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This website was born out of the author’s personal desire to share information, curiosities, stories, news, events, and places of interest, relating to the magnificent villages and localities that Italy makes available to everyone.
Topic | List of Places (Italy)municipality, province, region |
|---|---|
| Medieval villages with castles |
Castell’Arquato, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna Gradara, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche Monteriggioni, Siena, Tuscany Vigoleno, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna Malcesine, Verona, Veneto Brisighella, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna Bagnara di Romagna, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna |
| Ghost and abandoned villages |
Craco, Matera, Basilicata Civita di Bagnoregio, Viterbo, Lazio Bussana Vecchia, Imperia, Liguria Roscigno Vecchia, Salerno, Campania Gairo Vecchio, Nuoro, Sardinia Pentedattilo, Reggio Calabria, Calabria Fabbriche di Careggine, Lucca, Tuscany |
| Most colorful villages in Italy |
Burano, Venice, Veneto Bosa, Oristano, Sardinia Riomaggiore, La Spezia, Liguria Varenna, Lecco, Lombardy Procida, Naples, Campania Vernazza, La Spezia, Liguria Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany |
| Most romantic villages |
Varenna, Lecco, Lombardy Civita di Bagnoregio, Viterbo, Lazio Monte Isola, Brescia, Lombardy Portofino, Genoa, Liguria Positano, Salerno, Campania Castelsardo, Sassari, Sardinia Tellaro, La Spezia, Liguria |
| Villages with the most curious traditions | Mamoiada, Nuoro, Sardinia Sutri, Viterbo, Lazio San Gimignano, Siena, Tuscany Aliano, Matera, Basilicata Civitella Alfedena, L’Aquila, Abruzzo Orsara di Puglia, Foggia, Apulia Montefiore Conca, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Ariccia, Roma, Lazio |
| Villages with the best panoramic views |
Castelluccio, Perugia, Umbria San Gimignano, Siena, Tuscany Tropea, Vibo Valentia, Calabria Civita, Cosenza, Calabria Polignano a Mare, Bari, Apulia Ravello, Salerno, Campania Erice, Trapani, Sicily |
| Villages with the most beautiful squares |
Montepulciano, Siena, Tuscany (Piazza Grande) Vigevano, Pavia, Lombardy (Piazza Ducale) Ascoli Piceno, Marche (Piazza del Popolo) Palmanova, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia (Piazza Grande) Greve in Chianti, Florence, Tuscany (Piazza Matteotti) Ostuni, Brindisi, Apulia (Piazza della Libertà ) Sabbioneta, Mantua, Lombardy (Piazza Ducale) |
| Villages with the oldest churches |
Monte Sant’Angelo, Foggia, Apulia (Sanctuary of Saint Michael) Caserta Vecchia, Caserta, Campania (Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel) Rossano, Cosenza, Calabria (Cathedral of Maria Santissima Achiropita) Murano, Venice, Veneto (Basilica of Santa Maria and Donato) Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria (Spoleto Cathedral) Monreale, Palermo, Sicily (Monreale Cathedral) Subiaco, Rome, Lazio (Monastery of Saint Benedict) |
| Villages with the most scenic sunsets |
Polignano a Mare, Bari, Apulia Tropea, Vibo Valentia, Calabria Porto Venere, La Spezia, Liguria Monte Isola, Brescia, Lombardy Civita di Bagnoregio, Viterbo, Lazio Castelsardo, Sassari, Sardinia Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany |
| Most mysterious villages in Italy |
Triora, Imperia, Liguria (Village of the Witches) Craco, Matera, Basilicata (Ghost Village) Pentedattilo, Reggio Calabria, Calabria (Legend of the Bloody Hand) Calcata, Viterbo, Lazio (Village of Artists and Mystics) Monteruga, Lecce, Apulia (Abandoned Village) Fumone, Frosinone, Lazio (Ghost Castle) Aliano, Matera, Basilicata (Carlo Levi and local legends) |
