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Nuraghe Su Tesoru
In a field off the main road between the Roccia dellElefante and Valledoria, you’ll pass the Nuraghe Su Tesoru on the left-hand side. More correctly known as the Nuraghe Paddaggiu (meaning haystack in Sardo), this was one of the last nuraghi to be built. Only the central tower rema
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Lingotto Fiere
Turins former Fiat factory, one of Italys most praised examples of early-20th-century industrial architecture, is 5km south of the city centre. It was redesigned by architect Renzo Piano in the 1980s to house an exhibition centre, a university campus and hotels. While still starkly
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Museo di Palazzo Davanzati
Tucked inside a 14th-century warehouse and residence, home to the wealthy Davanzati merchant family from 1578, this palazzo museum with wonderful central loggia is a gem. Peep at the carved faces of the original owners on the pillars in the inner courtyard and dont miss the 1st-flo
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Cattedrale di Monreale Cloister
Outside the cathedral, the cloister is a tranquil courtyard with a tangible oriental feel. Surrounding the perimeter, elegant Romanesque arches are supported by an exquisite array of slender columns alternately decorated with mosaics. The detail on each capital is different; togeth
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Chiostro dello Scalzo
Painted for a Catholic brotherhood that showed its faith by going barefoot (scalzo), Andrea del Sarto’s monochromatic fresco cycle is ranged around a Renaissance cloister of unlikely elegance, considering the brotherhood’s professions of humility. Completed between 1509 and 1526, t
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Armani Silos
Vying with Miuccia Prada for top spot in the Milanese fashion scene, Giorgio Armani inaugurated this €50 million museum dedicated to 40 years of Armani success in May 2015. Housed in a three-storey concrete building, the exhibits examine Giorgio’s love of elegant tailoring, which h
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San Babila
Built on the site of a 2nd-century pagan temple, this squat church has suffered at the hands of overzealous renovators (the last add-on being the Neo-Romanesque facade and bell tower early last century). Still, it exerts a calm force amid the swirling visual din of supersized billb
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Santa Maria La Scala
There are two reasons to make the 2km downhill walk to this minute fishing village. One is the walk itself which, once youve crossed the main road, is a lovely country stroll with gorgeous coastal views. The other is to eat seafood at one of the delightful trattorias. To get to th
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Piazza Broletto
Once home to the citys highest official and adorned with a coat of arms, the Palazzo del Podestà is located in Piazza Broletto. The square also features a white stone shrine dedicated to Virgil, depicting the poet sitting at his desk. The brick arch to the left, the Arengario , bea
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Pastificio Cerere
An elegant former pasta factory that hung up its spaghetti racks in 1960 after 55 years of business, this is now a hub of Romes contemporary art scene, with regular shows in the building’s gallery and courtyards. The Pastificio came to prominence in the 1980s as home of the Nuova S
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Piazza Civica
Just inside Porta a Mare, Piazza Civica is Alghero’s showcase square. In a former life it was the administrative heart of the medieval city, but where Spanish aristocrats once met to debate affairs of empire, tourists now converge to browse jewellery displays in elegant shop window
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Capo Milazzo
If you have a car, dont miss the scenic drive north along Strada Panoramica to see the gorgeous, rugged coastline of Capo Milazzo . At the end of the isthmus is a lighthouse; park in the nearby lot, from where short walks lead to the Santuario Rupestre di San Antonio da Padova and
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Basilica di SS Cosma e Damiano
Backing onto the Roman Forum, this 6th-century basilica incorporates parts of the Foro di Vespasiano and Tempio di Romolo , visible at the end of the nave. The real reason to visit, though, is to admire the churchs vibrant 6th-century apse mosaics, depicting Peter and Paul presenti
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Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer
Located just below the main approach to town, this modern building, which follows the natural slope of the hill, has attracted a love-it-or-hate-it controversy in town. Designed by renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, it is characterised by the sinuous profile of a wave and
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BZ 18
This dense but visually seductive new museum explores Bolzanos turbulent interwar years via the history of the Fascist Monument to Victory, where it is sited. Its a thoughtful and overdue examination of a highly complex time in the citys past and covers the citys post-WWI handover
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Palazzo di Montecitorio
Home to Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, this baroque palazzo was built by Bernini in 1653, expanded by Carlo Fontana in the late 17th century, and given an art-nouveau facelift in 1918. Visits take in the mansions lavish reception rooms and the main chamber where the 630 deputies deba
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Oratorio di San Giorgio & Scoletta del Santo
Anywhere else the fresco cycle of the Oratorio di San Giorgio and the paintings in the Scoletta del Santo would be considered highlights, but in Padua they must contend with Giottos Scrovegni brilliance. This means youll have Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzis jewel-like, 14th-
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Luino Mercato
The otherwise sleepy town of Luino becomes a consumer madhouse on market day. This is no ordinary local flea market but rather an enormous bazaar that was first held in 1535 and today sees some 370 stands filling the old town centre. Youll find everything from local cheese to vinta
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Palazzo del Bò
This Renaissance palazzo is the seat of Padua’s history-making university. Founded by renegade scholars from Bologna seeking greater intellectual freedom, the university has employed some of Italy’s greatest and most controversial thinkers, including Copernicus, Galileo, Casanova a
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Keats–Shelley House
The Keats-Shelley House is where Romantic poet John Keats died of TB at the age of 25, in February 1821. A year later, fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned off the coast of Tuscany. The small apartment evokes the impoverished lives of the poets, and is now a small museum cramme
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