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Castello d’Issogne
Around 1km southwest of the Dora Baltea river, below the town of Verrès, is the 15th-century Castello d’Issogne . This building was a castle, although you would hardly know it – it looks more like a stately home.
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Biblioteca Guarneriana
The Biblioteca Guarneriana is one of Italy’s oldest and most venerated libraries and was founded in 1466. It contains 12, 000 well preserved antique books, including a priceless manuscript of Dante’s Inferno .
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Museo Nazionale del Palazzo Venezia
Palazzo Venezia houses the Museo del Palazzo Venezia, with its superb Byzantine and early Renaissance paintings and an eclectic collection of jewellery, tapestries, ceramics, bronze figurines, arms and armour.
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Circo di Massenzio
Rome’s best-preserved ancient racetrack – you can still make out the starting stalls used for chariot races. The 10,000-seat arena was built by Maxentius around 309, but he died before ever seeing a race here.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Greci
This small church stands on the site of a 5th-century Doric temple dedicated to Athena. Inside are some badly damaged Byzantine frescoes, the remains of a Norman ceiling and traces of the original Greek columns.
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Chiesa Sant’Eligio
One block west along Via Sant’Eligio, the Chiesa Sant’Eligio was the first Angevin church in Naples. Built in 1270 by Charles I of Anjou, it features a beautiful external arch adorned with a 15th-century clock.
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Colonna di Foca
The Colonna di Foca marks the centre of Piazza del Foro, the Roman Forums main market and meeting place. The last monument erected in the Roman Forum, it was built in honour of the Eastern Roman emperor Phocus.
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Istituto Internazionale di Elicicoltura
Cherasco is home to the Istituto Internazionale di Elicoltura , which provides technical advice for snail breeders (heliciculture is edible-snail breeding) and organises an annual snail festival in September.
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Spiaggia di Marina di Arborea
The tiny settlement of Marina di Arborea gives onto this long and rarely busy beach. Backed by dense pine woods, the sandy strip extends northwards for several kilometres to the Stagno SEna Arrubia lagoon.
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Temple of Poseidon
This is one of the few visible remains of the once great Greek-Spartan colony of Taras. Two colomns and some foundations opposite the Aragonese castle mark the location of the erstwhile Temple of Poseidon.
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Museo della Miniera
The citys long mining history is told at this museum, where the display includes a replica of a length of mine. Guided tours (in Italian, but with audioguide in English, French or German) last around 30 minutes.
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Parco Savello
Known to Romans as the Giardino degli Aranci (Orange Garden), this pocket-sized park is a romantic haven. Grab a perch at the small panoramic terrace and watch the sun set over the Tiber and St Peter’s dome.
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Castello Maniace
Guarding the islands southern tip, Ortygias 13th-century castle is a lovely place to wander, gaze out over the water and contemplate Syracuses past glories. It also houses occasional rotating exhibitions.
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Chiesa di Francescani
The 14th-century Chiesa di Francescani features beautiful cloisters and a magnificent Gothic altarpiece, carved in 1500 by Hans Klocker, in the Cappella della Beata Vergine (Chapel of the Blessed Virgin).
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Basilica di San Michele
Pavias most important church isnt the Duomo, but the beautiful Romanesque San Michele, where medieval Lombard kings came to receive their iron crown and where Barbarossa was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1155.
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Kunst Meran
Shows of high-profile international and regional artists are installed in this contemporary gallery, a thoughtful refiguring of a skinny medieval town house. Ask about their monthly talks over aperitivo .
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La Castiglia
Saluzzos medieval rulers meted out justice from the 13th-century Castello dei Marchesi atop Saluzzos old town. It is open Sundays only from 3pm to 7pm. Enquire at the tourist office about guided tours.
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Tempio di Vesta
This circular temple on the Roman Forum was dedicated to Vesta, the popular goddess of home, hearth and family. The vestal virgins were responsible for keeping the temples sacred flame permanently alight.
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Museo del Brunello
Make your way south of town, off the road to the Abbazia di SantAntimo, to visit this new museum. The exhibits will be of interest to wine buffs, but most of the interpretative material is in Italian only.
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Museo Nazionale
The Museo Nazionale is housed in the cloisters of a former Benedictine monastery. There’s a wealth of pottery, bronzes, icons and vestments, plus more Madonna and Child portraits than you can shake a halo at.
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