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In a tiny studio opened with a giant 18th-century key, sculptor and painter Salvatore Vitagliano takes fragments of ancient terracotta figurines and completes them, creating simple yet striking works that literally fuse old and new. This theme of ‘temporal collision’ extends to his
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Scavi di Città
In 2009 a small team of archaeologists began excavating these foundations of a 2300-year-old Etruscan domus (house), located on the main road just below Vetulonia. The team uncovered dry-stone walls, a brick floor, a small terracotta altar, plenty of amphorae and a small fragment o
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Ponte Milvio
A cobbled footbridge, Ponte Milvio is best known as the site of the ancient Battle of the Milvian Bridge. The bridge was first built in 109 BC to carry Via Flaminia over the Tiber and survived intact until 1849, when Garibaldi’s troops blew it up to stop advancing French soldiers.
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Piazza Grande
This lopsided and steeply sloping piazza is overlooked at its upper end by the porticos of the Palazzo delle Logge Vasariane , completed in 1573. The church-like Palazzo della Fraternità dei Laici in the northwest corner was started in 1375 in the Gothic style and finished after th
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Casa dello Scheletro
The modest Casa dello Scheletro features five styles of mosaic flooring, including a design of white arrows at the entrance to guide the most disorientated of guests. In the internal courtyard, dont miss the skylight, complete with the remnants of an ancient security grill. Of the
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Castello di Vezio
From the north end of Varenna, you can make a steep half-hour hike up an old mule path to the hillside hamlet of Vezio. It is dominated by the 13th-century Castello di Vezio, once part of a chain of early-warning medieval watchtowers. From here you can gaze down on the terracotta r
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EUR
This Orwellian quarter of wide boulevards and linear buildings was built for an international exhibition in 1942, and although war intervened and the exhibition never took place, the name stuck – Esposizione Universale di Roma (Roman Universal Exhibition) or EUR.The areas main inte
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Decumano Massimo
Herculaneums ancient high street is lined with shops, and fragments of advertisements – listing everything from the weight of goods to their price – still adorn the walls. Note the one to the right of the Casa del Salone Nero. Further east along the street, a crucifix found in an u
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Palazzo Zuckermann
The ground and 1st floors of the early-20th-century Palazzo Zuckermann are home to the Museo d’Arti Applicate e Decorative , whose eclectic assortment of decorative and applied arts spans several centuries of flatware, furniture, fashion and jewellery. On the 2nd floor is the Museo
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Museo del Duomo
Housed in a couple of chapels is the Museo del Duomo, among whose most interesting elements are the 13th- to 17th-century frescoes in the Cappella di San Nicolò.
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Piazza Castello
Turins central square is lined with museums, theatres and cafes. The citys Savoy heart, although laid out from the mid-1300s, was mostly constructed from the 16th to 18th centuries. Dominating it is the part-medieval, part-baroque Palazzo Madama , the original seat of the Italian p
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Sagrestia Monumentale del Bramante
In Bramantes sacristy treasures await: illuminated pages from the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of da Vinci’s drawings in the world. More than 1700 of them were gathered together by sculptor Pompeo Leoni, enough to make up 12 immense volumes so heavy they threatened the
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Museo del Risorgimento
One of numerous Risorgimento (reunification period) museums in Italy, Genoas has extra significance: it is housed in the residence where Italian patriot and activist Giuseppe Mazzini was born in 1805. Occupying rooms that once sheltered the so-called soul of Italy are flags, person
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Complesso Nuragico Romanzesu
Spread over a 7-hectare site in a thick cork and oak wood, this 17th-century BC nuraghic sanctuary comprises several religious buildings and circular village huts. The highlight is the sacred well temple, covered by a typical tholos and connected to a semi-elliptic amphitheatre. To
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Cattedrale di San Panfilo
Slightly out of the centre, the Gothic-meets-baroque cathedral is like many things in Sulmona – understated and underrated. The fantastically restored interior guards some precious old artefacts, including a 14th-century wooden crucifix. The highlight, however, is a subterranean ro
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Basilica di Sant’Antonino
Named after the patron saint of Sorrento, the oldest church in town dates from the 11th century. A few Roman artefacts have ended up here, as well as some dark medieval paintings and the oddity of two whale ribs. Apparently, the much-loved saint performed numerous miracles, includi
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Basilica di San Giulio
Isola San Giulio is dominated at its south end by the 12th-century Basilica di San Giulio, which is full of vibrant frescoes that alone make a trip to the island worthwhile. The church, island and mainland town are named after a Greek evangelist, Giulio, who’s said to have rid the
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Catacombe di Priscilla
Dug between the 2nd and 5th centuries, this network of creepy tunnels was known as the Queen of Catacombs. It was an important early Christian burial site and numerous martyrs and popes were buried in the tombs and chambers that line the 13km of tunnels.Visits take in a decorated G
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Case Romane
According to tradition, the apostles John and Paul lived in these subterranean houses beneath the Basilica di SS Giovanni e Paolo before they were beheaded by the emperor Julian. Theres actually no direct evidence for this, although research has revealed that the houses were used f
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Basilica di San Benedetto
St Benedict and St Scholastica were apparently born in the Roman crypt of the 13th-century Basilica di San Benedetto. The churchs pale, delicate facade gives way to a calm, contemplative interior, where monks often shuffle past bearing prayer books. Each day at 7.45pm, the monks at
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