Le Corbusier, one of the most noted architects of the 1900s, defined them as the “most beautiful architectonic work in the world.” The Dolomites offer up a magnificent panorama Read more.
With its two narrow-gauge lines, the railway infrastructure constitutes an engineering, architectonic and administrative feat without comparison, ideal for traversing the impervious mountain terrain. Read more.
A visit to Turin and its hinterland, in discovery of the splendid Savoy Residences. is truly an immersion into these historic centers of power. Read more.
The Sacred Mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy are often a destination for the religiously devout: here, groups of chapels and dot the landscape, and often preserve sculptures, frescoes and paintings Read more.
Aquileia, with its immense archaeological site and its Patriarchal Basilica, is an artistic and historical treasure trove. It was also one of the largest and richest cities within the Roman Empire Read more.
The Site includes the Strade Nuove, where stand the magnificent “Palazzi dei Rolli,” a series of noble abodes in the Renaissance and Baroque styles, built between the 16th and 18th Centuries. Read more.
Historic, spectacular, multi-colored borgoes overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, nestled between rocky reliefs and steep cliffs that are a sheer drop away from the coast: this is the Cinque Terre Read more.
Valcamonica has one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in the rock over a period of 8,000 years and depicting themes Read more.
Crespi d’Adda - described as an "exceptional example of the company town phenomenon, the most complete and best-preserved in Southern Europe" – received a spot on the UNESCO Word Heritage List in 1995 Read more.
The Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie is an outstanding work of architecture, and an emblem of Catholic religiosity for its indissoluable connection to Leonardo Da Vinci’s fresco of “The Last Supper” Read more.
Its rocks contain a rich quantity of fossils that date as far back as 250 million years ago (the Middle Triassic), many of which are also in an exceptional preserved state. Read more.
Mantua and Sabbioneta, in the Po valley, represents two aspects of Renaissance town planning. The two cities are associated for the significant bequest left to them by the noble Gonzaga Family Read more.
Vicenza feature ancient history and traditions that are closely tied to the name of Palladio, the architect whose genius influenced architectonic tastes throughout the entire world. Read more.
2,000 years of history encased in an expanse of 77 sq. mi.: this is Verona, site of a completely harmonious integration of the finest of artistic elements from several diverse historical epochs. Read more.
The prehistoric pile dwellings (palafitte in Italian) of the Alps are a series of 111 archaeological sites identified within the European Alps. Of the 111 sites, 19 lie within Italy Read more.
It is the origin of all the botanical gardens in the world, a cradle of science and scientific exchange, serving as the basis for the understanding of the relationship between nature and culture. Read more.
The historic centre represents the first application of the Renaissance humanist concept of urban design. Pienza has a key role in the development of the concept of the planned 'ideal town' Read more.
A masterpiece of creative human genius, it is an exceptional exemplar of both architectonic complex and landscape, demonstrates signifcant passages in human history. Read more.
Capital of Romanesque art, Modena was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997, attributed to its wealth of monuments, from Piazza Grande to the Ghirlandina Tower and its Cathedral! Read more.
The Piazza dei Miracoli or Piazza of Miracles, as it was nicknamed, set over an ample green field, hosts four whiter-than-white masterpieces of grandiose Medieval art Read more.
Siena, city of art, city of culture, city of the Palio, university city and city of excellent cuisine – no doubt that this gorgeous town is a multi-faceted one. Read more.
12 villas and two gardens make up the UNESCO Site The Medici Villas bear testimony to the influence the Medici Family exerted over modern European culture through its patronage of the arts. Read more.
Val d'Orcia fuses art, landscape and ecosystem in one geographical space, and is the expression of a series of marvelous natural characteristics. Read more.
Its historic center is a living archive of both European and Italian culture, composed of properties that earned Florence’s nomination as one of the very first Italian UNESCO W.H.S., in 1982. Read more.
UNESCO named Ravenna to its World Heritage List,declaring that the city preserves a religious monumental complex from the Paleochristian epoch, extremely important in terms both artistic and historic. Read more.
