{"id":96,"date":"2008-07-18T20:53:25","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T19:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/italy.ilcomuneinforma.it\/travel\/?p=96"},"modified":"2008-07-18T20:53:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T19:53:25","slug":"explore-italy%e2%80%99s-many-world-heritage-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/96\/explore-italy%e2%80%99s-many-world-heritage-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Italy\u2019s Many World Heritage Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/italy.ilcomuneinforma.it\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/asissi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-97\" style=\"left;\" src=\"http:\/\/italy.ilcomuneinforma.it\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/asissi-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"World Heritage Site\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/asissi-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/asissi.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There are more UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy than any other nation in the world. The World Heritage Site designation means these landmarks are treasures preserved for all people the world over. This means their Italian location doesn\u2019t make these monuments necessarily Italian \u2013 they are owned by the world\u2019s population. And this designation doesn\u2019t come easily.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This desire is outlined in a worldwide treaty adopted by UNESCO in 1972. The missions of the organization are vast and include encouraging countries to sign the World Heritage Convention, encouraging countries to nominate sites, develop management plans and safeguarding the sites for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>On your next trip to Italy, considering stopping by some or all of the Heritage Sites available. There are so many, you can make an entire vacation out of visiting every one. <!--more--><strong>In Apulia &#8211; Puglia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Castel del Monte<\/li>\n<li>The Trulli of Alberobello<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Basilicata<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Campania<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex<\/li>\n<li>Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata<\/li>\n<li>Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Amalfi Coast<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historic Centre of Naples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Emilia Romagna<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena<\/li>\n<li>Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna<\/li>\n<li>Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Friuli-Venezia Giulia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Latium &#8211; Lazio<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia<\/li>\n<li>Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura<\/li>\n<li>Villa Adriana ( Tivoli)<\/li>\n<li>Villa d&#8217;Este, Tivoli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Liguria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli<\/li>\n<li>Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> In Lombardy &#8211; Lombardia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy<\/li>\n<li>Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with &#8220;The Last Supper&#8221; by Leonardo da Vinci<\/li>\n<li>Crespi d&#8217;Adda<\/li>\n<li>Rock Drawings in Valcamonica<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In The Marches &#8211; Le Marche<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historic Centre of Urbino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Piedmont &#8211; Piemonte<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy<\/li>\n<li>Residences of the Royal House of Savoy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Sardinia &#8211; Sardegna<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Su Nuraxi di Barumini<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Sicily &#8211; Sicilia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Archaeological Area of Agrigento<\/li>\n<li>Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)<\/li>\n<li>Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)<\/li>\n<li>Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica<\/li>\n<li>Villa Romana del Casale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Tuscany &#8211; Toscana<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historic Centre of Florence<\/li>\n<li>Historic Centre of San Gimignano<\/li>\n<li>Historic Centre of Siena<\/li>\n<li>Historic Centre of the City of Pienza<\/li>\n<li>Piazza del Duomo, Pisa<\/li>\n<li>Val d&#8217;Orcia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Umbria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Veneto<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua<\/li>\n<li>City of Verona<\/li>\n<li>City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto<\/li>\n<li>Venice and its Lagoon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are more UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy than any other nation in the world. The World Heritage Site designation means these landmarks are treasures preserved for all people the world over. This means their Italian location doesn\u2019t make these monuments necessarily Italian \u2013 they are owned by the world\u2019s population. 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