A 12th–13th-century Romanesque cathedral built on Byzantine foundations in Bari, completed in 1292, whose portal bears an image of King Arthur and whose location connects medieval Crusade history with Christian-Islamic diplomatic encounters.
A 12th-century Romanesque chapel in Chiusdino, Toscana, built on the hermitage of knight Galgano Guidotti and housing his legendary sword embedded in stone.
A neoclassical church commissioned in 1814 to celebrate the restoration of Vittorio Emanuele I, completed in 1831 with design inspired by Rome’s Pantheon.
Genoa’s metropolitan cathedral, begun in 1099 and completed by 1133, embodies Romanesque architecture reshaped by earthquakes and centuries of reconstruction.
A medieval republic and 19th-century industrial center in Ancona province, Jesi preserves its 15th-century walls and historic core.
A civic museum of modern art in Palermo’s Kalsa district, occupying a restored seventeenth-century complex and displaying works by major twentieth-century Italian masters.
A twelfth-century civic palace that served as Pavia’s municipal seat for five centuries, now a cultural center with contemporary art exhibitions.
A major Italian city of art where Roman walls, Renaissance architecture, and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet converge to create a distinctive urban palimpsest.
A fortified medieval village near Rome’s ancient port, restored in the 15th century by the future Pope Julius II and home to workers of the nearby salt pans.
One of Sicily’s most significant tuna fisheries, the Tonnara of Marzamemi traces its origins to the Arab period and was developed under Villadorata family patronage from 1630 onward.
