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Museo dei Minerali e dellArte Mineraria
Rios mining history dates from Etruscan times, with open-cast working continuing right up until 1982 when the mines closed. This museum charts that story and runs guided tours (adult/child €12/7.50) of the mining area by electric train – these include a chance to dig for minerals (
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Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori
This gallery in a pretty park features works by the 19th-century Italian Impressionist Macchiaioli school led by Livorno-born Giovanni Fattori. The group, inspired by the Parisian Barbizon school, flouted stringent academic art conventions and worked directly from nature, emphasisi
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Piazza XV Marzo
This elegant square is fronted by the Palazzo del Governo and the neoclassical Teatro Rendano. Smack bang in its middle is a 1914 statue of hero-philosopher Bernardino Telesio. The northwest corner has his Accademia Cosentina and, within it, an excellent library and museum. South o
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Piazza del Popolo
Just try to walk through the Piazza del Popolo without feeling compelled to sit on the medieval building steps and write a postcard home. The 13th-century Palazzo del Capitano links to the Palazzo del Popolo to create what is now the Museo Civico e Pinacoteca Comunale. The cathedra
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Galleria Umberto I
Paging Milans Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Naples most famous 19th-century arcade is a breathtaking pairing of richly adorned neo-Renaissance fronts and a delicate glass ceiling capped by a lofty 56m dome. Complete with a sumptuous marble floor, the galleria is at its most spectacul
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Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Southwest from Piazza delle Erbe towards the Ponte Scaligero is the Chiesa di San Lorenzo , a Romanesque church raised in the early 12th century but much altered with Gothic and Renaissance additions. The most unusual element – virtually unique in Italy – are the two cylindrical to
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova
This 11th-century Romanesque church, the oldest in Viterbo, was restored to its original form after sustaining bomb damage in WWII. Traces of 13th-century frescoes line the solemn, grey interior, whilst outside you can see a stone pulpit where St Thomas Aquinas preached in 1266. Al
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Capella di San Severo
Walking for a couple of minutes northeast from Piazza IV Novembre brings you to this rather bland, boxy-looking church. Your efforts will be rewarded, however, once you step inside and find the chapel decorated with Raphaels lush Trinity with Saints (thought by many to be his first
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Valledoria
About 15km east of Castelsardo, the sprawling town of Valledoria is fronted by beaches that stretch more than 10km east to the small fishing village of Isola Rossa. Up to four weekday buses run from Castelsardo to Valledoria (€2, 25 minutes), although if you can’t convince the bus
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Porta Pia
Michelangelos last architectural work, this crenellated structure was commissioned by Pope Pius IV to replace Porta Nomentana, one of the original gates in the Aurelian walls.Bitter street fighting took place here in 1870 as Italian troops breached the adjacent walls to wrest the c
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Lago Baratz
From Porto Ferro a series of back roads lead 6km inland to Lago Baratz, Sardinia’s only natural lake. Surrounded by low hills, the lake attracts some bird life, although the winged fellows tend to hang about the less accessible northern side. Paths circle the lake’s marshy banks an
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Arquà Petrarca House
Italy’s great poet Petrarch (Petrarca) spent the last five years of his life in the medieval village of Arquà Petrarca , where you can visit his stone house , add your thoughts to guestbooks signed by Rilke and Mozart and pay homage to Petrarch’s embalmed pet cat. Up to three daily
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Fortezza Orsini
Work on this massive fortress started in the 11th century. Today it still stands sentinel over the town, its sturdy walls linking two bastions surrounded by a dry moat. The highlight of any visit is undoubtedly a guided tour of the evocative subterranean passages (11am and 3.30pm),
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Oasi Naturalistica di Persano
About 25km northeast of Paestum, the WWF Oasi Naturalistica di Persano covers 110 hectares of wetlands on the river Sele. A favourite of ornithologists, it’s home to a wide variety of birds, both resident and seasonal. Signs direct you there from the SS18. Visits should be booked a
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Museum Palace
There are several galleries within the vast palace (Palazzo dei Musei). The Galleria Estense features most of the Este family collection. The Biblioteca Estense, essentially a research library, has a valuable collection of books, letters and manuscripts. Other displays include loca
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Spazio Punch
Non-profit, Spazio Punch have transformed Giudeccas derelict beer factory into a super cool venue for temporary art, design and fashion events, which take place several times a year. Shows include collaborations with the likes of the London College of Fashion and seek to reinterpre
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Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere
Trastevere’s focal square is a prime people-watching spot. By day it’s full of mums with strollers, chatting locals and guidebook-toting tourists; by night it’s the domain of foreign students, young Romans and out-of-towners, all out for a good time. The fountain in the centre of t
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Via dei Coronari
Famous for its antique shops, this elegant Renaissance street is a lovely place for a stroll. It follows the course of the ancient Roman road that connected Piazza Colonna with the Tiber, but owes its name to the medieval coronari (rosary-bead sellers) who used to hang out here, ha
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Tricolour Flag Museum
The flag is the citys national claim to fame, and Reggio Emilias city centre makes a lot of it. With interactive and traditional museum displays, the museum gives important and interesting background to the Napoleonic period. The nearby Sala del Tricolore - the room the flag was bi
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Marina
Browse-worthy indeed, the Cagliari waterfront is known as Marina and its the most atmospheric part of town, with little lanes full of artisans shops, delicatessens and loads of good eateries. This neighbourhood is also blessed with plenty of churches: the Chiesa di SantEulalia on P
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