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Museo dei Bozzetti
Inside the convent adjoining Chiesa di SantAgostino dozens of moulds of famous sculptures cast or carved in Pietrasanta are showcased by this small museum.
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Fontana del Calamo
Head along Corso Mazzini to see the 16th-century Fontana del Calamo, its 13 masked spouts supposedly representing effigies of those who have been beheaded.
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Forgia Vecchia
Forgia Vecchia, about 300m south of the port, is a long stretch of black pebbles curving around a tranquil bay and backed by the volcanos green slopes.
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Burano
Burano, with its cheery pastel-coloured houses, is renowned for its handmade lace. These days, however, much of the lace sold in local shops is imported.
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Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia
The most impressive Romanesque church is the Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia. Its about 18km southeast of Sassari on the SS597 road to Olbia.
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Lapis Niger
Hidden by scaffolding on the Roman Forum, the Lapis Niger is a large piece of black marble that covered a sacred area said to contain the tomb of Romulus.
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Villa Pisani Ferri Bonetti
The village of Bagnolo is home to the proud Palladian Villa Pisani Ferri Bonetti, a 16th-century facade standing tall above rolling lawns and a stream.
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Spiaggetta Zimmari
This small stretch of brown sand backed by a steep dune, about 20 minutes south of San Pietro, is Panareas only sandy beach and gets packed in summer.
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Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo
Livornos Natural History Museum is an excellent, hands-on affair. The highlight of the permanent collection is a 20m-long whale skeleton called Annie.
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Palazzo Coronini Cronberg
This 16th-century residence is jammed with antiquities and is surrounded by lush gardens, which are free to visit on their own and open until 9pm in summer.
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Grotta di Matermània
This giant natural cave was used by the Romans as a nymphaeum (shrine to the water nymph). You can still see traces of the mosaic wall decorated with shells.
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Basilica di San Giacomo
Bellagios most interesting Romanesque church is the Basilica di San Giacomo in central Bellagio, built in the 12th century by master builders from Como.
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Villa Malaparte
The striking flat-roofed red villa on the Punta Massullo promontory is Villa Malaparte, the former holiday home of Tuscan writer Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957).
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Tempio
The 1832 Tempio is an outsize church that neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova left to his town that looks more like a Roman temple on holiday in the Veneto
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Santuario Santa Vittoria di Serri
To the east, it’s a 25km drive to the village of Serri and the Santuario Santa Vittoria di Serri , the most extensive nuraghic settlement unearthed in Sardinia.
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Casa dei Vettii
The Casa dei Vettii is home to a famous depiction of Priapus with his gigantic phallus balanced on a pair of scales…much to the anxiety of many a male observer.
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Cantina Gallura
For liquid sustenance of a more alcoholic nature, head 1.5km east of town to this cantina, where you can stock up on the local DOCG Vermentino di Gallura.
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Castel Savoia
Queen Margherita picked Gressoney-St-Jean as the location for Castel Savoia in 1894, a dreamlike mansion enjoyed by the Italian royals well into the 1900s.
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Chiesa di Sant’Irene
The interior of 17th-century Chiesa di SantIrene contains a magnificent pair of mirror-image baroque altarpieces facing each other across the transept.
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Fontana del Mascherone
At the southern end of Via Giulia, the Fontana del Mascherone depicts a gormless17th-century hippy seemingly surprised by water spewing from his mouth.
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