Top sights in Italy
An ancient city which served as the capital of the West Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, today Ravenna is the capital of the province with the eponymous name. It is very well-known for its very impressive mosaics dating all the way back to the 5th century again. It is also the location of an impressive eight UNESCO World
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A well-preserved medieval town – the birthplace of Puccini – Lucca is completely encircled by 17th-century walls, and lies in the heart of a fertile plain in northwest Tuscany, an hour’s drive from Florence and 14 miles northeast of Pisa. The Piazza San Michele is the site of the old Roman forum, hence the name of the Romanesque church here,
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The picturesque town of Portovenere is located on the eastern tip of the region of Liguria in northern Italy. Along with the Cinque Terre and the nearby islands belong to the UNESCO World Heritage sites. Portovenere is a picturesque spot and spa resort at the end of the peninsula, stretching to the west of Golfo di La Spezia. Typical for
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In the heart of the famous region of Siena in Tuscany stands an old walled town, built in the year 1213 by the Sienese here as a forward defense post in their war against Florence. When one approaches the medieval walls, still standing nearly undamaged after all these centuries you have the feeling time has stopped beyond these walls until
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San Gimignano is a small medieval town located in Tuscany, with a long history dating all the way back to the 3rd century BC as one of many villages the Etruscan people founded in what we know as Italy today. Originally the town was known as Silvia, named after one of two brothers – Silvio and Muzio, Roman patricians who
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