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Centrale Montemartini
Antiquity meets Fritz Langs Metropolis at the striking outpost of the Capitoline Museums. In an ex-power plant, marble Roman deities are juxtaposed with beastly engines and furnaces in a battle of new gods and old. Youll find the collections highlights in the Sala Caldaia, among th
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Cascata Sa Spendula
The wooded countryside around Villacidro, an agricultural town best known for its saffron-based liqueur, harbours a number of striking waterfalls. Chief among these is the Cascata Sa Spendula, where the waters of the Rio Coxinas crash down an imposing rock face en route to the Camp
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Allegrini
One of the leading wineries of the Valpolicella region, the Allegrini family have been tending vines in Fumane, Sant’Ambrogio and San Pietro since the 16th century. Pride of place goes to the cru wines produced from Corvinia and Rondinella grapes grown on the La Grola hillside (La
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Casa Museo di Ivan Bruschi
Ivan Bruschi, a wealthy antiques dealer, restored 13th-century Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo in the 1960s. After his death, the Palazzo became a house-museum showcasing Bruschis eclectic personal collection of furniture, art, coins, jewellery, costumes and ceramics dating from th
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Bastione
From the centre of Riva, the Bastione is the chalk-white castle clinging to sheer cliffs high above the west edge of town. The 3.5km hike to this picturesque ruin is as steep as it looks and leads up hairpin bends past oleanders, cypresses and wayside shrines. The castle was built
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Museo Regionale dArte Moderna e Contemporanea della Sicilia (Riso)
The newest addition to Palermos art scene is this multi-level museum housed in a restored 18th-century neoclassical palazzo . Its curators work with other city and regional institutions to provide alternative interpretations of Sicilys artistic heritage and to stage challenging int
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Museo Civico dArte Antica
A part-medieval, part-baroque castle built in the 13th century on the site of the old Roman gate, this palazzo is named after Madama Reale Maria Cristina, the widow of Vittorio Amedeo I (Duke of Savoy, 1630–37). Today, much of the building houses this expansive museum, which conta
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Mythical Trials
On one side of the Ambulacro is a series of apartments, whose floor illustrations reproduce scenes from Homer and other mythical episodes. Of particular interest is the triclinium , with a splendid depiction of the labours of Hercules, where the tortured monsters are ensnared by a
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Eloro
Just south of Lido di Noto is this archaeological site, where the sparse ruins of the 7th-century-BC Syracusan colony of Helorus lie in lush green grass. Its an attractive setting, even if its quite hard to make out what youre looking at. In fact, excavations have so far unearthed
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Villa dei Mulini
The Villa dei Mulini , Napoleon’s home while he was emperor of this small isle, has a splendid terraced garden and library. During his Elban exile, he certainly didn’t want for creature comforts – contrast his Elba lifestyle with the simplicity of his camp bed and travelling trunk
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Parco Archeologico
In the sunken area opposite Liparis cathedral, you can see the remains of a series of circular huts, the oldest of which date to the 17th century BC. Nearby, at the southern end of the citadel, youll find some Greek sarcophagi adjacent to an open-air amphitheatre that was built in
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Cenacolo del Conservatorio di Fuligno
In 1845 workers in an ex-convent uncovered an extraordinary site – a huge, intact fresco of the Last Supper in a former cenacolo (monk’s refectory). At first attributed to Raphael, it is now generally believed to be the work of Perugino, though completed largely by his students. Th
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Villa Reale
Built between 1777 and 1780 as a viceregal residence for Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Giuseppe Piermarinis vast Villa Reale was modelled on Viennas Schönbrunn Palace. It served as the summer home for Italian royalty, but was abandoned following the murder of Umberto I. Two years
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Ospedale degli Innocenti
Shortly after its founding in 1421, Brunelleschi designed the loggia for what was Europe’s first orphanage. His use of rounded arches and Roman capitals mark it as arguably the first building of the Renaissance, while Andrea della Robbia (1435–1525) added the distinctive terracotta
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Casa del Fauno
Covering an entire insula (city block) and boasting two atria at its front end (humbler homes had one), Pompeiis largest private house is named after the delicate bronze statue in the impluvium (rain tank). It was here that early excavators found Pompeiis greatest mosaics, most of
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Museo Ebraico di Roma
The historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Rome’s Jewish community is chronicled in this small but engrossing museum. Housed in the citys early-20th-century synagogue, Europe’s second largest, it displays parchments, precious fabrics, marble carvings, and a collection of 17t
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Il Golgo
Follow the signs from Baunei up a 2km climb of impossibly steep switchbacks to the plateau. Head north following the Su Sterru (Il Golgo) sign for less than 1km, then leave your vehicle and walk over to this remarkable feat of nature – a 270m abyss just 40m wide at its base. Its fu
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Galleria Lia Rumma
In an inversion of north-south convention, this is the Milanese outpost of Lia Rumma’s Neapolitan gallery. An early collector of Arte Povera, Rumma’s curatorial vision is legend and her international stable impressive: Marina Abromovic, Anslem Kiefer, Andreas Gursky and Peter Halle
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Casa Natale di Raffaello
North of the Piazza della Repubblica youll find the 15th-century house where Raphael was born in 1483 and spent his first 16 years. On the 1st floor is possibly one of Raphaels first frescoes, a Madonna with child. The museum takes a touching look at Raphaels family life. Above all
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Castello Murat
This neat little 15th-century castle is named for Joachim Murat, supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was captured in Pizzo and sentenced to death for treason in 1815. Inside the castle, you can see his cell and the details of his grisly end by firing squad, which is graphically ill
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