 1743. One lucky mus
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Scuola Grande di San Marco
Instead of a simple Saturday father-son handyman project, sculptor Pietro Lombardo and his sons had something more ambitious in mind: a high-Renaissance polychrome marble facade for the most important confraternity in Venice. Mauro Codussi was brought in to put the finishing touche
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Roscigno Vecchia
Roscigno Vecchia is located in the heart of the national park 28km west of Teggiano. Sudden landslides in the early 20th century caused the population to flee, although most of the original stone houses are still standing, demonstrating the sturdiness of the historic vernacular arc
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Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
The main drag through the centro storico (historic centre), Corso Vittorio Emanuele II follows the path of the ancient Roman road from Porto Torres to Cagliari. Little remains from its 13th-century heyday, but there are a few signs of past grandeur. At No 25, Palazzo Farris is a 15
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Villa Grabau
Neoclassical Villa Grabau, just north of Lucca in San Pancrazio, sits among a vast parkland with sweeping traditional English- and Italian-styled gardens, splashing fountains, more than 100 terracotta pots with lemon trees and a postcard-pretty lemon house – host to fashion shows,
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La Lanterna
The port may have changed radically since its 90s rebirth, but its emblematic sentinel hasnt moved an inch since 1543. Genoas lighthouse is one of the worlds oldest and tallest – and it still works, beaming its light over 50km to warn ships and tankers. Visitors can climb 172 steps
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Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore
Built by St Severus in the 4th century but thoroughly restyled by Cosimo Fanzago in the mid-17th century, this austere basilica still features its original Palaeo-Christian apse, now part of the buildings main entrance. Art lovers will appreciate the frescoes in the third chapel on
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Abbazia della Santissima Trinità
At the northeastern end of Venosa, the abbazia (abbey) was erected above the Roman temple around 1046 by the Benedictines and predates the Norman invasions. Within the complex is a pair of churches, one unfinished. The earlier church contains the tomb of Robert Guiscard, a Norman c
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Isola di Mal di Ventre
This bare, rocky island 10km off the coast owes its strange name (Stomach-ache Island) to the sea-sickness that sailors often suffered whilst navigating its windy waters. Now uninhabited, it was home to a primitive nuraghic settlement and was later used by Saracen pirates. These da
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Museo Archeologico Ibleo
South of the cathedral, off Via Roma, is the Museo Archeologico Ibleo, an important archaeological museum housing finds from prehistoric times and from the Greek site at Camarina on the coast. Also of interest are the ceramics from the caravan centre of Scornavacche, including a re
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Marina di Praia
Located a couple of kilometres east of the centre, this charming small beach and harbour are why most people stop off here. From the SS163 (next to the Hotel Onda Verde), a steep path leads down the cliffs to a tiny inlet with a small stretch of coarse sand and very tempting water;
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Pollara
Dont miss a trip to sleepy Pollara, sandwiched dramatically between the sea and the steep slopes of an extinct volcanic crater on Salinas western edge. The gorgeous beach here was used as a location in the 1994 film Il Postino , although the land access route to the beach has since
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