() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the aim of preserving and maintaining villages of quality heritage. Its
motto
A motto (derived from the Latin language, Latin , 'mutter', by way of Italian language, Italian , 'word' or 'sentence') is a Sentence (linguistics), sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, or the general motivation or intention of a ...
is ("The charm of hidden Italy").
Participants in the group are small population centres which risk neglect and abandonment because they lie outside the main tourist circuits. Initially they comprised about a hundred villages, but had increased to 361 in 2023.
In 2012, the Italian association was one of the founding members of the international association
The Most Beautiful Villages in the World
The Most Beautiful Villages in the World is a non-profit private international organization that brings together various territorial associations promoting small inhabited centers of particular historical and landscape interest.
Characteristics ...
, a private organization that brings together various territorial associations promoting small inhabited centres of particular historical and landscape interest.
Description
Admission criteria
The criteria for admission to the association meet the following requirements: integrity of the urban fabric, architectural harmony, livability of the village, artistic-historical quality of the public and private building heritage, services to the citizen as well as the payment of an annual membership fee.
Initiatives
The association organizes initiatives within the villages, such as festivals, exhibitions,
fetes, conferences and concerts that highlight the cultural, historical, gastronomic and linguistic heritage, involving residents, schools, and local artists. The club promotes numerous initiatives on the international market. In 2016, the association signed a global agreement with
ENIT
ENIT—Agenzia nazionale del turismo, known in English as The Italian Government Tourist Board, formerly the Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo ('Italian National Agency for Tourism') is the Italian national tourism board. The national Touri ...
, to promote tourism in the most beautiful villages in the world. In 2017, the club signed an agreement with
Costa Cruises
Società per Azioni, S.p.A. (), operating as Costa Cruises, is an Italian cruise line founded in 1948 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000. Based in Genoa, Italy, the cruise line primarily caters to ...
for the enhancement of some villages, which are offered to cruise passengers arriving in Italian ports aboard the operator's ships.
Regional subdivision
The
regional subdivision of the villages members of the association is as follows: 31 in
Marche
Marche ( ; ), in English sometimes referred to as the Marches ( ) from the Italian name of the region (Le Marche), is one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. The region is located in the Central Italy, central area of the country, ...
and
Umbria
Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...
, 29 in
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
, 27 in
Liguria
Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...
, 26 in
Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, ; ; , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; ), historically also known as Abruzzi, is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million. It is divided into four ...
and
Lombardy
The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
, 25 in
Lazio
Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
, 24 in
Sicily
Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
, 20 in
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
, 16 in
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...
and
Trentino-Alto Adige, 15 in
Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...
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Apulia
Apulia ( ), also known by its Italian language, Italian name Puglia (), is a Regions of Italy, region of Italy, located in the Southern Italy, southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Ot ...
, 13 in
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...
, 11 in
Veneto
Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...
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Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
, 9 in
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
and
Basilicata
Basilicata (, ; ), also known by its ancient name Lucania (, , ), is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south. It has two coastlines: a 30-kilometr ...
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Molise
Molise ( , ; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise together with Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effective until 1970, makes Molise the newest region in Ital ...
and 3 in
Aosta Valley
The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...
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Villages
Northern Italy

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Aosta Valley
The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...
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Bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's a ...
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Fontainemore
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Étroubles
Étroubles (; Valdôtain: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Aosta Valley. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Sights include a bell tower from a now disappeared 15th centur ...
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Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...
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Bagnara di Romagna
Bagnara di Romagna () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about west of Ravenna.
Bagnara di Romagna borders the following municipalities: Cotig ...
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Bagno di Romagna
Bagno di Romagna ( Bagnese: ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Forlì. Bagno di Romagna borders the following municipalit ...
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Bobbio
Bobbio (Emilian language#Dialects, Bobbiese: ; ; ) is a small town and ''comune'' in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a ...
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Brisighella
Brisighella () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Ravenna, region of Emilia-Romagna, in Northeast Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Brisighella borders the following municipal ...
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Castell'Arquato
Castell'Arquato (; Piacentino (dialect), Piacentino: or ) is an Italian town located on the first hills of Val D’Arda in the province of Piacenza, in Emilia-Romagna, approximately from Piacenza and from Parma. Places nearby include Bacedasco ...
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Compiano
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Dozza
Dozza () () is an Italian ''comune'' in the province of Bologna. Dozza is known for its festival of the painted wall, which takes place every two years in September. During this festival, famous national and international artists paint permanent wo ...
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Fiumalbo
Fiumalbo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna and about southwest of Modena.
Fiumalbo borders the following municipalities: Coreglia Antelminelli, Abe ...
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Gualtieri
Gualtieri (Emilian dialects, Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Reggio Emilia, in the Italy, Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about north of Reggio Emilia on the right bank o ...
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Montechiarugolo
Montechiarugolo ( Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about southeast of Parma.
