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Pieve di Corsignano
Look out for this edge-of-town Romanesque church, which dates from the 10th century, when Pienza was called Corsignano, and boasts a strange circular bell tower with eight arched windows. Close inspection reveals the carving of a two-headed siren over the main doorway and scenes of
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Palazzo Murat
Just west of the Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta church, this palazzo is now a luxury hotel. It may be beyond your budget to stay, but you can still visit the stunning flower-filled courtyard, have a drink in the vine-draped patio and contemplate the short, tragic life of flamboyant
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Complesso Nuragico di Genna Maria
This nuraghic complex, signposted as the Parco Archeologico, is set on a woody hilltop about 1km out of the village on the road to Collinas. Its a tumbledown site but, archaeologically speaking, one of the most important on the island. It consists of a central tower, around which w
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Chiesa & Monastero di San Giovanni Evangelista
Directly behind the Duomo, this abbey church is noteworthy for its 16th-century mannerist facade and Correggios magnificent frescoed dome, which was highly influential for its time and inspired many later works. The adjoining monastery is known as much for the oils and unguents tha
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Marinelli Pontificia Fonderia di Campane
Agnone, 43km northeast of Isernia by road, is an ancient hilltop town famous for its bell making. For more than 1000 years, local artisans have been producing church bells for some of Italys most famous churches, including St Peters Basilica in Rome. Learn all about bell-making at
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Murazzi
Much of Pellestrina’s seafront is lined by a remarkable feat of 18th-century engineering known as the Murazzi. Although not immediately impressive to modern eyes, these massive sea walls represent Herculean handiwork from a preindustrial age. Designed to keep high seas from crashin
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Museo Arcivescovile
A museum with a difference, this religious gem is on the 2nd floor of the Archiepiscopal Palace. It hides two not-to-be-missed exhibits: an exquisite ivory throne carved for Emperor Maximilian by Byzantium craftsmen in the 6th century (the surviving detail is astounding); and the s
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Museo delle Navi Romani
The smaller of the two volcanic lakes in the Castelli Romani, Lago di Nemi was the centre of a cult to the goddess Diana in ancient times, and favourite holiday spot of the emperor Caligula. The Museo delle Navi Romani on the shore was built by Mussolini to house two Roman boats sa
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Casa dei Cervi
Closed indefinitely on our last visit, the Casa dei Cervi is an imposing example of a Roman noble familys house that, before the volcanic mud slide, boasted a seafront address. Constructed around a central courtyard, the two-storey villa contains murals and some beautiful still-lif
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San Colombano – Collezione Tagliavini
A beautifully – repeat beautifully – restored church with original frescoes and a medieval crypt rediscovered in 2007, the San Colombano hosts a wonderful collection of over 80 musical instruments amassed by the octogenarian organist, Luigi Tagliavini. Many of the assembled harpsic
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Palazzo Cenci
A real-life house of horrors, Palazzo Cenci was the scene of one of the 16th century’s most infamous crimes, the murder of Francesco Cenci by his long-suffering daughter Beatrice and wife Lucrezia. Shelley based his tragedy The Cenci on the family, and a famous portrait of Beatrice
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Villa Serbelloni
The lavish gardens of Villa Serbelloni cover much of the promontory on which Bellagio sits. The villa has been a magnet for Europes great and good, including Austrias emperor Maximilian I, Ludovico il Moro and Queen Victoria. The interior is closed to the public, but you can explor
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Museo Virtuale della Scuola Medica Salernitana
Slap bang in Salerno’s historic centre, this engaging museum deploys 3D and touch-screen technology to explore the teachings and wince-inducing procedures of Salerno’s once-famous, now-defunct medical institute. Established around the 9th century, the school was the most important
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Franco Albini Apartment
One of Italys best loved 20th-century architects, Franco Albini was a key figure in the restoration of Genovas palazzi in the post war period. The third floor of the Palazzo Rosso hides an Italian mid-century gem – an apartment Albini designed for the museums director, now open to
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Faro
Rising above Punta Carena, Capri’s rugged southwesterly point, is the faro, Italy’s second-tallest and most powerful lighthouse. The rocks nearby are a great place to swim in summer, with lots of rocks to dive (safely) from and clear turquoise water. To take the plunge, hop on the
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Basilica di Massenzio
This hulking construction is the largest building on the Roman Forum. Started by the Emperor Maxentius and finished by Constantine in 315, it originally covered an area of approximately 100m by 65m. Currently, the Basilica is closed to the public due to construction work on Romes n
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Area Archeologica
Sandwiched between the road and the railway line on the eastern edge of town, these Roman ruins bear testimony to Ventimiglias Roman romance and include the remains of an amphitheatre and baths dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
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Casa Museo Boschi
Milan’s most eccentric museum of 20th-century Italian painting is crowded in a 1930s apartment that still has the appearance of the haute-bourgeois home it once was. It’s a heady art hit, with Boccioni’s dynamic brushstrokes propelling painting towards futurism; the nostalgically m
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Chiesa della Trinità dei Monti
Looming over the Spanish Steps, this landmark church was commissioned by King Louis XII of France and consecrated in 1585. Apart from the great views from outside, it has some wonderful frescoes by Daniele da Volterra. His Deposizione (Deposition), in the second chapel on the left,
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Museo degli Argenti
Exquisite amber carvings, ivory miniatures, glittering tiaras and headpieces, silver pill boxes and various other gems and jewels are displayed in this elaborately frescoed museum on the ground-floor of Palazzo Pitti. Notable (but not always open) is the Sala di Giovanni da San Gio
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