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Villa Forni Cerato | The Villa Forni Cerato is a 16th-century villa in Montecchio Precalcino, Province of Vicenza, northern Italy. Its design is attributed to Andrea Palladio and his client is assumed to have been Girolamo Forni, a wealthy wood merchant who supplied building material for a number of the Palladio's proje... | ||
Villa Chiericati | Villa Chiericati (also known as Villa Chiericati-Rigo ) is a villa at Vancimuglio in the Veneto, northern Italy. It was designed for Giovanni Chiericati by the architect Andrea Palladio in the early 1550s. Palladio also designed the family's town house Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza. In 1996 UNESCO ... | ||
Gallerie dell'Accademia | The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum of pre-19th century art in Venice, northern Italy. Situated on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro, it gives its name to one of the bridges across the canal, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and to the boat landing station for the vapo... | ||
Villa Caldogno | Villa Caldogno (also known as Caldogno Nordera) is a villa in the Veneto region of Italy, which is attributed to Andrea Palladio. I t was built for the aristocratic Caldogno family on their estate in the village of Caldogno near Vicenza. A Latin inscription on the facade (Angelus Calidonius Luschi ... | ||
Ponte dell'Accademia | The Ponte dell'Accademia is one of only four bridges in Venice, Italy, to span the Grand Canal. It crosses near the southern end of the canal, and is named for the nearby Gallerie dell'Accademia. The bridge links the sestieri of Dorsoduro and San Marco. Lovers attach padlocks ("love locks") to the ... | ||
Villa Gazzotti Grimani | The Villa Gazzotti Grimani (1542) is a Renaissance villa, an early work of architect Andrea Palladio, located in the village of Bertesina, near Vicenza in the Veneto region of northern Italy. In 1994 UNESCO designated Villa Gazzotti Grimani as part of the "Vicenza, City of Palladio" World Heritage ... | ||
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" | Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio. The proper name is Villa Almerico Capra, but it is also known as La Rotonda, Villa Rotonda, Villa Capra and Villa Almerico. The name "Capra" derives from the Capra brothers, who completed the ... | ||
Rialto Bridge | The Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto) is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It is the oldest bridge across the canal and it had been the only one up to 1854 when the Ponte dell'Accademia was built. Ponte dell'Accademia was the dividing line for the districts of San Marc... | ||
Villa Angarano | The Villa Angarano or Villa Angarano Bianchi Michiel is a villa in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, northern Italy. It was originally conceived by Andrea Palladio who published a plan in his book I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura. Work was started on the wings of Palladio's design in the 1540s or 1550s.... | ||
Santa Maria delle Grazie | Santa Maria delle Grazie ("Holy Mary of Grace") is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, northern Italy, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list. The church contains the mural of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory of the convent. The Duke of Milan Francesco I... |
Italy - cities with tourist attractions
- Lazio
- Rome (44) Cassino (1) Castel Gandolfo (1)
- Veneto
- Venice (30) Venice (2) Vicenza (2) Caldogno (1) Cortina D'ampezzo (1) Bolzano Vicentino (1) Montecchio Precalcino (1) Burano (1) Lugo di Vicenza (1) Grumolo delle Abbadesse (1) Murano (1) Lonigo (1) Bassano Del Grappa (1) Torcello (1)
- Tuscany
- Florence (9) San Gimignano (1) Pisa (1)
- Lombardy
- Milan (8) Como (4) Mantua (2)
- Sicily
- Taormina (2) Siracuse (1) Catania (1) Palermo (1) Agrigento (1)
- Trentino-Alto Adige
- Madonna di Campiglio (1)
The oldest constructions
- Ca' Pesaro (1659 - 1710, 1902)
- Punta della Dogana (1677 - 2009, 2009)
- The Spanish Stairs (? - ?, 1725)
- Palazzo Grassi (1748 - 1772, ?)
- Antico Caffè Greco (? - ?, 1760)