Lazio
Abbey of Monte Cassino
Founded around 529 by Saint Benedict of Nursia on a rocky hill some 130 kilometres southeast of Rome,…
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106 places
Italian heritage places, palaces, churches, monuments and historic sites — curated since 2002 and republished in editorial form for international readers.
Manufactured · Emilia-Romagna
Acquedotto di Ferrara
Acquedotto di Ferrara, Piazza XXIV Maggio — Carlo Savonuzzi, 1930–1932. Photo by Lungoleno via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA…
Zone · Lazio
Aprilia — Rationalist New Town by Petrucci, Tufaroli, Paolini, Silenzi
Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo, Aprilia (Latina), one of the four founding buildings of the 1936 urban core.…
Building · Liguria
Aquarium of Genoa
The Aquarium of Genoa is the largest aquarium in Italy and the second largest in Europe, anchoring the…
Building · Puglia
Basilica di Santa Croce, Lecce
Basilica di Santa Croce, Lecce — the upper facade by Giuseppe Zimbalo. Photo by Benjamin Smith via Wikimedia…
Umbria
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
Begun in 1228, two years after the death of Francis of Assisi, the Basilica of Saint Francis is…
Building · Emilia-Romagna
Basilica of San Vitale
Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna — apse mosaic. Photo via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA). Ravenna · consecrated 547 ·…
Building · Lazio
Basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Santa Maria in Ara Coeli is a medieval basilica that crowns the northern summit of the Capitoline Hill,…
Monument · Sardegna
Bastione di Saint Remy, Cagliari
Bastione di Saint Remy, view from Piazza Costituzione. Photo by Eduard Marmet via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.…
Area · Toscana
Boboli Gardens
The Boboli Gardens are a 45,000-square-metre Medici garden laid out behind the Pitti Palace in Florence from 1549,…