More than half of the world's artistic heritage is in Italy, and much of it lives in its cities of art: eternal Rome, Florence cradle of the Renaissance, impossible and unique Venice. But also the "small greats": Urbino, Mantua, Ferrara, Lecce.
Rome
Lazio
The eternal city
Florence
Tuscany
The cradle of the Renaissance
Venice
Veneto
The city on water
Siena
Tuscany
Gothic beauty and the Palio
Urbino
Marche
Raphael's ideal city
Mantua
Lombardy
The dream of the Gonzaga dynasty
Ferrara
Emilia-Romagna
The city of the Este court
Lecce
Puglia
The Florence of the Baroque
Ravenna
Emilia-Romagna
The Byzantine mosaics
Padua
Veneto
Giotto and the Basilica of St Anthony