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Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
Firenze · Toscana
Florence's cathedral with Brunelleschi's dome, the icon of the Renaissance.
96
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Basilica di San Francesco
Assisi · Umbría
The two-level sanctuary with Giotto's frescoes of the saint's life.
95
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3
Duomo di Milano
Milano · Lombardía
The marble Gothic cathedral crowned by the golden Madonnina.
94
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4
Mosaics of San Vitale and Galla Placidia
Ravenna · Emilia-Romaña
Byzantium's gold and blue in the West: eight UNESCO monuments make Ravenna the capital of mosaic.
94
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5
Scrovegni Chapel
Padova · Véneto
Here Giotto painted art's most famous sky: the cycle that changed painting, UNESCO-listed.
92
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6
Monreale Cathedral
Monreale · Sicilia
Six thousand square metres of golden mosaics and the 228-column cloister: the Arab-Norman peak, UNESCO-listed.
91
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7
Duomo di Siena
Siena · Toscana
Black-and-white Gothic with Italy's most beautiful inlaid floor.
90
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8
Orvieto Cathedral
Orvieto · Umbría
Maitani's golden façade and Signorelli's Last Judgement: one of the peaks of Italian Gothic.
90
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9
Amalfi Cathedral
Amalfi · Campania
The staircase, the golden façade and the Cloister of Paradise: throne of the first maritime republic.
87
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10
Basilica of Aquileia
Aquileia · Friul-Venecia Julia
More than 700 square metres of early-Christian mosaic, the West's largest: UNESCO-listed.
87
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11
Modena Cathedral and Ghirlandina
Modena · Emilia-Romaña
Fundada en 1099, esta obra maestra del románico protegida por la UNESCO destaca por los relieves de Wiligelmo y su famosa torre.
87
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12
Certosa di Pavia
Certosa di Pavia · Lombardía
The monastery built for the Visconti: an embroidered façade of the Lombard Renaissance and cloisters of silence.
86
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13
Santa Maria dell'Isola
Tropea · Calabria
The sanctuary on its monolith between white beaches: the absolute postcard of the Coast of the Gods.
86
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14
Basilica di Santa Croce
Lecce · Apulia
The manifesto of Lecce Baroque: a façade carved like lace.
85
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15
Basilica di San Nicola
Bari · Apulia
The masterpiece of Puglian Romanesque, keeping Saint Nicholas's relics since 1087.
84
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16
Cattedrale di Palermo
Palermo · Sicilia
A thousand years of styles in a single Arab-Norman monument.
84
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17
Parma Baptistery
Parma · Emilia-Romaña
Benedetto Antelami's pink prism between Romanesque and Gothic: one of Italy's most original buildings.
84
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18
Sacra di San Michele
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino · Piamonte
The abbey balanced on Mount Pirchiriano that inspired "The Name of the Rose": symbol of Piedmont.
84
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19
San Fruttuoso Abbey
Camogli · Liguria
The thousand-year abbey in a cove reached only on foot or by boat; offshore, the Christ of the Abyss.
84
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20
Otranto Cathedral
Otranto · Apulia
The floor mosaic of 1163 with its Tree of Life: a medieval encyclopaedia underfoot.
83
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21
Lombard Temple
Cividale del Friuli · Friul-Venecia Julia
The jewel of Lombard art suspended above the Natisone, UNESCO-listed: stuccoes of rare grace.
82
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22
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta
Positano · Campania
The majolica dome that signs every Positano postcard, and the Black Madonna icon.
80
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23
Malatesta Temple
Rimini · Emilia-Romaña
The Renaissance manifesto by Leon Battista Alberti, with Piero della Francesca and Giotto inside.
80
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24
Monastero dei Benedettini
Catania · Sicilia
One of Europe's largest monasteries, now a university you can tour.
79
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25
The Cattolica of Stilo
Stilo · Calabria
Five Byzantine domes on a mountain terrace: Calabria's little Mount Athos.
79
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26
Christ the Redeemer of Maratea
Maratea · Basilicata
Twenty-one metres of marble with open arms over the gulf of Policastro: guardian of Basilicata's coast.
78