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Italy has a long recorded history that the biggest problem facing the traveler is to choose among the
nation's endless cultural attractions. All main centres, most of the provincial cities and many quite small towns
have museums. Of all the countries in the worls, there is none more magical than Italy, a traveler's dream destination.
Ancien monuments and archeological sites are perfectly preserved; the museums are bursting with the genious of
Italy's
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finest sons: Raffaello, Michelangelo,
Tiziano, Canova; contemporary architects are still inspired by ancient buildings and squares (piazze). Italian
cities are veritable living museums.
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According to UNESCO, the United
Nations' cultural branch, two thirds of the world's historical artistic heritage are in Italy. Tuscany, which is
only one region of Italy, by itself possesses more artistic treasures than the whole of Spain, which is the second
country in the world for cultural heritage. Practically all major styles of Western architecture can be found in
Italy.
The following Italian sites have been placed by UNESCO on its World Heritage List:
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| 1979 |
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
(Lombardy) |
| 1980, 1990 |
Historic Centre of Rome,
the properties of the Holy See in that city enjoying extraterritorial rights, and San Paolo fuori le Mura (Latium) |
| 1980 |
Church and Dominican Convent
of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci - Milano (Lombardy) |
| 1982 |
Historic Centre of Florence
(Tuscany) |
| 1987 |
Venice and its Lagoon
(Veneto) |
| 1987 |
Piazza del Duomo - Pisa
(Tuscany) |
| 1990 |
Historic Centre of San
Gimignano (Siena, Tuscany) |
| 1993 |
I Sassi di Matera (Basilicata) |
| 1994 |
The City of Vicenza
and the Palladian Villas (Veneto) |
| 1995 |
Historic Centre of Siena
(Tuscany) |
| 1995 |
Historic Centre of Naples
(Campania) |
| 1995 |
Crespi d'Adda - Capriate
(Lombardy) |
| 1995 |
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance
and its Po Delta (Emilia-Romagna) |
| 1996 |
Castel del Monte - Bari
(Apulia) |
| 1996 |
The Trulli of Alberobello
- Bari (Apulia) |
| 1996 |
The Early Christian Monuments
and Mosaics of Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna) |
| 1996 |
The Historic Centre of
the City of Pienza (Siena, Tuscany) |
| 1997 |
The 18th-Century Royal
Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (Campania) |
| 1997 |
The Residences of the
Royal House of Savoia (Piedmont) |
| 1997 |
The Botanical Garden,
Orto Botanico - Padua (Veneto) |
| 1997 |
The Cathedral, Torre Civica
and Piazza Grande - Modena (Emilia-Romagna) |
| 1997 |
The Archaeological Areas
of Pompei, Ercolano, and Torre Annunziata (Naples, Campania) |
| 1997 |
Villa Romana del Casale
- Piazza Armerina (Enna, Sicily) |
| 1997 |
Su Nuraxi di Barumini,
Cagliari (Sardinia) |
| 1997 |
Portovenere, Cinque Terre,
and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (Liguria) |
| 1997 |
The Amalfi Coast, Costiera
Amalfitana - Salerno (Campania) |
| 1997 |
The Archaeological Area
of Agrigento (Sicily) |
| 1998 |
Cilento and Vallo di Adriano
National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (Salerno, Campania) |
| 1998 |
Archaeological Area and
the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) |
| 1998 |
Historic Centre of Urbino
(Marches) |
| 1999 |
Villa Adriana (Tivoli
- Latium) |
| 2000 |
City of Verona (Veneto) |
| 2000 |
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands,
Sicily) |
| 2000 |
Assisi, the Basilica of
San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (Umbria) |
| 2001 |
Villa d'Este, Tivoli
(Latium) |
| 2002 |
Late Baroque Towns
of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily) |
| 2003 |
Sacri Monti of Piedmont
and Lombardy |
| 2004 |
Val d'Orcia (Tuscany) |
| 2004 |
Etruscan Necropolises
of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (Latium) |
| 2005 |
Syracuse and the Rocky
Necropolis of Pantalica (Sicily) |
| 2006 |
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove
and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (Liguria) |
| 2008 |
Mantua and Sabbioneta
(Lombardy) |
| 2008 |
Rhaetian Railway in the
Albula / Bernina Cultural Landscape (Switzerland and Italy) |
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