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Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla Badia
The Chiesa di Santa Lucia alla Badia is dedicated to St Lucy, the citys patron saint, who was martyred at Syracuse during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian.
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Centro Visita del Camoscio
The little Centro Visita del Camoscio in Opi is a wildlife sanctuary that studies the Apennine chamois. Theres a viewpoint from which you can see the animals roaming.
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Accademia Tadini
A considerable art collection with works by Jacopo Bellini, Giambattista Tiepolo and Antonio Canova set in an imposing neoclassical palace on the lake front in Lovere.
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Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti
This gallery is in the former studio of Lucio Fontana and has a similar stable of conceptual and Arte Povera artists as Christian Stein, who shares the building.
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Torre di Federico II
Secret passageways once led to this octagonal tower, which now stands in Ennas public gardens. Once part of the towns old defence system, it stands nearly 24m high.
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Palazzo dei Consoli
Piazza Grande is dominated by the 14th-century Palazzo dei Consoli, attributed to Gattapone – its crenelated facade and tower can be seen from all over the town.
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Quadriportico dei Teatri
Behind the Teatro Grandes stage, the porticoed Quadriportico dei Teatri was initially used for the audience to stroll between acts and later as a barracks for gladiators.
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Sasso Caveoso
Considered to be the older and wilder quarter which grew around Piazza San Pietro Caveoso, Sasso Caveoso is more evocative of what life must have been like in a cave city.
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Tempio Voltiano
The lakeside Tempio Voltiano was built in 1927. This neoclassical temple is now a museum devoted to Como-born electric-battery inventor Alessandro Volta (1745–1827).
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Torre del Moro
From the Piazza Duomo, head northwest along Via del Duomo to Corso Cavour and the 13th-century Torre del Moro. Climb all 250 steps for sweeping views of the city.
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Torre Civica
The burnt-red-tiled rooftops of Saluzzos old town make a timeless picture from the loggia beneath the 15th-century belfry, which is reached by a steep flight of steps.
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Museo Lapidario
Your ticket to Schifanoia also gives entry to this nearby museum, which has a small, undocumented collection of Roman and Etruscan stele, tombs and inscriptions.
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Museo Civico di Casa Cavassa
This fine example of a 16th-century noble residence contains a valuable 1499 gold-leaved painting, Nostra Signora dell Grazie (Our Lady of Mercy), by Hans Klemer.
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Monastery
The monastery adjoining the Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista is known as much for the oils and unguents that its monks produce, as for its Renaissance cloisters.
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Cantina del Mandrolisai
The Cantina del Mandrolisai is one of the area’s most important wine producers, famous for its beefy reds. You are more than welcome to taste the wines before you buy.
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Arco di Traiano
North of Piazza Dante Alighieri, at the far end of the port, is the Arco di Traiano, erected in 115 BC by Apollodorus of Damascus in honour of the Roman Emperor Trajan.
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UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Seat of the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation since 1952, this landmark building was originally commissioned by Mussolini to house the Ministry of Italian Africa.
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Tempio di Vespasiano
Three Corinthian columns are all thats left of this 1st-century AD temple, built on the Roman Forum by Domitian in honour of his brother Titus, and father Vespasian.
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Porta del Popolo
On the northern flank of Piazza del Popolo, the Porta del Popolo was created by Bernini in 1655 to celebrate Queen Christina of Swedens defection to Catholicism,
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Entrance to Villa Borghese
This entrance to Villa Borghese is easily accessible from Via Vittorio Veneto. Climb to the top of the street and go through the ancient city gate Porta Pinciana.
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