Must-see attractions in Italy

  • Chiesa di Sant’Eusebio

    Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo

    This small church, set back off the square, is popular with pet owners who bring their animals to be blessed on St Anthony’s feast day (17 January).

  • Palazzo di Giustizia

    Vatican City, Borgo & Prati

    This vast landmark palazzo, built to a neo-baroque style between 1888 and 1911, is the seat of Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation.

  • Chiesa di San Paolo

    Olbia

    Worth a look is the 18th-century granite Chiesa di San Paolo, spectacularly topped by a Valencian-style multicoloured tiled dome (added after WWII).

  • Museo Ornitologico

    San Gimignano

    Occupying a decommissioned 16th-century church, this modest museum has a mournful collection of stuffed birds that dates back to 1886 and looks it.

  • Museo Diocesano

    Isola Maddalena

    You could pass half an hour or so inspecting the religious bits and bobs at this museum in the back of the modern Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena.

  • Palazzo Odescalchi

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    The western length of Piazza Santi Apostoli is dominated by the 17th-century facade of Palazzo Odescalchi, spilt into apartments today.

  • Chiesa Olandese-Alemanna

    Livorno

    This Neo-Gothic Protestant church was built in 1864 for the use of Livorno's Dutch-German community. It's now permanently closed.

  • Domus de Jana Biduai

    Eastern Sardinia

    Signposted along the Dorgali–Ponte Sa Barva road, this ancient nuraghic tomb is reached by stepping stones across the river.

  • Oratorio del Rosario

    Northeastern Sardinia

    Built in Pisan Romanesque style, this church in the town centre dates to the time of Spanish domination of the island.

  • Lisca Nera

    Panarea

    The smallest of Panarea's offshore islands, Lisca Nera is nothing more than a speck of rock protruding from the sea.

  • Faro di Murano

    Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands

    Murano's white lighthouse only dates to 1934, but it's a distinctive island landmark. It's not open to the public.

  • Chiesa del Carmine

    Central Sicily

    Closed to the public at the time of writing, this church sits down a side street off the scalinata.

  • Fabbriche Nuove

    San Polo & Santa Croce

    Flanking the Grand Canal, this porticoed complex was designed by Jacopo Sansovino in the mid-16th century.

  • Palatino Entrance

    Ancient Rome

    About 250m down from the Colosseum, this is the main entrance/exit for the Palatino (Palatine Hill).

  • Roman Forum Entrance

    Ancient Rome

    The main entrance/exit for the Roman Forum is just off Via dei Fori Imperiali.

  • La Crocetta

    Capri

    This pass halfway up Monte Solaro is marked by a distinctive iron crucifix.

  • Torre Massimiliana

    Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands

    A restored 19th-century Austrian fort, sometimes used for art exhibitions.

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