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Riccardo Dalisi Studio
A visit to Riccardo Dalisi’s studio – its rooms packed with charismatic prototypes, works in progress and roll upon roll of Dalisi’s paintings and illustrations (the artist uses only recycled paper) – is a wonderful experience. The gentle maestro offers free three-, four- or five-d
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Castello Ursino
Catanias forbidding 13th-century castle once guarded the city from atop a seafront cliff. However, the 1669 eruption of Mt Etna changed the landscape and the whole area to the south was reclaimed by the lava, leaving the castle completely landlocked. The castle now houses the Museo
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Chiesa dei Gesuati
That Tiepolo’s 1737–39 ceiling frescoes star St Dominic is hardly surprising given that this baroque church – designed by Giorgio Massari and completed in 1735 – was built for the Dominicans. Overwhelming grief grips Mary in Tintoretto’s sombre 1565 Crucifixion , a painting subsequ
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Pinacoteca Carlo Contini & Centro di Documentazione Sulla Sartiglia
Oristanos municipal art gallery has a small but interesting collection of Sardinian paintings. Look out for various depictions of the Mamuthones, the sinister costumed characters that feature in many Sardinian carnival festivities, and Sa Sartiglia, Oristanos headline festival. For
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Il Nuovo Trionfo
The work horse of the Venetian Lagoon, the trabaccolo was a type of lugger derived from a Byzantine cargo ship. It was used to transport coal, wood and Istrian stone as well as foodstuffs, and despite its large capacity it was nimble and manoeuvrable in the canals. Il Nuovo Trionfo
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Mausoleo di Teodorico
Historically and architecturally distinct from Ravennas other Unesco sites (there are no mosaics here), this two-storey mausoleum was built in 520 for Gothic king Teodorico, who ruled Italy as a Byzantine viceroy. It is notable for its Gothic design features and throwback Roman con
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Ipogeo dei Volumni
About 5km southeast of the city, the Ipogeo dei Volumni is a 2nd-century-BC underground Etruscan burial site, holding the funerary urns of the Volumni, a local noble family. The surrounding grounds are a massive expanse of partially unearthed burial chambers, with several buildings
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Ortygia
Connected to the modern town by bridge, Ortygia, Syracuses historic centre, is an atmospheric warren of elaborate baroque palazzi, lively piazzas and busy trattorias. At its heart, the citys 7th-century Duomo lords it over Piazza del Duomo, one of Sicilys loveliest public spaces. T
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Cathedral
The 12th-century Romanesque cathedral, is off Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. The lower half is Romanesque; the upper part was rebuilt in exuberant baroque style after the earthquake in 1731. Most of the cathedral’s treasures were lost in the quake but you can see a Byzantine icon pres
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Pincio Hill Gardens
Overlooking Piazza del Popolo, the 19th-century Pincio Hill is named after the Pinci family, who owned this part of Rome in the 4th century. It’s quite a climb up from the piazza, but at the top you’re rewarded with lovely views over to St Peter’s and the Gianicolo Hill. Alternativ
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Via Federico da Montefeltro
Walk up Via Ducale to the Via Federico da Montefeltro where youll encounter a triumvirate of ancientness, beginning at the 13th-century pink cathedral , with a fine 12th-century stained-glass window and a fresco attributed to Bernardino Pinturicchio. Opposite, the 15th-century Pala
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Maradona Shrine
In Bar Nilo youll find this tongue-in-cheek shrine dedicated to Argentine football player and ex-Napoli deity Diego Armando Maradona. Stuck to an epic poem written in Maradonas honour is a small, wiry, black hair – Kapel Original of Maradona reads the English label, a direct transl
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Villa Widmann Rezzonico Foscari
To appreciate both gardening and Venetian-style social engineering, stop just west of Oriago at Villa Widmann Rezzonico Foscari. Originally owned by Persian-Venetian nobility, the 18th-century villa captures the Brenta’s last days of rococo decadence, with Murano sea-monster chande
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Museo Storico della Liberazione
Now a small, chilling museum, Via Tasso 145 was the headquarters of the German SS during the Nazi occupation of Rome (1943–44). Members of the Resistance were interrogated, tortured and imprisoned in the cells and you can still see graffiti scrawled on the walls by condemned prison
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Livia Simoni Library
Harlequin costumes and a spinet inscribed with the command ‘Inexpert hand, touch me not!’ hint at centuries of Milanese musical drama, on and off stage. Portraits show Rossini apparently chatting up patrons, while Verdi seems troubled by mixed reviews, and Callas, ever the goddess,
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Museion
The citys contemporary art space is housed in a huge multifaceted glass cube, a brave architectural surprise that beautifully vignettes the old-town rooftops and surrounding mountains from within. Theres an impressive permanent collection of international art work; temporary shows
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Museo Diocesano d’Arte Sacra
This museum of religious art, in the former Oratorio del Rosario, houses religious artefacts from the Cattedrale di Santa Maria, including silverware, statuary, paintings and woodcarving.Look out for the ghoulish reliquary of what is claimed to be one of the innocenti (newborn babi
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Napoli Sotterranea
This evocative guided tour leads you 40m below street level to explore Naples ancient labyrinth of aqueducts, passages and cisterns. The passages were originally hewn by the Greeks to extract tufa stone used in construction and to channel water from Mt Vesuvius. Extended by the Rom
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Castello di Sanluri
Just off Via Carlo Felice, the main thoroughfare, Sanluris 14th-century castle houses the Museo Risorgimentale Duca dAosta and its eclectic collection of assorted military paraphernalia. Outside in the garden, youll see a medieval catapult, whilst inside youre treated to an extraor
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Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Lucina
Little remains of the 5th-century church that was originally built here atop a well sacred to Juno. But that shouldn’t detract from what is a very pretty church, complete with Romanesque bell tower and a 12th-century columned portico. Inside, the otherwise standard baroque decor is
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