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Borgo San Giuliano
Just over the Ponte di Tiberio, Riminis old fishing quarter has been freshened up and is now a colourful patchwork of cobbled lanes, trendy trattorias, wine bars and trim terraced houses (read: prime real estate). Look out for the numerous murals.
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Museo S’Omo ‘e sa Majarza
This creepy museum, signposted as the Museo del Territorio, is dedicated to witches and local folklore and features the reconstruction of a 16th-century witch’s cave. Note that at the time of research the museum was closed for renovation.
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Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma
This newly opened museum of natural history faces Piazza Pacciardi, close to the Medici fortress. It showcases specimens including rocks and minerals, insects, birds, shells and fossils from the local area, the rest of Europe and some tropical areas.
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Museo Civico e Pinacoteca Comunale
Housed in the striking Palazzo del Capitano, this museum features an elegant triple window. It holds a fine (if hardly overwhelming) collection of paintings, and a rather more successful archaeological section with lots of old coins and ceramics.
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Studio d’Arte Ulderico e Ognissanti
Hailing from Naples’ underground art movement of the 1980s, this eclectic duo paint, sculpt and film their way through Neapolitan stereotypes, creating anything from tongue-in-cheek ‘Pulcinella is dead’ sculptures to playful portraits of local saints.
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Vatican Grottoes
Extending beneath St Peters Basilica, the Vatican Grottoes contain the tombs and sarcophagi of numerous popes, as well as several huge columns from the original 4th-century basilica. The entrance is in the Pier of St Andrew near the high altar.
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Loggia dei Mercanti
The historic centre is presided over by the Renaissance Loggia dei Mercanti on Piazza della Libertà. Built in 1505 for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the soon-to-be Pope Paul III, the arcaded building housed travelling merchants selling their wares.
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Nuns’ Cloisters
Within the nuns’ cloisters is a long parapet entirely covered in decorative ceramic tiles depicting scenes of rural life, from hunting to posing peasants. The four internal walls are covered with softly coloured 17th-century frescoes of Franciscan tales.
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Museo dellOpera del Duomo di Orvieto
Housed in the former papal palace, this museum contains a fine collection of religious relics from the cathedral, as well as Etruscan antiquities and paintings by artists such as Arnolfo di Cambio and the three Pisanos (Andrea, Nino and Giovanni).
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Gipsoteca
Antonio Canova was Italy’s master of neoclassical sculpture. He made marble come alive, but mastery didn’t always come easy: you can see Canova’s rough drafts in plaster at the Gipsoteca , in a building completed by modernist master Carlo Scarpa in 1957.
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Duomo di San Giovanni Battista
The centrepiece of Ragusa Superiore, and a symbol of its urban renewal, is the enormous Duomo di San Giovanni Battista, built between 1718 and 1778. An elegant, terraced square fronts the ornate façade made asymmetrical by Mario Spadas pretty campanile.
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Chiesa dei SS Nicolò e Cataldo
The Chiesa dei SS Nicolò e Cataldo, near the main city gate Porta Napoli , was built by the Normans in 1180. It got caught up in the city’s baroque frenzy and was revamped in 1716 by the prolific Cino, who retained the Romanesque rose window and portal.
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Chiesa di SantAgnese
The Chiesa di SantAgnese, with its beelike banding around the façade, lies just outside the city walls. The original church was built in the early 14th century but this version was the result of a remake by Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio in 1511.
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Fortezza Nuova
The Fortezza Nuova, built for the Medici family in the late 16th century, is in an area known as Piccola Venezia (Little Venice) because of its small canals. The interior is now a park and little remains of the fort except for the sturdy outer walls.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina
Dont miss this waterside, triple-spired church, an exquisite Pisan-Gothic gem encrusted with tabernacles and statues. It was built between 1230 and 1223 to house a reliquary of a spina (thorn) from Christs crown, and is currently closed for restoration work.
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Casa Natale di Toscanini
At the Parco Ducales southeast corner, the birthplace of Italys greatest modern conductor, Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957), retraces his life and travels through relics and records. Of interest are his collaborations with acclaimed Italian tenor Aureliano Pertile.
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Piazza di Pietra
This charming piazza, surrounded by popular bars and cafes, is overlooked by 11 huge Corinthian columns, all thats left of the 2nd-century Tempio di Adriano . The temple formerly housed Rome’s stock exchange and is now used to host conferences and business events.
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Convento Degli Scolopi
Tempio is replete with churches, and an indication of the town’s former importance lies in the presence of the 17th-century Convento degli Scolopi. It’s now a college and not open to the public, but you can wander the serene cloister if the gates are open.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Scale
If you have the time, the old town is best accessed via the salita commendatore, a winding pass made up of stairs and narrow archways taking you past the remains of the 15th-century Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Scale, from where theres a good viewing point.
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Loggia del Consiglio
Occupying the north side of Piazza dei Signori is the 15th-century Loggia del Consiglio, the former city council building and Veronas finest Renaissance structure. It is attached to the Palazzo degli Scaligeri, once the main residence of the Della Scala clan.
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