Currently, Italy is the country that holds the highest number of World Heritages Sites with 40 in total. Listed below are the sites located on mainland Italy.
Basilicata: The cave dwellings of Matera (I Sassi di Matera).
Campania: The Amalfi coast, historic centre of Naples, archaeological areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum Paestum and Torre Annunziata, 18th century Royal Palace and Park at Caserta, the aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex.
Emilia-Romagna: The Renaissance city of Ferrara, River Po delta, the Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande in Modena and the early capital Christian monuments of Ravenna.
Friuli-Venezia-Giulia: Archaeological area and Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the Early Roman Empire).
Lazio: Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, Hadrian’s Villa, Villa Romana del Casale and Villa d'Este in Tivoli, historic centre of Rome, properties of the Holy See and the Basilica of Saint Paul.
Liguria: Portovenere and the Cinque Terre.
Lombardy: Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan housing the ‘Last Supper’ painting by Leonardo da Vinci, Sacred Mountains (Sacri Monti) of Lombardy, Rock Drawings in ValCamonica and Crespi d’Adda (a fine example of 19th and 20th century ‘company towns’) located in Capriate San Gervasio.
Marche: Historic centre of Urbino.
Piedmont: Residences of the Royal House of Savoy and the Sacred Mountains (Sacri Monti) of Piedmont.
Puglia: Castel del Monte in Andria and the Trulli of Alberobello.
Tuscany: Historic centres of Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and Pienza, Piazza del Duomo in Pisa and the Val d'Orcia.
Umbria: Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan sites in Assisi.
Veneto: Cities of Verona and Vicenza, Palladian villas of the Veneto, Venice and its Lagoon and the Botanical Gardens in Padua.
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