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Bari Vecchia
Covering the narrow peninsula adjacent to the port, Bari Vecchia is an atmospheric labyrinth of tight, uneven alleyways. Squeezed into this small area are 40 churches and more than 120 shrines - if you can find them. Bari Vecchias town plan is famous throughout Italy for its mazeli
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Spiaggia Le Saline
Just south of Stintino a signpost directs you to the abandoned tonnara and the Spiaggia Le Saline, once the site of a busy saltworks, now a beautiful white beach. Behind it, marshes extend inland to form the Stagno di Casaraccio , a big lagoon where you might just see flamingos at
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Santuario di Barbana
On the first Sunday in July, a votive procession sails to the Santuario di Barbana, an 8th-century church on a lagoon island. Fishers have done this since 1237 when the Madonna of Barbana was claimed to have miraculously saved the town from the plague. Boats link the sanctuary with
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Palazzo Pretorio
Forming one side of Volterras central square, the Palazzo Pretorio was the seat of the local mayor. From it sprouts one of the towns oldest towers, the Torre del Porcellino (Piglets Tower). Look out for the wild boar, protruding from its upper section, which gives the structure its
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Museo Salvatore Ferragamo
The splendid 13th-century Palazzo Spini-Feroni has been the home of the Ferragamo fashion empire since 1938. Anyone with even the faintest tendency towards shoe addiction or with an interest in the socio-historical context of fashion should not miss the esoteric but oddly compellin
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Museo Storico Artistico
Accessed from the left nave of St Peters Basilica, the Museo Storico Artistico (Tesoro; Treasury) sparkles with sacred relics and priceless artefacts, including a tabernacle by Donatello and the 6th-century Crux Vaticana, a cross studded with jewels that was a gift of the emperor
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Parco della Villa Pallavicino
Barely 1km southeast of central Stresa along the SS33 main road, exotic birds and animals roam relatively freely in the woods and meadows of this child-friendly 20 hectare park. Some 40 species of animals, including llamas, Sardinian donkeys, zebras, flamingos and toucans, keep eve
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Palazzo del Principe
The beautiful Palazzo del Principe was once the home of the 16th-century admiral Andrea Doria. The sumptuous Renaissance interiors, with frescoes, tapestries, furniture and paintings, have been painstakingly restored, and the formal gardens provide a calm respite from the frenetic
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Palazzo Pollicarini
On the southwestern side of Piazza Colaianni next to the Grande Albergo Sicilia, is this Catalan-Gothic palazzo , one of Ennas most handsome buildings. Although it has been converted into private apartments, you can still nip in to take a peek at the medieval staircase in the centr
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Piazza di Siena
A dusty arena surrounded by towering umbrella pines, Piazza di Siena is used to host Romes top equestrian event in May. It was created in the late 18th century at the behest of the Borghese prince Marcantonio IV and named after the city of Siena, the Borghese familys original homet
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Torre Guardiola
Birdlife and local flora can be seen from a nature observation and bird-watching centre on a promontory of land just east of Riomaggiore. The building was a former naval installation in WWII, known as La Batteria Racchia. Its reachable via a trail that starts just west of Fossola B
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Torre dei Marsili
Looming large above Ponte Vecchio is this rectangle, five-storey stone tower, built by the Marsili family as a status symbol in the 12th century. The Della Robbia terracotta on the facade was made for the towers 19th-century owner, goldsmith Giuseppe Sorbi, who had his workshop ins
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Capo di Bove
Discovered when excavating the grounds of a private villa to build a swimming pool, the remains of this Roman villa give a sense of how a gracious ancient Roman life was lived, with mosaics and the remains of its private bath house, set amid the countryside of the Appia Antica Regi
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Column of St Theodore
One of two twin granite columns in the Piazzetta di San Marco, bearing the two patron saints of Venice. This column bears the image of warrior Saint Theodore, who was the patron of the city before St Mark. He holds a spear and stands above a crocodile, which is meant to represent a
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Cattedrale dell’Immacolata
Much modified over the centuries, Ozieri’s neoclassical Cattedrale dell’Immacolata harbours an important work of art, the Deposizione di Cristo dalla Croce (Deposition of Christ from the Cross) by the enigmatic 16th-century artist known as the Maestro di Ozieri.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Mater Domini
This church was rebuilt c 1524 on the site of a 10th-century church. Sansovino and Scarpagnino are alternately given credit for the stark but soaring Istrian stone facade, and inside (if you happen to find it open) is an early work by Tintoretto, Invenzione della Croce (Invention o
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Fonte Gaia
In 1346 water first bubbled forth from the Fonte Gaia in the upper part of the square. The fountains panels are reproductions; the severely weathered originals, sculpted by Jacopo della Quercia in the early 15th century, are on display in the Complesso Museale di Santa Maria della
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Domus del Chirurgo
Occupying a large square in the centre of Rimini, this recently excavated Roman villa (once the home of a prosperous surgeon) holds a number of fine floor mosaics in various stages of decay. A wealth of surgical instruments recovered from the ruins are housed in the adjacent Museo
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Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Founded in 1588 to support the Florentine art of pietre dure (mosaic-like inlays of marble and semi-precious stones), this charming little museum explains how the works are created and includes remarkable examples of the craft, from portraits and trompe l’oeil tabletops to panorami
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MUST
This beautiful conversion of the Monastery of Santa Chiara houses the work of local artists and has a great view of a Roman amphitheatre from the back window. It was being renovated at last visit but should have reopened by the time you read this with an extended remit to cover loc
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