DISCOVER ITALY: Destinations & Attractions

Europe's Renaissance period began in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries and exerted a tremendous and lasting influence on the subsequent development of Western culture, in the literature, painting, sculpture, and architecture contributed by giants such as Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, and Michelangelo.

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DESTINATION ROME: Attractions & Culture Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is located on the Tiber river, in the central part of the country near the Mediterranean Sea. The Vatican City, located in an enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Inhabited for over 3000 years — the city was the seat of the Roman Kingdom, Republic and Empire ...

DESTINATION CALABRIA: Attractions & Culture Calabria is at the very south of the Italian peninsula, to which it is connected by the Monte Pollino massif, while on the east, south and west it is surrounded by the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas. The region is a long and narrow peninsula which stretches from north to south for 248 km ...

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DESTINATION CAMPANIA: Attractions & Culture Campania is a region of Southern Italy. Tourist attractions include the Sibyl's cave at Cumae, the Greek temples at Paestum, the Roman ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the volcanoes of Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and Ischia, the Amalfi Coast from Sorrento to Salerno and the islands of Capri, Ischia, Procida ...

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DESTINATION SICILY: Attractions & Culture The position of Sicily as a stepping stone of sorts in the center of the Mediterranean Basin has lent it strategic importance throughout history, resulting in an endless procession of settlers and conquerors. Strong demographic ties exist between Sicily, mainland southern Italy and Greece ...

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Discover EMILIA ROMAGNA: Attractions & Culture Emilia-Romagna is a major cultural and touristic centre, being the home of the oldest university in the Western World, containing numerous Renaissance cities, being a major centre for food and automobile production and having a lively and colourful coastline, with numerous tourist resorts ...

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Discover TUSCANY: Attractions & Culture Tuscany (Toscana) is a region on Italy's west coast, on the Tyrrhenian sea. Tuscany has two very diverse faces - the art cities such as Florence, Siena, Lucca and Pisa on one hand, and the countryside on the other. The small towns, villages, castles, villas and vineyards of Tuscany make a welcome change ...

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DESTINATION UMBRIA The region of Umbria is named for the Umbri tribe, who settled in the region in protohistoric times (6th century BC): 672 BC is the legendary date of foundation of the town of Terni. Their language was Umbrian. In the early days of Italian history, Umbria extended over the greater part of northern and central Italy ...

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DESTINATION NORTHERN ITALY Northern Italy is the most developed and productive area of the country, and the first part of Italy to be industrialized in the last half of the 19th century, the so called industrial triangle formed by the manufacturing centres of Milan and Turin and the seaport of Genoa ...

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