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Museo Sannio
The collection of the Museo Sannio contains remnants of a 1st-century temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, along with some impressive archaeological finds.
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Museo Colle del Duomo
Next door to the cathedral, this museum displays a small collection of religious artefacts, including a reliquary said to contain the chin(!) of John the Baptist.
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Museo Civico Archeologico Federico Eusebio
Worth a peek for those keen to sober up between wine-tasting excursions, the city museum was founded in 1887. It has archaeological and natural history sections.
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Museo Centrale del Risorgimento
Inside Il Vittoriano, this small museum charts the history of Italian Unification through its collection of documents, military knick-knacks and rare film clips.
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Madonnino del Porto
Opposite the Fontana del Nettuno is Piazzale Batteria Masotto where you can enjoy views over the harbour and admire the huge golden statue of the Madonnino del Porto.
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Palazzo dei Di Sangro
Its in this 16th-century palazzo that Neapolitan musician Carlo Gesualdo murdered his unfaithful wife, Maria dAvalos, and her handsome lover, Don Fabrizio, in 1590.
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Puccini Museum
The great Giacomo Puccini, who came from a long line of Lucchesi musicians, was born in Lucca and grew up in an apartment at Corte San Lorenzo 9, today this house-museum.
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Isole Faraglioni
The view from the Giardini di Augusto gardens is breathtaking, looking over to the Isole Faraglioni, three limestone pinnacles that rise vertically out of the sea.
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Palazzo Ricci
In the Renaissance Palazzo Ricci is Cantina del Redi, a cavernous warren of ancient wine cellars that you can wander through, ending up at the wine-tasting room and shop.
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Nuraghe Is Paras
About 20km south of Laconi, by the sports centre in Isili, the Nuraghe Is Paras is notable for its striking tholos (cone) which, at 11.8m, is the highest in Sardinia.
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Museo Paleolitico di Isernia
This dusty museum houses many of its findings from the 700,000-year-old village of La Pineta, including piles of elephant and rhino bones, fossils and stone tools.
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Museo della Bambola
The imposing medieval hilltop fortress, the Rocca di Angera , houses the 12-room Museo della Bambola , displaying the Borromeo family’s priceless collection of dolls.
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Museo Archeologico Etnologico
Museo Archeologico Etnologico has some well-displayed local finds from Palaeolithic to medieval eras, as well as exhibits from Africa, Asia, Peru and New Guinea.
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Chiesa di San Pietro Caveoso
The only church in the sassi not dug into the tufa rock, Chiesa di San Pietro Caveoso was originally built in 1300 and has a 17th-century Romanesque-baroque facade.
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Chiesa di San Paolo entro le Mura
With its stripy neo-Gothic exterior, Rome’s American Episcopal church has some unusual 19th-century mosaics, designed by the Birmingham-born artist Edward Burne-Jones.
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Centro Comunale d’Arte e Cultura Il Ghetto
In Cagliaris In the Ghetto degli Ebrei (Jewish Ghetto), the Centro Comunale d’Arte e Cultura Il Ghetto hosts temporary exhibitions, many with a Sardinian slant.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Gesù
This Catalan-Gothic church in the historic centre houses the exquisite Madonna degli Angeli (Madonna of the Angels), a glazed terracotta statue by Andrea della Robbia.
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Chiesa di Santa Catarina
Chiesa di Santa Catarina, with its ancient, thick stone walls, stands sentry on the western side of Piazza dei Domenicani as it did for the Medicis four centuries ago.
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Cavoli
The shingle-sand beach at Cavoli, just 6km west of Marina di Campo, is particularly family-friendly, thanks to its beach cafe, sun loungers, pedalos and kids playground.
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Arco Senese
Massa Marittimas immense, medieval Arco Senese (Sienese Arch) peels away from the old city walls to soar overhead as you pass between the Città Vecchia and Città Nuova.
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