Montechiarugolo borders the following municipalities: ...
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Montefiore Conca
Montefiore Conca () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini.
Montefiore Conca borders the following municipalities: Gemmano, ...
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Montegridolfo
Montegridolfo () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Rimini. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful vill ...
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San Giovanni in Marignano
San Giovanni in Marignano ( or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Rimini. As of 2021, the municipality counts 9,463 inhabitan ...
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San Leo
San Leo () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Rimini. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages ...
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Verucchio
Verucchio () is a ''comune ''in the province of Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It has a population of about 9,300 and is from Rimini, on a spur overlooking the valley of the Marecchia river. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia (" ...
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Vigoleno
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...
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Clauiano
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Cordovado
Cordovado () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone.
Cordovado borders the following municipa ...
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Fagagna
Fagagna () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine. As of 2011, it had a population of 6,279 and an area ...
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Gradisca d'Isonzo
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Palmanova
Palmanova () is a town and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy. The town is an example of a star fort of the late Renaissance, built up by the Venetian Republic in 1593.
Th ...
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Poffabro
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Polcenigo
Polcenigo (, locally ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste, north of Venice and about northwest of Pordenone.
Located on the ...
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Sesto al Reghena
Sesto al Reghena () is a (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone, Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located in the lower Friulian-Venetian plain about northwest of Trieste a ...
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Strassoldo
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Toppo
Toppo may refer to:
* Toppo (food), chocolate and bread-based snack
* Toppo (surname), surname
* Mitsubishi Toppo, light recreational vehicle
See also
* Topo (disambiguation)
Topo or TOPO may refer to:
* Topo (Calheta), a civil parish in th ...
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Valvasone Arzene
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Venzone
Venzone (; ; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Geography
It is located in the ...
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Liguria
Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...
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Apricale
Apricale (, locally or ''Vrigà'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia.
Apricale borders the following municipalities: Bajardo, Ca ...
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Badalucco ''For people with the surname, see Badalucco (surname).''
Badalucco (, locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia.
Badalucco bor ...
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Brugnato
Brugnato () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about 15 km northwest of La Spezia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,205 and an area ...
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Campo Ligure
Campo Ligure (locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northwest of Genoa.
Campo Ligure borders the following municipalities: Bosio, Masone, Rossiglione, Tiglieto. ...
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Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beauti ...
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Celle Ligure
Celle Ligure () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about west of Genoa and about northeast of Savona.
It borders the comuni of: Albisola Superiore, Stella, and Varazze. It is one of ...
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Cervo
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Colletta di Castelbianco
Colletta di Castelbianco is an ancient village in the Maritime Alps and near the Italian Riviera in the province of Savona in Liguria, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
The village is entire ...
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Deiva Marina
Deiva Marina is a small Italian ''comune'' in the province of La Spezia (region of Liguria), located about east of the city of Genoa on the Riviera di Levante. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Diano Castello
Diano Castello () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about northeast of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,061 and an area of .All ...
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Finalborgo
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Framura
Framura ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about northwest of La Spezia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 739 and an area of .All demo ...
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Laigueglia
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Lingueglietta
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Millesimo
Millesimo ( or , locally or , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about west of Genoa and about northwest of Savona.
Millesimo borders the following municipalities: Cengio, Cosse ...
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Moneglia
Moneglia (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italy, Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. It is a tourist resort on the Riviera di Levante. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia (" ...
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Montemarcello
Montemarcello is a frazione of the comune of Ameglia (Italy). It is the home to the Regional natural Park of Montemarcello-Magra. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns o ...
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Noli
Noli (; ) is a coast ''comune'' of Liguria, Italy, in the Province of Savona, it is about southwest of Genoa by rail, about above sea-level. The origin of the name may come from ''Neapolis'', meaning "new city" in Greek.
It is one of I Borgh ...
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Perinaldo
Perinaldo () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italy, Italian region of Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia (city), Imperia.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beau ...
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Seborga
Seborga () is a small village and self-proclaimed principality in the region of Liguria near the French border. Administratively, it is a ''comune'' of the Italian province of Imperia. The main economic activities are horticulture and tourism. ...
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Taggia
Taggia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia. It has around 13,000 inhabitants.
Taggia borders the following municipalities: Badalucco ...
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Tellaro
Tellaro is a small fishing village, perched on a cliff on the east coast of the Gulf of La Spezia in Liguria, northern Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Lerici. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most ...
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Triora
Triora () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about northwest of Imperia, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 416 and ...
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Varese Ligure
Varese Ligure ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa and about northwest of La Spezia.
Varese Ligure borders the following municipalities: Albareto, Borzonasca ...
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Verezzi
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Vernazza
Vernazza (, locally ; ) is a town and located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northwestern Italy. It is one of the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre region. Vernazza is the fourth town heading north, has no car traffic, and remai ...