Ferrara, with its invaluable testimonies from the Renaissance, is one of 49 Italian sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, inserted in 1995. The Po Delta Regional Park was inserted on the List in 1999 Read more.
It is so easy to lose oneself in this jewel of a city, walking its streets and sidestreets with your eyes geared up toward its magnificent palazzi. Urbino: the “Cradle of the Renaissance.” Read more.
According to the UNESCO, Assisi constitutes a singular model of continuous history that is intertwined with this city-sanctuary's cultural and territorial identity. UNESCO site since 2000 Read more.
The historic center of Rome and the Holy See (including the Vatican and the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls) make up one of the 49 Italian sites inserted in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Read more.
Villa d’Este’s concentration of fountains, grottoes and water installations represented a model emulated in gardens throughout Europe, specifically those done in the Mannerist and Baroque styles. Read more.
Built by the request of the Emperor Hadrian, the Villa is a monumental living complex that even today continues to display the lavishness and enormous power of Ancient Rome. Read more.
The Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia constitute a unique and exceptional testimoney of the ancient Etruscan Civilization, the only urban civilization of the pre-Roman Age. Read more.
Visiting Naples's historic center means traveling through twenty centuries of history. Its streets, piazzas, churches, monuments and castles constitute a jewel box of exceptional importance Read more.
Commissioned by Charles III of Bourbon in the 1700s, Luigi Vanvitelli planned this palace, a triumph of the Italian Baroque and one of the most famous and important works by the Neapolitan architect. Read more.
The ruins of the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79BC, but they still offer an unparalleled window into the quotidian life of classical antiquity. Read more.
Cilento, terrain in the Region of Campania marked by gently-rolling hills covered in olive trees that see their reflection in the blue of the Tyrhennian, is pure magic! Read more.
Set in a unique environment, it is an exemplar of a Mediterranean landscape and of enormous cultural and natural value due to its topographical characteristics, as well as its historical evolution. Read more.
According to UNESCO, this extremely valuable and important archaeological site is exemplary for being the most complete and best-preserved of the remains left by the Nuragic Civilization. Read more.
Syracuse conserves ancient vestiges in every niche and corner, from Classical testimonies to Baroque splendors. Not far from Syracuse, situated near open quarries is the cave necropolis of Pantalica Read more.
Alberobello is undoubtedly the Capital of the Trulli: its historic center is integrally constituted by these rather particular white, pyramidal structures that make it so famous and identifiable. Read more.
A dense lattice of narrow streets and alleyways fill up with the lights of the evening, giving off the impression that one is strolling through a Nativity scene of papier-mâché: this is Matera Read more.
Venice is an open-air museum that seems to float on its lagoon. Celebrated throughout the world for its singular beauty, Venice and its lagoon were added to the list of UNESCO W.H.S. in 1987. Read more.
Commissioned by Frederick II of Swabia in the 13th Century, the Castle is a massive and dominating octagonal structure that sits on a small stretch of the Murge plateau in Apulia. Read more.
The Archipelago of the Aeolian Islands consist of seven exquisite islands. hey all emerge from an uncontaminated sea, created by still-active volcanoes, and blessed by a savage beauty. Read more.
The European Continent’s most active volcan represents a natural, terrestrial scientific laboratory, and its vulcanic zones and intense eruptions have been observed and talked about since Antiquity. Read more.
Situated in southeastern Sicily, Val di Noto (the Noto Valley) – with its eight gorgeous late-Baroque cities – became one of the Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2002. Read more.
This majestic Imperial villa is a magnificent rural abode, fascinating, above all, for its captivating mosaics, considered the most beautiful and best-preserved of their kind. Read more.
An exceptional historic testimony to Magna Graecia’s presence in this area, as well as to subsequent epochs, the archaeological was inserted onto the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997. Read more.
The Longobards and Their Places of Power: Monte Sant'Angelo make up one of the “places of power” and the monuments realized during the rule of the Longobards in Italy. Read more.
