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Colosseo
Roma · Lacio
Descubre el Coliseo, el anfiteatro más grande de la antigüedad inaugurado en el 80 d.C. por la dinastía Flavia y símbolo indiscutible de Roma.
100
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2
Parco Archeologico di Pompei
Pompei · Campania
Sepultada por el Vesubio en el año 79 d.C., Pompei es el único yacimiento del mundo que conserva de forma íntegra la imagen de una ciudad romana.
98
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3
Valle dei Templi
Agrigento · Sicilia
The best-preserved Doric temples outside Greece, UNESCO-listed since 1997.
95
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4
Pantheon
Roma · Lacio
The best-preserved Roman temple, with the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built.
94
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Temples of Paestum
Capaccio Paestum · Campania
Three nearly intact Doric temples in a Cilento meadow: the truest Greece outside Greece.
92
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6
Arena di Verona
Verona · Véneto
The first-century Roman amphitheatre that becomes the world's most famous open-air opera house each summer.
91
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7
Selinunte Archaeological Park
Castelvetrano · Sicilia
One of Europe's largest archaeological parks: Doric temples among the dunes and the Cusa quarries with drums abandoned mid-work.
91
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8
Herculaneum Excavations
Ercolano · Campania
The best-preserved buried city: timbers, mosaics and two-storey houses frozen since 79 AD.
90
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9
Teatro Antico di Taormina
Taormina · Sicilia
The Greco-Roman theatre with the Mediterranean's most scenographic backdrop: Etna and the Ionian Sea.
90
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10
Villa Romana del Casale
Piazza Armerina · Sicilia
Three and a half thousand square metres of Roman mosaics, "bikini girls" included: UNESCO-listed.
89
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Hadrian's Villa
Tivoli · Lacio
The philosopher emperor's palace-city: maritime theatre, canopus and an empire in miniature, UNESCO-listed.
88
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12
Parco Archeologico della Neapolis
Siracusa · Sicilia
Syracuse's Greek theatre and the Ear of Dionysius.
88
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13
Su Nuraxi
Barumini · Cerdeña
The Nuragic citadel of 1500 BC, the island's only UNESCO site: Sardinia before written history.
87
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14
Grottoes of Catullus
Sirmione · Lombardía
Northern Italy's largest Roman villa, on the tip of the Sirmione peninsula between olive trees and lake.
84
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15
Palombaro Lungo
Matera · Basilicata
The cathedral of water: a hand-dug cistern up to 15 metres high beneath the main square.
78
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16
Saepinum Archaeological Area
Sepino · Molise
The "Pompeii of Molise": an intact Roman town amid pastures, farmhouses built into its walls.
78
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17
Temple of Jupiter Anxur
Terracina · Lacio
The Roman arcades on Mount Sant'Angelo: the most theatrical night-time belvedere on Lazio's coast.
78