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Welcome to the Cities of Art...
Venice is a unique city in the world, famous for its gondolas that sail on the Grand Canal and the facades of the palaces that remind the prestige and richness of the Serenissima in the Middle Age and the Renaissance. City without cars, one can visit Venice by foot. The Saint Mark's square has, added to the Basilica and the Campanile, the Correr museum, the Doge's Palace and underneath the Procuraties archs, the Florian cafe. The Rialto bridge, the main bridge of the city, is a real technical exploit for its time, and has to be visited, like the Accademia Gallery that contains one of the most prestigious collection of Venetian paintings.
Florence is one of the world capitals for art lovers; it is the cradle of the Renaissance and has conserved the most beautiful examples: its cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore, its Galleria degli Uffizi, its Plazza della Signoria, its Ponte Vecchio and more.
Rome, the eternal city, with its 400 churches, 300 fountains and innumerable vestiges left by the different ages since the Etruscan, is a real paradise for tourists. Amongst the most famous sites: the Vatican, the Coliseum, the Trevi fountain, Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna, Piazza del Popolo, the Panthéon, the Thermes of Caracalla and the Maximus Circus.
Naples is an architectural heritage more than two thousand years old, a mix of Norman, Aragon and Spanish influences, an exceptional archaeological museum, numerous baroque style churches and a magnificent golf.
Surrounded by ramparts undamaged since the Renaissance, Lucca can be proud of its numerous churches and medieval palaces in the main streets of the centre.
The Dome that contains the sarcophagus of Ilaria del Caretto, marble sculpture that seems made of porcelain, must be visited.
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