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Tempio di Apollo
The oldest and most important of Pompeiis religious buildings, the Tempio di Apollo largely dates to the 2nd century BC, including the striking columned portico. Fragments remain of an earlier version dating to the 6th century BC.
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Museo Navale
Maritime matters are covered in a former residence of the Doria clan, with an exhibition of models, photographs and other reminders of the days when Genoa sported a significant sea force, from the 15th to the 19th centuries.
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Museo Palazzo Ricci
The 16th-century Museo Palazzo Ricci houses a collection of 20th-century Italian pop art and futurists such as Giorgio De Chirico, Giacomo Balla and Renato Guttoso, alongside an impressive display of 18th-century noble furnishings.
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Lower Church
The lower church was built between 1228 and 1230. The stained-glass windows are the work of master craftsmen brought in from Germany, England and Flanders during the 13th century, and were quite an architectural feat at that time.
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Museo Civico Medievale
The Museo Civico Medievale is in the 15th-century Palazzo Ghilisardi-Fava. Of interest in the museum are the fine frescoes by Jacopo della Quercia and the collection of battle armour, bronze statues and medieval coffin slabs.
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Fortezza del Priamàr
Among Savonas treasures to survive destruction by Genoese forces in the 16th century is the lumbering Fortezza del Priamàr . This imposing fortress guards a couple of sculpture museums and the Civico Museo Storico Archeologico.
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Castello Odescalchi
Braccianos 15th-century castle, now a celebrity wedding venue, harbours an eclectic collection of art, ceramics, objets dart and medieval weaponry amassed by Prince Baldassarre Odescalchi in the latter half of the the 19th century.
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Chiesa di Sant’Agata
Located in the centre of the village, enjoy the cool decorative interior of this 17th-century parish church, famed for its polychrome marble altar, an exquisite work of inlaid marble, mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli and malachite.
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Arco Etrusco
At the end of Via Ulisse Rocchi, facing Piazza Fortebraccio and the Università per Stranieri, are the ancient citys Etruscan gates dating from the 3rd century BC. The upper part is Roman and bears the inscription Augusta Perusia.
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Arco di Giano
Despite its name, this four-fronted 4th-century arch was probably dedicated to the emperor Constantine or Constantatius II. In ancient times cattle dealers working at the Forum Boarium would use it to shelter from sun and rain.
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Riserva Naturale Torbiere del Sebino
These 2-sq-km protected wetlands were formed from 18th-century peat beds. A reed-fringed 4km walking path – partly on muddy tracks, partly on wooden walkways – encircles the water, which in late spring is smothered in water lilies.
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Santuario delle Divine Chtoniche
Just behind the Temple of the Dioscuri is a complex of altars and small buildings believed to be part of the Santuario di Demetra e Kore. The Sanctuary of the Chthonic Deities, as it is known, dates from the early 6th century BC.
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Torre di Gombito
For a wonderful view from one of the highest points in the old town, climb the 12th-century Gombito Tower. Visits must be reserved in advance at the tourist office , which is at the base of the tower, and leave every 45 minutes.
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Museo dellOlio dOliva
In this slick museum, 2km south of Bardolino in Cisano, audiovisual displays chart the history of olive oil production on Lake Garda and explain how the crop is harvested today. Highlights include the huge mule-driven presses.
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Grotta dei Cordari
The now-closed Grotta dei Cordari (Rope-makers Cave) is a grotto, supported by pillars, once used in the manufacture of rope; in antiquity, humidity was an essential ingredient in rope manufacture and the cave had plenty of it.
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Giardino della Kolymbetra
In a natural cleft, the Giardino della Kolymbetra is a lush garden with more than 300 (labelled) species of plants and some welcome picnic tables. Its a steep climb down to the garden, best avoided if youve got dicky knees.
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Castello Colleoni
A turreted, stone hulk in Cavernago. It was raised in the Middle Ages but substantially overhauled in the 17th and 18th centuries. You can peak through slits at the entrance to see the frescoed gallery around the courtyard.
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Villa Barbarigo
The 17th-century Villa Barbarigo makes a mighty impressive town hall for a small town; beyond the deep porch and two massive tiers of columns, frescoes were recently discovered on the walls of the grand salons and lovingly restored.
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Torcello
Torcello, the republics original island settlement, was largely abandoned due to malaria and now counts no more than 80 residents. Its mosaic-clad Byzantine cathedral, the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta , is Venices oldest.
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Samnite Theatre
About 30km northeast of Isernia, outside Pietrabbondante, the remains of a 2nd-century-BC Samnite theatre-temple complex reward a visit, as much as anything for their panoramic setting high above the rolling green countryside.
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