World Heritage Sites in Italy

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 177. Chapters: Venice, Naples, Po, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Modena, Syracuse, Sicily, Mantua, Ferrara, Ravenna, Tivoli, Italy, Matera, Catania, Amalfi, Agrigento, Vicenza, Alberobello, Assisi, Aquileia, Noto, Piazza dei Miracoli, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Verona, Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, Siena, Herculaneum, Bernina Railway, Rhaetian Railway, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Palladian Villas of the Veneto, Paestum, Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Pienza, Urbino, Val Camonica, Palazzi dei Rolli, Villa d'Este, Ragusa, Italy, Basilica of San Vitale, Villa Capra "La Rotonda", Palace of Caserta, Orto botanico di Padova, Modena Cathedral, Tarquinia, Cinque Terre, San Gimignano, Villa Romana del Casale, Modica, Hadrian's Villa, Castel del Monte, Apulia, Bernina Express, Velia, Palazzolo Acreide, Royal Palace of Turin, Caltagirone, Porto Venere, Cerveteri, Crespi d'Adda, Palazzo del Capitaniato, Venetian Lagoon, Scicli, Sacro Monte di Varallo, List of World Heritage Sites in Italy, Palazzo Barbaran da Porto, Palazzo Porto, San Leucio, Necropolis of Pantalica, Palazzo Thiene, Properties of the Holy See, Militello in Val di Catania, Sabbioneta, Torre Annunziata, Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare, Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Val di Noto, Sassi di Matera, Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello, Villa della Regina, Residences of the Royal House of Savoy, Palazzo Civena, Certosa di Padula, Palazzo Chiericati, Casa Cogollo, Sacro Monte di Crea, Sacro Monte di Ghiffa, Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Torre della Ghirlandina, Tino, Oplontis, Monte San Giorgio, Sacro Monte di Domodossola, Sacro Monte di Orta, Sacro Monte di Oropa, Sacro Monte di Belmonte, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, Palazzo Molina, Historic centre of Florence, Palmaria, Tinetto, Volastra. Excerpt: Naples (Italian: ·), pronounced , Neapolitan: Napule) is a city in Southern Italy; it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. Known for its rich history, art, culture, architecture, music, and gastronomy, Naples has played an important role in the Italian peninsula and beyond for much of its existence, which began more than 2,800 years ago. Situated on the west coast of Italy by the Gulf of Naples, the city is located halfway between two volcanic areas, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields. Founded in the 9th-8th century BC as a Greek colony, which was originally named ¿a¿¿e¿¿p¿ Parthenope and later ¿e¿p¿¿¿¿ Neápolis (Greek for New City), Naples is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was among the foremost cities of Magna Graecia, playing a key role in the transmission of Greek culture to Roman society. Naples eventually became part of the Roman Republic as a major cultural center; the premiere Latin poet, Virgil, received part of his education there and later resided in its environs. As a microcosm of European history, Naples has seen several civilizations come and go, each leaving traces in its art and architecture. The most prominent forms of architecture now visible derive from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. The historic city centre of Naples is the largest in Europe (1,700 hectares), and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Over its rich history Naples has been the capital of duchies, kingdoms, and one Empire, as well as a major cultural center (especially during the period of Renaissance humanism and in the 17th through 19th centuries). The city has profoundly in...