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Parco Naturale Regionale dell’Aveto
Inland from Chiavari, you can lose the crowds and breathe fresh mountain air in the Parco Naturale Regionale dell’Aveto , a nature reserve at the northern end of the Val d’Aveto .
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Lago Albano
This great azure expanse is simply glorious for a summer swim, and cafes and boating-hire places dot its banks. Filling two volcanic craters, the lake is about 3.5km by 2.3km.
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Fontana delle Naiadi
This elegant fountain, built in 1888, was designed by Alessandro Guerrieri, who decorated it with four lions, which were replaced by sculptor Mario Rutellis bronze nymphs in 1901.
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Castello dAvalos
Clinging onto Procidas highest point is the crumbling 16th-century Castello dAvalos, former Bourbon hunting lodge and ex-prison. You can soak in the dizzying bay views from here.
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Chiesa di San Benedetto
Inside this church, built between 1704 and 1713, is some splendid stucco and marble work, as well as a rather graphic fresco of a woman being tortured in front of a curious sultan.
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Casa d’Argo
This noble house would originally have opened onto Cardo II (as yet unearthed). Onto its porticoed, palm-treed garden open a triclinium (dining room) and other residential rooms.
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Piazza Galimberti
Arriving in Cuneos gargantuan main piazza, youd think you just touched down in a capital city. Finished in 1884, it sits aside an older portico-embellished town founded in 1198.
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Cantina del Locorotondo
You simply cannot come to Locorotondo without sampling some of the local Spumante. You can do this at the local winery, Cantina del Locorotondo run by congenial Oronzo Mastro.
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Ara di Gerone II
West of the Roman amphitheatre is the 3rd-century-BC Ara di Gerone II. This monolithic sacrificial altar was a kind of giant abattoir where 450 oxen could be killed at one time.
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Cattedrale di San Giuseppe
The facade is a lovely low-key example of Romanesque architecture; the rest of the building was destroyed in 1566 when the city was sacked by the Turks, and later rebuilt.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Regno
Consecrated in 1107, this grey basalt church features a columned interior and a famous 16th-century retablo depicting episodes from the lives of Jesus, Mary and various prophets.
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Palazzo Lanza
Piazza Archimede is Syracuses drawing room and is surrounded by Catalan-Gothic palazzi, including Palazzo Lanza and the Palazzo Platamone, now home to the Banca dItalia.
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Tempio di Castore e Polluce
In the centre of the Roman Forum, three Corinthian columns survive from the Tempio di Castore e Polluce, built in 484 BC to celebrate the defeat of the Latin League in 496 BC.
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Stagno Notteri
Running all the way to Villasimius, this lagoon often hosts flamingos in winter. On its seaward side is the stunning Spiaggia del Simius beach with its Polynesian blue waters.
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Piazza del Mercato
The starting point for the deadly plague of 1656, it was on this very square that over 200 supporters of the ill-fated Parthenopean Republic of 1799 were systematically executed.
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Museo d’Arte Orientale
The Museo d’Arte Orientale, in an 18th-century town house, contains an eclectic collection of Chinese porcelain and Japanese prints, drawings, musical instruments and weaponry.
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City Walls
Unbroken on their northern and eastern sections, and adorned with a well-marked set of walking and cycling paths, Ferraras 9km of city walls are among the most impressive in Italy.
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Fontana delle Api
Bernini crafted the Fontana delle Api (Fountain of the Bees), in the northeastern corner of Piazza Barberini, for the Barberini family, whose crest featured three bees in flight.
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Castello di Verrès
Past St-Vincent is the sober Castello di Verrès , a late-Gothic monolith that stands on the ancient Via Francigena, a pilgrims’ path between Canterbury in England and Rome.
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Castello Aragonese Otranto
This squat, thick-walled fort, with the Charles V coat of arms above the entrance, has great views from the ramparts. There are some faded original murals and original cannonballs on display.
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