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Galleria Gió Marconi
Gio Marconi shows a diverse range of work including celeb-obsessed Francesco Vezzoli, the highly conceptual Elisa Sighicelli, architectural drawings from the late neorationalist architect Aldo Rossi and neo-expressionist Tal R.
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Fortezza da Basso
Now a conference centre, this Renaissance fort dates to the 1530s, when the recently restored Medicis felt it best to intimidate their own restive population. Note that the pentagonal fort is only open to conference attendees.
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Palazzo San Giorgio
Marco Polo was once an inmate of the frescoed Palazzo San Giorgio . Built in 1260, it became a prison in 1298; Polo worked on Il Milione here. These days it hosts occasional exhibitions; the city centre info kiosk has information.
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Macellum
The macellum was the citys main produce market. The circular area in the centre was the tholos , a covered space in which fish and seafood were sold. Surviving market frescoes reveal some of the goods for sale, including prawns.
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Stazione dell’Arte Maria Lai
Housed in the old railway station, the outstanding Stazione dell’Arte Maria Lai showcases the emotive works of the late artist Maria Lai. Born in Ulassai in 1919, Maria was one of Sardinia’s most important contemporary artists.
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Via Ricci
From the central Piazza Grande, Via Ricci runs downhill past Palazzo Ricci , now home to a German music academy. The street terminates in Piazza San Francesco , where you can admire still more panoramic views of the Val di Chiana.
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Villa Verdi
Verdis villa, where he composed many of his major works, is 5km northwest of Busseto. Verdi lived and worked here from 1851 onwards. Guided visits through the furnishings and musical instruments should be booked in advance online.
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Loggia di San Giovanni
A clear reminder of Venetian influence is the Loggia di San Giovanni, which features a clock tower modelled, albeit in squatter format, on the one gracing Venices Piazza San Marco. As in Venice, Moorish figures strike the hours.
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Chiesa Santi Pietro e Paolo
The towns cathedral, located on Piazza del Popolo, off Piazza dei Quattro Cannoli, was consecrated in 1497 and has an elegant 18th-century portico and a 15th-century campanile (bell tower). It is dedicated to Sts Peter and Paul.
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Galleria Rossella Junck
Fragile beauty in unlikely forms, from Seguso’s 1950 braying donkey in rose-tinted glass to Marie Aimée Grimaldi’s contemporary Hamlet-in-Murano-crystal skull. Gallery displays cover 13th-century goblets through to modern art-glass.
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Fontana del Moro
Originally designed in 1576, this Piazza Navona fountain was embellished over the course of three centuries. Bernini added the Moor holding a dolphin in the mid-17th century, and the surrounding Tritons are 19th-century copies.
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Castello Monforte
At the top of a steep tree-lined avenue sits Castello Monforte . Much of the squat, quadrangular tower that you see today was built in the 15th and 16th centuries after the original Norman castle was damaged by earthquake in 1456.
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Castle of Canossa
The Castle of Canossa, built in 940 and then rebuilt in the 13th century, is where Matilda, countess of Canossa, reconciled the excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV with Pope Gregory VII in 1077. Largely ruined, it has a small museum.
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Arco di Riccardo
The Arco di Riccardo is one of the Roman town gateways, dating from 33 BC, and looks over a pretty residential square. The gate is named for the English King Richard, who was supposed to have passed through en route from the Crusades.
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Museo dArte Orientale
Just east of Via Garibaldi, a path from Piazza Corvetto twists through terraced gardens to one of Europes largest collections of Japanese art, bringing together some 20,000 items, including porcelain, bronzes, costumes and musical instruments.
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Palazzo dei Capitani
This palace was home to Malcesines governor when it was ruled by the Republic of Venice, largely between 1405 and 1797. A single, large hall leads onto a secluded waterfront terrace through an archway that frames a beautiful lake view.
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Chiesa di Santa Chiara
The elegantly domed Chiesa di Santa Chiara is a jewel of Piedmontese Rococo.
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Ficogrande
Strombolis black sandy beaches are the best in the Aeolian archipelago. The most accessible and popular swimming and sunbathing is at Ficogrande, a strip of rocks and black volcanic sand about a 10-minute walk northwest of the hydrofoil dock.
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Tomba dei Giganti SEna e Thomes
From Sierra Orrios you could continue north to see the Tomba dei Giganti S’Ena e Thomes , a fine example of a tomba dei giganti . The stone monument is dominated by a central oval-shaped stele that once closed off an ancient burial chamber.
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Spiaggia Bianca
About 4km north of Lipari Town, this is the most popular beach on the island, its name a reference to the layers of pumice dust that once covered it. These have been slowly washed away by the rough winter seas, leaving it a dark shade of grey.
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