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Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany

20 September 2013

Twelve villas and two gardens spread across the Tuscan landscape make up this site which bears testimony to […]

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 […]

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 […]

Val d’Orcia

09 November 2004

The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it […]

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 […]

Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia

06 May 1998

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

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 […]

Piazza del Duomo, Pisa

05 May 1987

Standing in a large green expanse, enclosed by the city walls, the former Ospedale della Misericordia and the […]

Venice and its Lagoon

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 […]