Italy

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor Emmanuel II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito Mussolini established a Fascist dictatorship. His alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy’s defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy is a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include sluggish economic growth, high youth and female unemployment, organized crime, corruption, and economic disparities between southern Italy and the more prosperous north.

Italy Tourism Information

Official Tourism Site
Italia.it

Other Sites

ItalyGuides.it
VisitItaly.eu

The Best of Italy

Here is a break down of some of the most interesting and visited places. Cities or areas listed will always have more than just one thing see and do. With the popular cities or areas we list some of the best known, which should go on everyone’s, must see list when they visit.    

Abruzzo

Aosta Valley

APulia

Lecce

Calabria

Campania

Amalfi Coast

Sorrento

Pompeii

Isle of Capri (Blue Grotto)

Royal Palace of Caserta

Isle of Capri

Herculaneum

Ischia

Positano

Salerno

Paestum

Basilicata

Sassi di Matera 

Emilio-Romagna

Bologna (Two Towers)

Modena

Parma

Ravenna

Florence

Florence Duomo

Uffizi Gallery

Ponte Vecchio

Galleria dell’Accademia (Michelangelo’s David)

Plazzo Vecchio

Basilica Santa Croce

Pitti Palace

Piazzale Michelangelo

Boboli Gardens

Piazza della Signoria

Santa Maria Novella 

Florence Baptistery

Mercato Centrale

Giotto’s Bell Tower

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Trieste

Lazio

Civita di Bagnoregio

Hadrian’s Villa

Ostia Antica

Villa d’Est

Liguria

Cinque Terra

Genoa

Portofino

Lombardy

Bergamo

Lake Como ( Villa d’Este, Ballagio, Villa Carlotta)

Marche

Urbino

Molise

Milan

Duomo di Milano

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 

Santa Maria delle Grazie

Castello Sforzesco 

Teatro alla Scala

Pinacoteca di Brera

Parco Sempione

naples

Naples National Archaeological Museum

Royal Palace of Naples

Castel Nuovo

Mount Vesuvius

Ovo Castle

Piedmont

Turin (Egyptian museum, Mole Antonelliana)

Lake Maggiore

Lake Orta

Rome

Colosseum

Pantheon

Trevi Fountain

Roman Forum

Spanish Steps

Piazza Novona

Castel Sant’Angleo

Borghese Gallery

Victor Emmanuel II Monument

Palatine Hill

Campo de’ Fiori

 Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore,

Piazza del Popolo

Capitoline Museums

Baths of Caarcalla

Circus Maximus

Arch of Constantine

Capitoline Hill

Villa Borghese

Appia Antica

Arch of Titus

Via del Corso

Trajan’s Column & Market

Largo di Torre Argentina

Via Francigena

Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano

Sardinia

Cagliari

sicily

Catania

Mount Etna

Palermo

Palermo

Syracuse

Valley of the Temples

Venice

Rialto Bridge

Piazza San Marcos

Doge’s Palace

Basilica San Marcos

Grand Canal

Bridge of Sighs

Burano

Peggy Guggenheim Museum 

Murano

Santa Maria della Salute

St Mark’s Campanile

Galleria dell’Accademia

Trentino-South Tyrol

Bolzano

Stelvio Pass

Tuscany

Arezzo

Lucca (Torre Guinigi, Piazza dell’Anfiteatro)

Pisa ( Leaning Tower, Cattedrale di Pisa, Pisa Baptistery )

Siena ( Piazza del Campo, Duomo di Siena, Palazzo Pubblico)

San Gimignano

Terme di Saturnia 

Umbria

Assisi

Orvieto

Spoleto

Veneto

Cortina d’Ampezzo

Lake Garda

The Dolomites

Padua

Verona (Verona, Arena, Juliet’s House, Piazza Bra)

The Regions of Italy…

Central Italy
Northeast Italy
Northwest Italy
Southern Italy

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