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Zuccarello
Zuccarello (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Zuccarello borders the following municipalities: Arnasco, Balestrino, Cast ...
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Lombardy
The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
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Bellano
Orrido di Bellano.
Bellano (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and historic small town on the eastern shore of Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located at northern outlet of the Valsassina.
Geography
Bell ...
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Bienno
Bienno (Camunian dialect, Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Geography
The village is located in Val Grigna, o ...
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Borgo Santa Caterina
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Cassinetta di Lugagnano
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Castellaro Lagusello
Castellaro () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of .All demogra ...
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Castelponzone
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Clusone
Clusone (Bergamasque: ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. Located in the Val Seriana, it received the honorary title of city on 15 May 1957 with a presidential decree which ratified a Napoleon Bonaparte ...
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Cornello dei Tasso
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Fortunago
Fortunago is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 91 km south of Milan and about 42 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 407 and an area of 18.0&nb ...
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Gardone Riviera
Gardone Riviera ( Gardesano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Garda. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Twin towns
Gard ...
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Golferenzo
Golferenzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about south of Milan and about southeast of Pavia.
Golferenzo borders the following municipalities: Alta Val Tidone, Montecalvo Versiggia, ...
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Gradella
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Grazie
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Gromo
Gromo (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,246 and an are ...
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Lovere
Lovere (Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy, at the northwest end of Lake Iseo.
The houses in the city have overhanging wooden roofs, typical of Switzerland, combined with the heavy sto ...
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Maccagno Imperiale
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Monte Isola
Monte Isola (also known by the name of the main island ''Montisola''; Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune ''in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
It is locat ...
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Morimondo
Morimondo ( or locally ''Marmond'' ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private as ...
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Pomponesco
Pomponesco ( Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a ''comune'' in the Italian Province of Mantua. As of 2007, the estimated population of Pomponesco was 1,770.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). The experiment ...
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Sabbioneta
Sabbioneta () is a town and in the province of Mantua, Lombardy region, Northern Italy. It is situated about north of Parma, not far from the northern bank of the Po River. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages o ...
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San Benedetto Po
San Benedetto Po ( Lower Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a ...
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Soncino
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Tremezzo
Tremezzo is a ''comune'' (or municipality) of some 1,300 people in the Province of Como, in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
It is located on the western sho ...
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Tremosine sul Garda
Tremosine sul Garda (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy, near Lake Garda. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). It is divided into 18 ''frazioni''; Pieve is t ...
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Varzi
Varzi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 40 km south of Pavia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of I ...
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Zavattarello
Zavattarello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 35 km south of Pavia. Zavattarello borders the following municipalities: Alta Val Tidone, ...
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Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
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Barolo
Barolo ( , , ; ) is a red (DOCG) wine produced in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. It is made from the nebbiolo grape and is often described as one of Italy's greatest wines.
The zone of production extends into the communes of Baro ...
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Castagnole delle Lanze
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Cella Monte
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Chianale
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Cocconato
Cocconato is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Asti. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Coccona ...
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Garbagna
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Garessio
Garessio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). ...
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Guarene
Guarene is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the area of Roero about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful vil ...
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Ingria
Ingria (; ; ; ) is a historical region including, and adjacent to, what is now the city of Saint Petersburg in northwestern Russia. The region lies along the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian ...
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Mombaldone
Mombaldone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private associatio ...
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Monforte d'Alba
Monforte d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo.
Monforte d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Barolo, Castiglione Fall ...
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Neive
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Neive borders the following municipalities: Barbaresco, Castagnito, Castagnole delle La ...
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Orta San Giulio
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Ostana
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Ricetto di Candelo
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Rosazza
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Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is th ...
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Usseauso
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Vho
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Vogogna
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Volpedo
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Volpedo borders the following municipalities: Casalnoceto, Godiasco Salice Term ...
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Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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Bondone
Bondone (''Bondù'', in local dialect) is a ''comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provin ...
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Borgo Valsugana
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Borgo Valsugana borders the following municipalities: Telve, ...
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Caldes
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Canale di Tenno
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Castelrotto
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Chiusa
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Egna
Neumarkt (, ; ) is a (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of ...
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Glorenza
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Luserna
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Mezzano
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Ossana
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Pieve Tesino
Pieve Tesino (''La Piève'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento.
Pieve Tesino borders the following municipalities: Tesero, Pan ...
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Rango
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San Giovanni di Fassa
San Giovanni di Fassa (in ladin: ''Sèn Jan'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It was formed on 1 January 2018 after the merger of the former ''comuni'' of Pozza di Fassa an ...
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San Lorenzo in Banale
San Lorenzo in Banale (''San Lorénz'' in local dialect) was a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about west of Trento. It was merged with Dorsino on January 1, 2015, to for ...
