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Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Udine’s newest museum brings together a number of bequests, creating a substantial collection of 20th-century Italian artists, including De Chirico, Morandi, Campigli and Mušič. There’s also a surprise horde of notable American work, including a Willem de Kooning, Sol LeWitt and Ca
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Basilica di San Vitale
Sometimes, after weeks of trolling around dark Italian churches, you can lose your sense of wonder. Not here! The lucid mosaics that adorn the altar of this ancient church consecrated in 547 by Archbishop Massimiano invoke a sharp intake of breath in most visitors. Gaze in wonder a
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I Frari
A soaring Italian-brick Gothic church, I Fraris assets include marquetry choir stalls, Canovas pyramid mausoleum, Bellinis achingly sweet Madonna with Child triptych in the sacristy and Longhenas creepy Doge Pesaro funereal monument. Upstaging them all, however, is the small altarp
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Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi
Church to Rome’s French community since 1589, this opulent baroque chiesa is home to a celebrated trio of Caravaggio paintings: the Vocazione di San Matteo (The Calling of Saint Matthew), the Martirio di San Matteo (The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew) and San Matteo e l’angelo (Saint M
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Piccola Venezia
Piccola Venezia (Little Venice) is crossed with small canals built during the 17th century using Venetian methods of reclaiming land from the sea. At the heart sits the remains of the Medici-era Fortezza Nuova . Canals link it with the waterfront Fortezza Vecchia , built 60 years b
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Galleria dArte Moderna Achille Forti
In the shadow of the Torre dei Lamberti, the Romanesque Palazzo della Ragione is home to Veronas jewel-box Gallery of Modern Art. Reached via the Gothic Scala della Ragione (Stairs of Reason), the collection of paintings and sculpture spans 1840 to 1940 and includes influential Ita
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Villa Rufolo
To the south of Ravello’s cathedral, a 14th-century tower marks the entrance to this villa, famed for its beautiful cascading gardens. Created by a Scotsman, Scott Neville Reid, in 1853, they are truly magnificent, commanding divine panoramic views packed with exotic colours, artis
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Piazza del Campo
This sloping piazza, popularly known as Il Campo, has been Sienas civic and social centre since being staked out by the ruling Consiglio dei Nove in the mid-12th century. It was built on the site of a Roman marketplace, and its pie-piece paving design is divided into nine sectors t
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Le Prigionette Nature Reserve
This reserve, just west of Porto Conte at the base of Monte Timidone (361m), is a beautiful pocket of uncontaminated nature. Encompassing 12 sq km of woodland, aromatic macchia (Mediterranean scrub) and rocky coastline, it offers wonderful scenery and excellent walking with a netwo
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Isola Tavolara
Rising from the sapphire sea like some kind of giant sea creature, this rocky island is a sight to behold. The main draw here is splashing about in the translucent water of the white-sand Spiaggia Spalmatore , and admiring the incredible views of Tavolara’s heights and mainland Sar
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Palazzo Pfanner
Fire the romantic in you with a stroll around this beautiful 17th-century palace where parts of Portrait of a Lady (1996) starring Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich were shot. Its baroque-styled garden – the only one of substance within the city walls – enchants with ornamental pond
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Museo delle Cappelle Medicee
Nowhere is Medici conceit expressed so explicitly as in the Medici Chapels. Adorned with granite, marble, semi-precious stones and some of Michelangelos most beautiful sculptures, it is the burial place of 49 dynasty members. Francesco I lies in the dark, imposing Cappella dei Prin
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Basilica di SantApollinare in Classe
This signature early Christian basilica, lighter than Ravennas other churches, is situated 5km southeast of town in the former Roman port of Classe. Its magnificent central apse mosaic, featuring Ravennas patron SantApollinare flanked by sheep juxtaposed against a stunningly green
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Battistero
This octagonal baptistry was built in 1340 but moved to its present spot in 1898.
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Cattedrale di Santa Chiara
Dominating the eastern flank of Piazza del Municipio, the Cattedrale di Santa Chiara boasts a lovely Pisan-flavoured facade and a chequer-board stone bell tower. The church was originally built in the late 13th century, but it was given a comprehensive makeover in the 16th century,
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Museo Egizio
Opened in 1824 and housed in the austere Palazzo dellAccademia delle Scienze, this Turin institution houses the most important collection of Egyptian treasure outside Cairo. Among its many highlights are a statue of Ramses II (one of the worlds most important pieces of Egyptian art
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La Mortella
Designed by Russell Page and inspired by the Moorish gardens of Spain’s Alhambra, La Mortella is recognised as one of Italy’s finest botanical gardens and is well worth a couple of hours of your time. Stroll among terraces, pools, palms, fountains and more than 1000 rare and exotic
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Via Appia Antica
Named after consul Appius Claudius Caecus who laid the first 90km section in 312 BC, ancient Rome’s regina viarum (queen of roads) was extended in 190 BC to reach Brindisi on Italy’s southern Adriatic coast. Via Appia Antica has long been one of Rome’s most exclusive addresses, a b
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Basilica di San Nicola
Baris signature basilica was one of the first Norman churches to be built in southern Italy, and is a splendid example of Puglian-Romanesque architecture. Dating to the 12th century, it was originally constructed to house the relics of St Nicholas (better known as Father Christmas)
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Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere
Nestled in a quiet corner of Trasteveres focal square, this is said to be the oldest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Rome. In its original form it dates to the early 3rd century, but a major 12th-century makeover saw the addition of a Romanesque bell tower and glittering fac
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