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Museo Tattile Statile Omero
Museo Tattile Statile Omero is the only museum of its kind in all of Europe; this is one museum where you’re supposed to touch the art. All of its sculptures have been created for the blind in order to feel the representations of Roman statues, the Parthenon and St Peter’s, as well
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Museo dArte della Città di Ravenna
Arranged in a converted 15th-century monastery abutting a public garden, Ravennas permanent art collection is backed up by regular temporary expos. The ground floor features some rather fetching modern mosaics, first brought together in the 1950s, including one (Le Coq Bleu ) based
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Schola Levantina
Refugees from Portugal and Spain raised two synagogues considered among the most elegant in northern Italy, with renovated 17th-century interiors often attributed to Baldassare Longhena. One of them is the Schola Levantina (Levantine Synagogue) where the main feature is the magnifi
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Statue of Eleonora
Piazza Eleonora dArborea became the citys central square through 19th-century urban reforms. Today it is a quiet spot where you can sit beneath the benign gaze of Queen Eleonoras Statue. She holds the ground-breaking Carta di Logu and raises a finger as if she were about to launch
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Villa Napoleonica di San Martino
The Villa Napoleonica di San Martino , where Napoleon occasionally dropped in, is set in hills about 5km southwest of Portoferraio. Modest by Napoleonic standards, it is dominated by the overbearing mid-19th-century gallery at its base, built to house his memorabilia. A combined ti
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Li Longhi
This tomba di gigante (nuraghic burial chamber) is quite striking. The central east-facing stele, part of which was snapped off and later restored, dominates the surrounding countryside from its hilltop location. To reach it, take the SS427 towards Calangianus, turning right after
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Museo Nazionale Cerite
Housed in a medieval fortress on what was once ancient Caeres acropolis, this splendid museum charts the history of the Etruscan city, housing archaeological treasures unearthed at the necropolis.On the ground floor, a multimedia display illustrates the stories behind some of the c
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Museo Etnografico Galluras
The Museo Etnografico Galluras celebrates the area’s rural traditions with a collection of agrarian tools and a reconstructed village house. Among the displays, look out for Sa Femina Accabadora, a gruesome hammer traditionally used to put the terminally sick out of their misery in
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Museo Civico e Diocesano dArte Sacra
Occupying the former convent of the neighbouring Chiesa di SantAgostino , this collection of religious art from the town and surrounding region includes a triptych by Duccio and a Madonna and Child by Simone Martini. Other artists represented include the Lorenzetti brothers, Giovan
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Museo Civico Archeologico di Pitigliano
Head up the stone stairs to this small but well-run museum which has rich displays of finds from local Etruscan sites. Highlights include some huge intact bucchero (black earthenware pottery) urns dating from the 6th century BC and a collection of charming pinkish-cream clay oil co
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale Tarquiniense
This charming museum, beautifully housed in the 15th-century Palazzo Vitelleschi, is a treasure trove of locally found Etruscan artefacts. Highlights include a series of stone sarcophagi, a terracotta frieze of winged horses (the Cavalli Alati ), a room full of painted friezes, and
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Giardino Garibaldi
Surrounded on all sides by elegant palazzi, gentrified Piazza Marina (M0154) is Palermos quietest piazza, and its small Giardino Garibaldi encloses Palermos oldest tree, a venerable 25m-high, 150-year-old ficus benjamin . Dedicated to Garibaldi, the square has witnessed its fair sh
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Driade
Frescoed rooms present the ultimate design challenge - with all those cherubim flying around, suddenly that houndstooth sofa seems a bit too much - but Driade rises to the occasion in its own converted neoclassical palazzo with impeccable eclecticism, unconventional materials and t
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Arco di Tito
Said to be the inspiration for the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the well-preserved Arch of Titus was built in AD 81 to celebrate Vespasian and Titus victories against Jerusalem. In the past, Roman Jews would avoid passing under the arch, which is considered the historical symbol of th
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Area Archeologica di Vitozza
More than 200 caves pepper a high rock ridge here, making it one of the largest troglodyte dwellings in Italy. The complex was first inhabited in prehistoric times. To explore the site, youll need two hours and sturdy walking shoes. Its 3 miles due east of Sorano, near the hamlet o
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Area Sacra
This sunken area in the Largo di Torre Argentina contains the remains of four Republican-era temples, all built between the 2nd and 4th centuries BC. These ruins, which are among the oldest in the city, are off-limits to humans but home to a thriving population of around 250 stray
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Museo Villa Napoleonica di San Martino
Napoleon used to drop into this quaintly ornate villa 5km southwest of Portoferraio to escape the summer heat. At heart, its a remodelled farmhouse topped by a roof terrace bearing Napoleonic stone eagles. In the 1850s a Russian nobleman had the gallery built at its base, now host
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Museo di Storia Naturale – Zoologia La Specola
One of several sections of Florences natural history museum dating to 1775, La Specola showcases 5000-odd animals (out of an unbelievable depository of 3.5 million). The big highlight, not recommended for the squeamish or young children, is the collection of wax models of bits of h
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Museo di Palazzo Pretorio
This impressive bulk of a history museum reopened as one of Tuscanys smartest museums after a record 20-year-long renovation job. An entire room is devoted to Pistoias sacra cintola , a deeply venerated girdle believed to have been given to St Thomas by the Virgin and brought to Pr
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Museo Etnografico Sa Domo ‘e sos Marras
Housed in an 18th-century noble villa, the Museo Etnografico Sa Domo ‘e sos Marras contains a fascinating collection of rural paraphernalia. There’s a loom made out of juniper wood, a donkey-drawn millstone and a small display of children’s toys. Upstairs, rooms have been decorated
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