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Via Appia. Regina Viarum

04 February 2025

Tra tutte le strade costruite dai Romani la Via Appia è la più ricca di memorie e testimonianze, […]

Le grandi città termali d ‘Europa

01 January 2022

ll sito transnazionale “The Great Spa Towns of Europe” comprende 11 città, situate in 7 paesi europei: Baden […]

Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar

16 November 2017

The Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar consists of six components […]

Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato

16 November 2014

The vineyard landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato in Piedmont consist of a selection of five distinct winegrowing areas […]

Longobards in Italy, Places of Power, 568 – 774 A.D.

16 November 2011

The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568 – 774 A.D) comprises seven groups of important buildings (including […]

Mantua and Sabbioneta

16 November 2008

Mantua and Sabbioneta offer exceptional testimonies to the urban, architectural and artistic realizations of the Renaissance, linked through […]

Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica

06 May 2005

The site of Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica on the Mediterranean coast of south-eastern Sicily consists […]

Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia

06 May 2004

The property encompasses the two necropolisesof the Banditaccia and the Monterozzi, the most important cemeteries of the ancient […]

Villa d’Este, Tivoli

06 May 2001

The palace and the garden of Villa d’Este in Tivoli, in the centre of Italy, were layed out […]

Assisi, San Francesco Basilica and other Franciscan sites

06 May 2000

The site comprises a rather large territory where most of the important Franciscan places are located. Besides the […]

Villa Adriana (Tivoli)

06 May 1999

Villa Adriana is an exceptional architectural legacy of the great Roman Emperor Hadrian. Built as a retreat from […]

Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula

06 May 1998

Cilento is a cultural landscape of outstanding value that has evidence of human occupation dating from 250,000 years […]

Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia

Located at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea on the Natissa (Natiso) River, the property includes the […]

Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua

06 May 1997

The world’s first university botanical garden was created in Padua in 1545, which makes the Botanical Garden of […]

Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale

Near Piazza Armerina (Sicily) the Villa Romana del Casale was built (on an earlier 2nd century settlement) in […]

Archaeological Area of Agrigento

The archaeological area of Agrigento, the Valley of the Temples, is on the southern coast of Sicily and […]

Su Nuraxi di Barumini

The archaeological site of Su Nuraxi di Barumini in Sardinia is the best-known example of the unique form […]

Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena

Together Modena’s magnificent 12th century cathedral and soaring bell tower serve as a supreme example of early Romanesque […]

Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata

The World Heritage property includes three different archaeological areas: the ancient towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum together with […]

Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna

06 May 1996

The UNESCO Early Christian Monuments serial site in Ravenna consists of eight monuments – the Mausoleum of Galla […]

The Trulli of Alberobello

The trulli, typical limestone dwellings of Alberobello in the southern of Puglia, are remarkable examples of corbelled dry-stone […]

Castel del Monte

Castel del Monte, located in the municipality of Andria, rises on a rocky hill dominating the surrounding countryside […]

Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta

06 May 1995

Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta, situated within the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, is […]

The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera

06 May 1993

Located in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of […]

Historic Centre of San Gimignano

05 May 1990

The Historic Centre of San Gimignano sits on a height of land, dominating the surrounding landscape. During the […]

Venice and its Lagoon

05 May 1987

The UNESCO World Heritage property comprises the city of Venice and its lagoon situated in the Veneto Region […]

Historic Centre of Florence

05 May 1982

Florence was built on the site of an Etruscan settlement and the later ancient Roman colony of Florentia […]

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura

05 May 1980

The World Heritage property encompasses the whole historic centre of Rome within the city walls at their widest […]

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica

05 May 1979

Valcamonica, situated in the mountainous area of the Lombardy region, has one of the world’s greatest collections of […]