| It's "il bel paese" in the Southern Europe; it's a perfect | | | | in religious processions. |
| pleasing place for holidaymakers; it's your Repubblica | | | | The Capitoline's Piazza Campidoglio (Piazza |
| Italiana or Italia, popularly known as Italy. Your 'bel | | | | Campidoglio Hill) is a fine place to start out your trip of |
| paese' (fine country) is a peninsula extending into the | | | | Ancient Rome. The Capitoline Hill was a seat of |
| central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. | | | | power in early Rome and continues a governmental |
| Sharing its northern alpine boundary with France, | | | | center even today. The Piazza and its buildings were |
| Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, Italy is one of the | | | | either constructed or altered based on designs made |
| most coveted and frequented travel destinations of | | | | by Michelangelo. |
| the world. Located within the Italian territory, the | | | | Heart of ancient Rome, the Colosseo district is your |
| independent states of the Vatican City and San | | | | place for the Roman Forum, the Forum of Augustus, |
| Marino make Italy one of the most visited countries of | | | | the Forum and Markets of Trajan, the Capitoline and |
| the world. Florence, Milan, Naples, Venice, and the Italian | | | | museums. Situated between the Colosseum and the |
| Capital - Rome make Italy, one of the most sought | | | | Roman Forums, Arch of Constantine is the major and |
| after vacation destinations of the world. | | | | best preserved of the antique Roman arches. It offers |
| Italy is a small country with a treasure of cultural | | | | a sense of the past and exhibits the opulence of the |
| heritage including delightful churches, glorious museums | | | | Roman Empire. |
| and galleries, neo-classical structural designs, graceful | | | | Castel Sant'Angelo offers you panoramic views along |
| stores, elegant edifices, theaters, and lively nightlife. Italy | | | | the Tiber. It is one of Rome's exceptional architectural |
| is widely known for its scenic beauty & variety of | | | | repositories. The Castel Sant'Angelo has served |
| its landscapes on the Italian Riviera; the majestic Alps in | | | | sovereign of the Roman Empire, a number of popes |
| the north, the soft and mesmeric hills of Umbria and | | | | and as a bulwark of the defensive wall that once |
| Tuscany, the romantic rugged landscape of the S | | | | surrounded Rome. The Cinque Terre is your place for |
| Apennines, the Bay of Naples dominated by Mt. | | | | five charming towns - Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, |
| Vesuvius, charming beaches, and the beautiful lakes of | | | | Corniglia, Manarola, and Rigmaggiore. The place serves |
| Lago Maggiore, Lake Como, and Lake Garda. Some | | | | both as a National Park and a UNESCO World |
| of the best places to visit in Italy are: | | | | Heritage Site. |
| Established by Gregory XIV in 1837, the | | | | Designed by Brunelleschi, commissioned by the |
| Etruscan-Gregorian Museum is your place for an | | | | authoritative, charitable Medici family, San Lorenzo |
| extensive collection of Etruscan art including | | | | Florence Church is one of the oldest churches in |
| sarcophagi, bronzes, urns, jewelry, a chariot and | | | | Florence. The church exhibits various examples of |
| terra-cotta vases, the Regolini-Galassi tomb and a | | | | spiritual Renaissance artistry by Bronzino, Donatello, |
| bronze sculpture dating from the 5th century B.C. This | | | | and Lippi. St Mark's Basilica or Basilica di San Marco, |
| ethnologic museum also provides a collection of artistic | | | | located on Piazza San Marco or St Mark's Square, |
| works and objects from the entire world. The museum | | | | adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace, is one |
| delineates the Vatican story, exhibits arms, uniforms, | | | | of the major attractions of Venice. The cathedral |
| armory, typically from the early Renaissance period | | | | offers you the finest expression of Byzantine |
| and shows the carriages used by popes and cardinals | | | | architecture. |