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Museo Alto Garda
Housed in Rivas compact medieval castle, the civic museum features local archaeology, frescoes from Roman Riva, documents and paintings. In light of Rivas much fought over past, perhaps the most revealing exhibits are the antique maps dating from 1579 and 1667, and a 1774 Atlas Tyr
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Roman Trieste
Behind Piazza dellUnità dItalia rise remains of the Roman theatre , built between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, but only uncovered in 1938. The Arco di Riccardo is an earlier Roman remnant, one of the old town gateways, dating from 33 BC; its named for the English King Richard, who
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Tempio di Hera
The 5th-century-BC Temple of Hera is also known as the Tempio di Giunone (Temple of Juno). Though partly destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages, much of the colonnade remains intact, as does a long altar, originally used for sacrifices. The traces of red are the result of fi
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Spiaggia Mugoni
The main focus of Porto Conte is Spiaggia Mugoni, a hugely popular beach that arcs round the bay’s northeastern flank. With its fine white sand and protected waters, it makes an excellent venue for beginners to try their hand at water sports. The Club della Vela offers windsurfing,
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Tomba di Dante
A son of Florence, Italys Sommo Poeta (supreme poet), Dante Alighieri, was expelled from the city of his birth in 1302 for political reasons and spent many years on the run. He finally sought refuge in Ravenna, where he died in 1321. As a perpetual act of penance, Florence still su
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Lido di Zabbara
No visit to Selinunte is complete without a walk along this attractive stretch of beach below the archaeological site, which affords marvellous views back up to the cliff-top temples. A path once led here from the acropolis parking area, but it has now been fenced off, so the only
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Palazzo Papale
Around the corner in the Papal Palace , you can see one of Italy’s most important collections of Etruscan archaeological artefacts in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale and the more interesting Museo Claudio Faina e Civico , where you’ll find some significant Greek ceramic works, mos
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Museo Regionale della Ceramica
You can get a taste for the genuine article at the Museo Regionale della Ceramica, in the former Franciscan convent. The history of the production of pottery in Deruta from the 14th century until the beginning of the 20th century is presented here, along with an explanation of the
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Museo Statale dArte Medievale e Moderna
A repository of art from churches in the Arezzo diocese, this time-worn museum is in urgent need of some tender loving care. If it wasnt for the presence of Pietro Lorenzettis Madonna with Child and Saints Agnes and Catherine (c 1310–15) and Parri di Spinellos Madonna della Miseric
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Museo Primo Conti
From Museo Bandini, a 300m walk along Via Dupré will bring you to the Museo Primo Conti, where the eponymous avant-garde 20th-century artist lived and worked. The views from the garden here are lovely, and there are more than 60 of his paintings inside. Ring to enter. The museum or
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Museo Nazionale della Residenza Napoleoniche
Villa dei Mulini was home to Napoleon during his stint in exile on this small isle. With its Empire-style furnishings, splendid library, fig-tree-studded Italianate gardens and unbeatable sea view, the emperor didnt want for creature comforts – contrast this with the simplicity of
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Museo del Tesoro
In the sacristy of the Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, the Museo del Tesoro preserves various dubious holy relics, including the medieval Sacro Catino, a glass vessel once thought to be the Holy Grail. Other artefacts include the polished quartz platter upon which Salome is said to have
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Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
You might well have to wake up the ticket-seller at this sleepy museum dedicated to folk art and rural tradition. Not one of Rome’s great museums, it’s nevertheless more interesting than it sounds, with an eclectic collection of agricultural and artisan tools, clothing, musical ins
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Museo della Musica
Housed in the restored neoclassical Chiesa di San Maurizio , this collection of rare 17th- to 19th-century instruments is accompanied by informative panels on the life and times of Venice’s Antonio Vivaldi. To hear these instruments in action, check out the kiosk with CDs and conce
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Museo del Gioiello
Set inside the Basilica Palladiana, Vicenzas elegant Jewellery Museum induces lust with its rotating exhibitions of historic and contemporary bijouterie. Drool over ancient rings and earrings, 15th-century silk and gold harness belts, 19th-century coral brooches, and avant-garde cr
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Gianicolo
It was here in 1849 that Giuseppe Garibaldi and his makeshift army fought pope-backing French troops in one of the fiercest battles in the struggle for Italian unification. Although a cannon is still fired from it every day at noon, Romes highest hill is now better known for great
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Castello Svevo
The Normans originally built over the ruins of a Roman fort, then Frederick II built over the Norman castle, incorporating it into his design – the two towers of the Norman structure still stand. The bastions, with corner towers overhanging the moat, were added in the 16th century
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Casa Museo di Palazzo Sorbello
A few steps from the Piazza IV Novembre, this exquisite 17th-century mansion, once owned by the noble Sorbello family, has recently been restored to its frescoed, gilt-clad, chandelier-lit 18th-century prime. Guided tours (in Italian) let you admire the familys almost ludicrously o
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Borgo Medievale
One of Parco Valentinos more esoteric sights is this faux medieval village, built for the Italian General Exhibition in 1884. Its centrepiece is the Rocca , a mock, scaled-down castle. Real historians might want to spare their change for the real thing (theres no shortage of mediev
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Piazza dellUnità dItalia
This vast public space – Italys largest sea-facing piazza – is an elegant triumph of Austro-Hungarian town planning and contemporary civil pride. Flanked by the citys grandest palazzi, including Palazzo del Municipio, Triestes 19th-century city hall, its a good place for a drink or
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