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Italy has 62 World Heritage Sites (56 cultural, 6 natural), the 1st most in the world. Hover over or tap a dot to see its name; click a name in the list to show it on the map. Listed by year of inscription.
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica One of the largest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world, in Lombardy, northern Italy, with over 140,000 symbols and figures carved over 8,000 years. They depict agriculture, navigation, warfare and ritual, and record the life of prehistoric communities.
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura Rome, Italy, with its ancient Forum and Colosseum, the Holy See properties in the city that enjoy extraterritorial rights, and the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. Said to have been founded in 753 BCE, Rome was the centre of the Roman Republic and Empire and became a centre of the Christian world in the 4th century.
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci A church and Dominican convent in Milan begun in 1463 and reworked by Bramante at the end of the 15th century. On the north wall of the refectory is Leonardo da Vinci's mural The Last Supper, one of the major works of Renaissance painting.
- Historic Centre of Florence The historic centre of Florence, Tuscany, the birthplace of the Renaissance, which became an economic and cultural centre under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its cathedral, Uffizi and Palazzo Vecchio hold a great concentration of art and architecture.
- Venice and its Lagoon A city built across 118 small islands in the Venetian Lagoon, founded in the 5th century and a major maritime power from the 10th. The whole city is an architectural work, with St Mark's Square, the Doge's Palace and its canal network, and buildings by many leading artists.
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa A square in Pisa, Tuscany, where four medieval buildings stand on a lawn: the cathedral, baptistery, bell tower (the Leaning Tower) and cemetery. They are masterpieces of Italian Romanesque architecture and influenced monumental art in Italy from the 11th to the 14th century.
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano A Tuscan town about 56 km south of Florence, a stop for pilgrims on the Via Francigena to Rome. Its noble families built tower houses to show their status, and fourteen survive, giving the town its nickname of the 'town of fine towers'.
- The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera A cave-dwelling settlement in Basilicata, southern Italy, the best-preserved of its kind in the Mediterranean. Houses are dug into the limestone of the Sassi, and rock-cut churches lie in the park nearby. Settlement goes back to the Palaeolithic and is well adapted to its terrain.
- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto Vicenza and the villas around it in the Veneto, Italy. The 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio drew on Roman architecture, and his work shaped architecture in Europe and North America as Palladianism.
- Historic Centre of Siena A Tuscan city that embodies the medieval town. Its rivalry with Florence extended to urban planning, and it preserves a Gothic appearance formed between the 12th and 15th centuries, centred on the Piazza del Campo, the cathedral and the town hall.
- Historic Centre of Naples The historic centre of Naples, Campania, founded as the Greek Neapolis in 470 BCE, which keeps the marks of the successive cultures that followed. It has a wealth of churches, palaces and castles and is one of the largest historic centres in Europe.
- Crespi d'Adda A company town on the Adda River in Lombardy, Italy, an outstanding example of the 19th- and early 20th-century workers' settlements built by enlightened industrialists in Europe and North America. Most of its houses and facilities are still in use.
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, became an intellectual and artistic centre in the 15th and 16th centuries and attracted major Renaissance figures. The property includes the historic city and the Po Delta countryside shaped by the city's planning.
- Castel del Monte A 13th-century castle near Bari in Apulia, southern Italy, built by the Emperor Frederick II. Its plan is a regular octagon with octagonal towers, showing mathematical and astronomical precision and combining classical, Islamic and northern Gothic elements.
- The Trulli of Alberobello Limestone dwellings in Apulia, southern Italy, built of dry stone without mortar and topped with conical roofs. This prehistoric building technique is still used locally, and Alberobello has over 1,000 trulli.
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna Ravenna was the seat of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th. Eight buildings, including the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, preserve an exceptional collection of early Christian mosaics.
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza A small Tuscan town where Pope Pius II decided in 1459 to remake his birthplace, commissioning the architect Rossellino. It was the first place where Renaissance town-planning concepts were put into practice and influenced other Italian towns.
- 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex A palace complex in Campania, southern Italy, created in the mid-18th century by the Bourbon king Charles III to rival Versailles. It includes the palace, park, Vanvitelli's aqueduct and the San Leucio silk-making settlement.
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy After Duke Emmanuel Philibert moved the Savoy capital to Turin in 1562, the dynasty built a series of palaces, castles and hunting lodges in and around the city to display its power. They illustrate European court architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua Created in Padua in 1545, the first botanical garden in the world, which keeps its original layout: a circular central plot symbolising the world, surrounded by a ring of water. Later additions followed, and the garden remains important for botanical science.
