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Pieve di San Giorgio
In the tiny hilltop village of San Giorgio a few kilometres northwest of San Pietro in Cariano, you’ll find this fresco-filled, cloistered 8th-century Romanesque church. Not old enough for you? In the little garden to its left you can also see a few fragments of an ancient Roman te
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Rebeccu
Between the Nuraghe di SantAndrea Priu and Bonarva, it’s worth taking an hour or so to stop off at Rebeccu, a windswept and largely abandoned medieval hamlet carved into calcareous rock. The village, signposted off the main road, is the unlikely setting for a film festival in mid-A
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Museo Naturalistico Francesco Minà Palumbo
Named after the naturalist Francesco Minà Palumbo (1837–99), this unassuming museum is housed in the former convent of Santa Venera. Its home to a collection of artefacts that gives an exhaustive insight into the botany, natural history, minerals and archaeology of the Madonie moun
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Grotta di San Michele
Signposted from the top of town, the grotta was used as a place to live by the nuraghic people, as well as a tomb and place of cult worship. Excavations in 1914 and then 1949 unearthed pottery, vases and figurines, many of which are now on display at the Museo Nazionale Sanna in Sa
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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Steccata
Behind the Palazzo del Governatore in the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Steccata, you’ll find some of Parmigianino’s most extraordinary work, notably the stunning, if rather faded, frescoes on the arches above the altar. Many members of the ruling Farnese and Bourbon families lie bur
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Bikini Girls
Just off the southern end of the Ambulacro della Scena della Grande Caccia, in the Sala delle Dieci Ragazze , is the villas most famous mosaic. It depicts nine (originally there were 10) bikini-clad girls working out with weights and dinky dumbbells, in preparation for the Olympic
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Battistero degli Ariani
The gratis entry here (unique among Ravennas Unesco sites) is no reflection of the quality of the artistry inside. The baptisterys breathtaking dome mosaic, depicting the baptism of Christ encircled by the 12 Apostles, was completed over a period of years beginning in the 5th centu
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Museo Archeologico Provinciale Ribezzo
This superb museum covers several floors with well-documented exhibits (in English), including some 3000 bronze sculptures and fragments in Hellenistic Greek style. There are also terracotta figurines from the 7th century, underwater archaeological finds, and Roman statues and head
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Arco Bollani
The Arco Bollani, next to the Loggia di San Giovanni, was designed by Andrea Palladio in 1556 and leads up to the castle used by the Venetian governors. The way is lined by the Porticato del Lippomano, a late-15th century portico raised along the length of one of the citys former d
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Museo Archeologico di Sperlonga e Villa di Tiberio
Other than the beach – and the great views from the historic centre – Sperlongas main attraction is this archaeological museum. Here you can admire ancient sculptures and poke around the ruins of Villa Tiberio, emperor Tiberius seafront villa set around a gaping sea cave, the Grott
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Museo Carlo Bilotti
The Orangery of Villa Borghese provides the handsome setting for the art collection of billionaire cosmetics magnate Carlo Bilotti. The main focus are 18 works by Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), one of Italys foremost modern artists, but also of note is a Warhol portrait of Bilotti
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Palazzo Rucellai
Designed by Leon Battista Alberti in the 1440s for one of Florence’s richest families, this palazzo is arguably the first Renaissance building to rigorously mimic Roman forebearers – in this case, the Colosseum, with its Doric, Ionic and Corinthian pilasters. Note that the interior
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Museo della Tecnologia Contadina
Santu Lussurgiu has long been known for its crafts and is still today a production centre for ironwork, woodwork and leatherwork. To learn more about the town’s rural way of life and traditions, book a visit to this small museum, which has a comprehensive collection of farm tools,
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Museo del Papiro
Moved to Ortygia and newly expanded in 2014, this museum exhibits a nice collection of papyrus documents and products, boats and an English-language film about the history of papyrus. The plant grows in abundance around the Ciane River, near Syracuse, and was used to make paper in
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Cattedrale di San Pietro Extramuros
Two kilometres upstream from the Chiesa di Sant’ Antonio Abate is this 11th-century cathedral, said to be the oldest Romanesque church in Sardinia. Originally built in 1073, it was subsequently modified with changes made to the apse in the 12th century and a Gothic facade added a c
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Grotta Gigante
The areas big-ticket attraction is near Villa Opicina, 5km northeast of Trieste. At 120m high, 280m long and 65m wide, its one of the largest and most spectacular caves thats accessible on the continent. Its easily reached from Trieste on bus 42, or by tram 2 and bus 42 in the othe
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Tempietto Longobardo
Cividales most important sight is this stunning complex that houses the only surviving example of Lombard architecture and artwork in Europe. Its ethereal stucco reliefs and choir stalls of the darkest wood are both unusual and extremely moving; some elements date as far back as th
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Tempio di Antonino e Faustina
Entering the Roman Forum from Largo della Salara Vecchia – you can also enter directly from the Palatino or from near the Arco di Tito – you’ll see the Tempio di Antonino e Faustina ahead to your left. Erected in AD 141, this temple was later transformed into a church, the Chiesa d
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Necropoli Via Triumphalis
Not to be confused with the Tomb of St Peter, this ancient Roman cemetery extends beneath the Vatican hill. Guided tours, which must be pre-booked, follow modern walkways through the ongoing excavations, taking in tombs and burial chambers unearthed during construction of an underg
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Fontana del Nettuno
Where Via Garibaldi spills into Piazza dellUnità dItalia, is one of Messinas great fountains, the 16th-century Fontana del Nettuno (Neptunes Fountain) by Montorsoli. The figures are actually copies: the originals are housed in the museum.
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