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Arsenale
Founded in 1104, the Arsenale soon became the greatest medieval shipyard in Europe, home to 300 shipping companies employing up to 16,000 people. Capable of turning out a new galley in a day, it is considered a forerunner of mass industrial production. Though its closed to the publ
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Teatro di Marcello
To the east of Romes Jewish Ghetto, the Teatro di Marcello is the star turn of the dusty Area Archeologico del Tearo di Marcello e del Portico dOttavia. A 20,000-seat mini-Colosseum, the theatre was planned by Julius Caesar and completed in 11 BC by Augustus who named it after a fa
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Museo della Tonnara
Stintino’s tuna-fishing heritage is documented at this, the towns sole museum. At the time of research, the museum was closed prior to being transferred to a new location overlooking Porto Minori. The plans for the new building call for six rooms to be ordered like the six chambers
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Chiesa di Santa Pudenziana
The church of Rome’s Filipino community contains a sparkling 4th-century apse mosaic, the oldest of its kind in the city. An enthroned Christ is flanked by two female figures who are crowning St Peter and St Paul; on either side of them are the apostles dressed as Roman senators. U
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Orvieto Underground
The coolest place in Orvieto (literally), this series of 440 caves has been used for millennia by locals for various purposes, including as WWII bomb shelters, refrigerators, wells and, during many a pesky Roman or barbarian siege, as dovecotes to trap the usual one-course dinner:
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Monte Isola
Monte Isola towers from the south end of Lago dIseo, making it easily the lakes most striking feature. Its Europes largest lake island, at 4.28 sq km, and today remains dotted with fishing villages. From Carzano, in the northeast – where many ferries land – you can climb rough stai
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Parco di Porto Conte
Much of the land around Porto Conte is protected as part of the Parco di Porto Conte. This regional nature park, one of only two in Sardinia, covers 60km of coastline and 53.5 sq km of an area once described by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau as one of the most beautiful in the Medi
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Piazza Umberto I
Located beneath the clock tower and framed by see-and-be-seen cafes, this showy, open-air salon is central to your Capri experience, especially in the evening when the main activity in these parts is dressing up and hanging out. Be prepared for the cost of these front-row seats – t
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Chiesa di Piedigrotta
The Chiesa di Piedigrotta is an underground cave full of carved stone statues. It was carved into the tufa rock by Neapolitan shipwreck survivors in the 17th century. Other sculptors added to it and it was eventually turned into a church. Later statues include the less-godly figure
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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
The last resting place of Francesco Borromini and Carlo Maderno, this graceful 16th-century church was commissioned by Pope Leo X as a showcase for Florentine artistic talent. Jacopo Sansovino won a competition for its design, which was then executed by Antonio Sangallo the Younger
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Cenacolo di Sant’Apollonia
Once part of a sprawling Benedictine monastery, this cenacolo harbours arguably the city’s most remarkable Last Supper scene. Painted by Andrea del Castagno in the 1440s, it is one of the first works of its kind to effectively apply Renaissance perspective. It possesses a haunting
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Villa Durazzo
This exquisitely turned-out mansion and gardens, part of a 16th-century castle complex, overlooks the sea. You can take an aromatic stroll among lemon trees, hydrangea and camellia hedges, and other flora typical of the towns mild climate in the lavish Italian gardens, or wander am
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Miniera Montevecchio
At its height in 1865, the Montevecchio complex was Italys most important zinc and lead mine, employing up to 1100 workers. It remained operative until 1991, since when it has been kept alive as a visitor attraction.Guided tours take in the mines as well as the Palazzo della Direzi
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Torre del Cassero
Scale this half-ruined tower, part of the impressively restored medieval fortress crowning Castiglion Fiorentino, for panoramic views of the Val di Chiana. Buy tickets at the ticket desk inside the neighbouring Museo Civico Archeologico , a well-put-together archaeological museum t
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Passeggiata Lino Gelpi
One of Comos most charming walks is the lakeside stroll west from Piazza Cavour. Passeggiata Lino Gelpi leads past the Monumento ai Caduti , a 1931 memorial to Italys WWI dead and a classic example of Fascist-era architecture. Next youll pass a series of mansions and villas, includ
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Parco Nazionale dellAspromonte
Most Italians think of the Parco Nazionale dell’Aspromonte as a hiding place used by Calabrian kidnappers in the 1970s and ’80s. It’s still rumoured to contain ’ndrangheta strongholds, but as a tourist you’re unlikely to encounter any murky business. The park is startlingly dramati
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Grotta del Bue Marino
It’s a scenic 40-minute hike from Cala Fuili, or a speedy boat ride from Cala Gonone, to this enchanting grotto. It was the last island refuge of the rare monk seal (‘bue marino’ or ‘sea ox’ as it was known by local fishermen). The watery gallery is impressive, with shimmering ligh
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Grotta Arpaia
At the end of the quay, a Cinque Terre panorama unfolds from the rocky terraces of Grotta Arpaia, a former haunt of Lord Byron, who once swam across the gulf from Porto Venere to Lerici to visit his mate Shelley. Traces of a pagan temple have been uncovered on the quay, inside the
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Casa Zapata
This attractive museum complex occupies the 16th-century residence of the Spanish Zapata family, La Marmillas 16th-century rulers. The whitewashed villa was originally built over a 1st-millennium BC nuraghic settlement, which has been skilfully incorporated into the museums display
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Casa Natale di Sant’Ignazio
Tucked down a cobbled lane, this simple two-roomed house is where St Ignatius was apparently born (he died in 1781). The back room, with its low wood ceiling and stone walls, is a good example of what a village house must have looked like in the 18th century. Here a shrine to St Ig
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