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Parco Baia delle Sirene
The privately owned Parco Baia delle Sirene rents sun loungers beneath the trees on Punta San Vigilios beach. Entry is free at sunset.
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Palazzo Trentini
This recently renovated palazzo (mansion) houses the city councils gallery and stages excellent, often internationally significant shows.
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Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda
Fronted by soaring columns, the Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda occupies the 2nd-century Tempio di Antonino e Faustina on the Roman Forum.
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Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta
Among Savonas treasures to survive destruction by Genoese forces in the 16th century is the baroque Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta .
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Galeria Nazionale
Art gallery with Renaissance-baroque works from the Neapolitan school encased in a palatial building across the river from the old town.
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Museo dellOlivo e dellOlio
Showcasing mills, presses and crafts, the Museo dellOlivo e dellOlio is an ode to olive oil and its symbolic, medicinal and dietary uses.
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Mercato della Vucciria
The market here was once a notorious den of Mafia activity but is a muted affair today, compared to the spirited Ballarò and Capo markets.
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Chiesa di Santo Sepolcro
The most astonishing feature of this church is an enormous 17th-century gilded wooden altarpiece housing a figure of the Virgin Mary.
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Chiesa di SantAntonio Taumaturgo
The east end of Piazza San Antonio Nuovo is dominated by the enormous neoclassical Catholic Chiesa di SantAntonio Taumaturgo (1842).
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Cat Sanctuary
This volunteer-run outfit looks after about 250 cats, who have the run of the ancient ruins in the Area Sacra di Largo di Torre Argentina.
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Castel Thun
This stunning Gothic castle, some of it dating to the 1250s, occupies a panoramic position and typifies the regions architectural style.
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Porta Ercolano
One of three entrances to the ruins of Pompeii, on the same street as Pompei-Scavi-Villa dei Misteri Circumvesuviana train station.
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Palazzo Giordano
Wandering across Piazza Italia, your gaze is drawn to the stately neo-Gothic Palazzo Giordano, now home to the Banca di Credito Sardo.
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Marina di Chiaiolella
All pink, white and blue, little Marina di Chiaiolella features a yacht-stocked marina, old-school eateries and a languid disposition.
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Torre dellOrologio
Built by Borromini between 1647 and 1648, this landmark clock tower was designed to decorate the adjacent convent of San Filippo Neri.
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Museo Cerio
Museo Cerio harbours a library of books and journals about the island (mostly in Italian) and a collection of locally found fossils.
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Museo Sannitico
Ceramics found in Castello Monforte are now on show at the small Museo Sannitico , along with artefacts from local archaeological sites.
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Palazzo della Fraternità dei Laici
This palazzo, with its churchlike facade, was started in 1375 in the Gothic style and finished after the onset of the Renaissance.
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Convento di San Francesco dAssisi
Walk up Via del Seggio through a little medieval quarter before turning off to reach the 13th-century Convento di San Francesco dAssisi.
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Basilica Giulia
Now a series of stubby ruins on the Roman Forum, the Basilica Giulia was begun by Julius Caesar and subsequently finished by Augustus.
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