Almost nothing remains of Parma’s early days as a Roman colony along the old Roman main road, the Via Aemilia; the grand palaces and elegant squares…
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Perugia, capital of the region of Umbria, is worth visiting not only for the beauty of its hilltop setting, but also for its fine old buildings.…
Piazza del DuomoOne of Europe’s finest building ensembles–the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Giotto’s Campanile, and the Baptistery–fills the center of Piazza del Duomo, their…
Piazza della Signoria has been the political center of Florence since the 14th century, when houses of prominent families had to make way for the new…
The influences of both of Pistoia’s neighboring cities – Florence and Pisa – are evident in the architecture and decoration of its medieval churches, and it…
The ruined city of Pompeii lies at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano whose eruption in AD 79 engulfed and subsequently encased the city in…
Ravenna is like no other place in Italy, and the magnificence of its mosaics will leave you breathless – and with a stiff neck. Although Ravenna’s…
The ancient settlement of Ariminum grew where two important ancient roads, the Via Aemilia and the Via Flaminia, met about 150 kilometers south of Venice on…
Few sites are so filled with a sense of history as the Roman Forum (Foro Romano), where, for many centuries, the fate of Europe was decided.…
In 1693, this entire area of Sicily was devastated by an earthquake, and afterwards, many towns were largely or entirely rebuilt in the Baroque style. Eight…