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) A stretch of the Ligurian coast in Italy covering Portovenere, the Cinque Terre and the islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto. Residents terraced the steep slopes, creating a cultural landscape of small towns and cultivated hillsides.
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena The 12th-century cathedral of Modena in Emilia-Romagna, the work of Lanfranco and Wiligelmus, is a supreme example of early Romanesque art. With its tower and piazza it reflects the faith and civic life of a medieval city.
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata When Vesuvius erupted on 24 August 79 CE it buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and many villas nearby. Excavations have uncovered streets, houses and wall paintings that show Roman urban life.
- Costiera Amalfitana A steep stretch of coast on the Sorrento peninsula in Campania, southern Italy, settled since the early Middle Ages. Towns such as Amalfi and Ravello have notable buildings, and terraced lemon groves and vineyards cover the slopes.
- Archaeological Area of Agrigento A Greek colony founded in the 6th century BCE on the south coast of Sicily, once a leading city of the Mediterranean. Doric temples line the ridge, among them the Temple of Concordia, together with later tombs and houses.
- Villa Romana del Casale A late Roman villa in central Sicily, the centre of a large estate of the type on which the rural economy of the Western Empire rested. It is known for its extensive, well-preserved floor mosaics showing hunting, sport and daily life.
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini In the Bronze Age Sardinia developed a distinctive defensive tower, the nuraghe. The site at Barumini in southern Sardinia, a stone tower complex with a surrounding village, is the best-preserved example of nuragic civilisation.
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia Aquileia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, was one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the early Roman Empire, destroyed by Attila in the mid-5th century. Most of it lies unexcavated beneath fields, and the patriarchal basilica has important early Christian mosaics.
- Historic Centre of Urbino A hill town in the Marche, Italy, which flourished culturally in the 15th century, attracting artists and scholars and influencing the rest of Europe. Its Ducal Palace is a leading Renaissance building, and the town's appearance is well preserved.
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula A cultural landscape in Campania, southern Italy, covering the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, the Greek-founded cities of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula. The area was a long-used route for trade and cultural exchange, with sanctuaries and settlement remains.
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) A large villa complex near Rome at Tivoli, built by the emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century CE. It brings together Egyptian, Greek and Roman architectural traditions and later inspired Renaissance and Baroque architects.
- City of Verona A city in the Veneto, Italy, founded in the 1st century BCE, which flourished under the Scaliger family in the 13th and 14th centuries and as part of the Republic of Venice from the 15th to 18th. It has a Roman amphitheatre, medieval churches and Renaissance buildings.
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) A chain of volcanic islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, where the volcanoes of Stromboli and Vulcano remain active. Studied since the 18th century, the islands are a classic site in volcanology, and the word 'volcano' derives from Vulcano.
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites The medieval hill town of Assisi in Umbria, Italy, is the birthplace of St Francis and linked with the Franciscan Order. The property includes the Basilica of San Francesco with frescoes by Cimabue and Giotto, which influenced European art.
- Villa d'Este, Tivoli A Renaissance villa with a palace and garden at Tivoli, east of Rome. Its many fountains, water features and sculptures make it a model of the Italian garden, and it influenced garden design across Europe.
- Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) Eight towns in south-eastern Sicily, including Caltagirone, Catania, Modica and Noto, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693. The rebuilding used a coherent late Baroque style and considered urban planning.
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Nine 'Sacred Mountains' in Piedmont and Lombardy, northern Italy, groups of chapels and other structures created in the late 16th and 17th centuries on different Christian themes. They combine religious art with the surrounding mountain landscape.
- Monte San Giorgio Monte San Giorgio is a pyramid-shaped wooded mountain beside Lake Lugano on the Swiss-Italian border. It is regarded as the best fossil record of Triassic marine life, with fish, reptiles and invertebrates.
- Val d'Orcia A landscape south of Siena in Tuscany, reshaped in the 14th and 15th centuries after joining the Sienese city-state as an ideal of good government. Its rolling hills, cypresses, farms and medieval towns appear in Renaissance painting.
- Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Two large Etruscan cemeteries in Lazio, north-west of Rome, dating from the 9th to the 1st century BCE. Tombs modelled on houses, with wall paintings and reliefs, preserve evidence of Etruscan religion and daily life.
- Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica Two sites in south-eastern Sicily: the city of Syracuse and the rock-cut necropolis of Pantalica. Syracuse was a major Greek city and retains a Greek theatre and a Roman amphitheatre, and Pantalica has over 5,000 tombs cut into rock.
- Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli A system of streets and palaces in the historic centre of Genoa, planned in the late 16th and early 17th centuries when the Republic was at its height. The 'Rolli' lists named noble residences designated to host official visitors, reflecting a distinctive form of urban planning and social organisation.
- 카르파티아산맥과 유럽 여러 지역의 고대 및 원시 너도밤나무 숲 유럽 18개국에 흩어진 너도밤나무 숲으로 이루어진 국가 간 연속 유산이다. 마지막 빙하기가 끝난 뒤 유럽너도밤나무는 몇몇 피난처에서 대륙 전역으로 퍼졌으며, 이 숲들은 지금도 이어지는 그 생태 과정을 보여준다.
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes The Rhaetian Railway brings together two historic lines that cross the Alps in south-eastern Switzerland over the Albula and Bernina passes, and continue into Italy. Opened in the early 20th century, its bridges and tunnels blend with the mountain landscape and are a fine achievement of railway engineering.
- Mantua and Sabbioneta Two Renaissance towns in Lombardy, northern Italy. Mantua shows the renewal and extension of an existing city under the Gonzaga, while Sabbioneta, about 30 km away, was newly built according to ideal-city theory.
- The Dolomites A mountain range in the northern Italian Alps with 18 peaks rising above 3,000 m. Its pale carbonate rock forms sheer cliffs and valleys, and the range is important for the study of mountain geology and geomorphology.
- Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.) Seven groups of buildings across Italy, including fortresses, churches and monasteries, from 568 to 774 CE. They show how the Lombards combined late Roman, Christian and Germanic traditions in architecture.
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps This serial property comprises 111 small sites around the Alps, on lake shores and in wetlands, with the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements. Dating from about 5000 to 500 BCE, they preserve everyday objects and organic material that are a key source on early farming societies in the Alpine region.
- Mount Etna The upper part of Mount Etna on the east coast of Sicily, some 19,237 ha of uninhabited land. It is the highest mountain on a Mediterranean island and one of the world's most active stratovolcanoes, studied for a very long time.
- Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany Twelve villas and two gardens in Tuscany, mostly built between the 15th and 17th centuries, showing the Medici family's influence on European culture through patronage. Set in the countryside, they established a new type of princely residence.
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato A wine landscape in southern Piedmont, Italy, covering five wine-growing areas, Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, and the Castle of Cavour. Centuries of vine growing and winemaking have shaped a distinctive cultural landscape.
- Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale Nine buildings in Palermo, together with the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale, on the north coast of Sicily, from the Norman kingdom (1130–1194). They combine Byzantine, Islamic and Latin styles.
- Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar This property consists of six groups of defensive works in Italy, Croatia and Montenegro, spanning more than 1,000 km from Lombardy to the eastern Adriatic coast. Built in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Republic of Venice, the bastioned fortifications protected its mainland territories and sea routes and represent the military engineering of the time.
- Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century An industrial town in Piedmont, Italy, developed as the testing ground of Olivetti, maker of typewriters, calculators and office computers. Its large factory, housing, offices and services reflect a 20th-century vision of the relationship between industry and community.
- Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene Part of the Prosecco wine area in north-eastern Italy. Its hogback hills carry small vineyard plots on narrow grassy terraces called ciglioni, shaped by long cultivation.
- The Great Spa Towns of Europe This transnational serial property consists of 11 spa towns in seven European countries, including Baden bei Wien, Spa, Mariánské Lázně and Bath. From the 18th to the 20th century they developed buildings and parks designed for therapy, leisure and social life.
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles Eight religious and secular building complexes in Padua with fresco cycles painted between 1302 and 1397 by several artists, including Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel. They mark an important stage in the development of 14th-century painting.
- The Porticoes of Bologna Twelve ensembles of porticoes and surrounding areas in Bologna, dating from the 12th century to the present. The porticoes shelter pedestrians and house homes, shops and public spaces, and define the city's character.
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines A well-preserved gypsum karst terrain in the northern Apennines of Italy, with a very high density of caves: over 900 in a small area, totalling more than 100 km. It is important for the study of this kind of karst.
- Via Appia. Regina Viarum One of the oldest and most important roads of ancient Rome, begun in 312 BCE and running more than 800 km from Rome to Brindisi on the Adriatic coast. Built for military needs, it later supported trade and cultural exchange.
- Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sardinia – The domus de janas Rock-cut burials and necropolises on Sardinia from the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE. These 'fairy houses' reflect the daily life and funerary practices of prehistoric Sardinians, and some have carved and painted decoration.
- The system of Italian-style condominio theatres of the 18th and 19th centuries in Central Italy Ten theatres in Emilia-Romagna, Marche and Umbria, central Italy, built from the mid-18th to the late 19th century. They are Neoclassical in style with horseshoe-shaped auditoria and were jointly owned by local proprietors, a particular type of Italian theatre.