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Vipiteno
Sterzing (; ) is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is the main town of the southern Wipptal, and the Eisack River flows through the medieval town. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Veneto
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Arquà Petrarca
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Asolo
Asolo () is a town and ''comune'' in the Veneto, Veneto Region of northern Italy. It is known as "The Pearl of the province of Treviso", and also as "The City of a Hundred Horizons" for its mountain settings. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'It ...
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Borghetto
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Cison di Valmarino
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Follina
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Malcesine
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Mel di Borgo Valbelluna
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Montagnana
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Portobuffolé
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San Giorgio
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Sottoguda
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Abruzzo
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Abbateggio
Abbateggio is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
History
The first documents about the village's existence date back to the 10th century, which suggest the area became populated around 871 CE.
In 19 ...
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Anversa degli Abruzzi
Anversa degli Abruzzi (Neapolitan language, Abruzzese: ') is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
In t ...
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Bugnara
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Campli
Campli (Neapolitan language, Abruzzese: ') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Teramo, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is located in the natural park known as the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. It is one of I Borgh ...
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Caramanico Terme
Caramanico Terme is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Pescara, located in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Nestled on a hilltop, it lies near the confluence of the Orfento and Orta rivers, between the Monte Morrone and Majella mountains. It is ...
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Casoli
Casoli ( Abruzzese: ') a ''comune'' and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is situated on a foothill of the Majella mountain, at the base of which runs the Aventino River, tributary of the Sangro. As of 31 Decembe ...
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Castel del Monte
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Castelli
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Places Argentina
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* Castelli Partido, partido in Buenos Aires Province
* Juan José Castelli, Chaco, in Chaco Province
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Città Sant'Angelo
Città Sant'Angelo () is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
The origins of Città Sant'Angelo are uncertain and have always ...
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Civitella del Tronto
Civitella del Tronto () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Teramo, within the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful village ...
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Crecchio
Crecchio is a ''comune'' and village in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region in central Italy. The village preserves its medieval aspect and is dominated by its castle. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful vi ...
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Guardiagrele
Guardiagrele (; Abruzzese: ; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is in the foothills of the Maiella mountain at an elevation of around . Its population numbers about 10,000.
Comme ...
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Navelli
Navelli is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is renowned for the local saffron production. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Navelli and ...
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Opi
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Pacentro
Pacentro is a ''comune'' of 1,279 inhabitants of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is a well-preserved historic medieval village located in central Italy, several kilometers from the City of Sulmona about east of Rome. It is one of ...
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Palena
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Penne
Penne () are an extruded type of pasta in the shape of tubular pieces with ends cut at an angle. They are usually made from wheat flour.
Etymology
''Penne'' is the plural form of the Italian ''penna'' (meaning "feather", but "pen" as well), de ...
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Pescocostanzo
Pescocostanzo is a ''comune'' and town of 1038 inhabitants in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is a tourist destination, attracting people from all over Italy due to its landscape and environment. It is part of the Maiell ...
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Pettorano sul Gizio
Pettorano sul Gizio is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central-southern Italy. The Gizio river flows in the communal territory. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of I ...
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Pietracamela
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Pretoro
Pretoro (locally ''Pretèure'') is a town of about 1,100 inhabitants situated in Majella National Park, in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, southern Italy. It is located on a steep hillside on the eastern side of the Maiella mountains. Its proximi ...
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Rocca San Giovanni Rocca San Giovanni is a ''comune ''and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Main sights
The main attraction of the neighbourhood is the A ...
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Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a ''comune'' and hill town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, in the highest region of the Apennines, this medieval hill to ...
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Scanno
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Tagliacozzo
Tagliacozzo (Neapolitan language, Marsicano: ') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, central Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
Tagliacozzo lies in an ar ...
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Villalago
Villalago ( Abruzzese: ') is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and ar ...
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Lazio
Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
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Amatrice
Amatrice (; Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Rieti, in the Italian region of Lazio, and the center of the food-agricultural area of Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. The town was devastated by a p ...
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Atina
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Bassano in Teverina
Bassano in Teverina is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium. It is inhabited by 1,332 people and is located about north of Rome and about northeast of Viterbo. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("Th ...
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Boville Ernica
Boville Ernica is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. It is located over the summit of a steep hill commanding the Liri, Cosa and Sacco valleys. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages ...
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Castel di Tora
Castel di Tora is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
Castel di Tora borders the following municipalities: Ascrea, Colle di Tora, Pozzaglia Sa ...
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Castel Gandolfo
Castel Gandolfo (, , ; ), colloquially known as Castello in the '' Castelli Romani'' dialects, is a town located southeast of Rome, in the Italian region of Lazio. Situated on a hilltop in the Alban Hills with panoramic views of Lake Albano, Cast ...
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Castel San Pietro Romano
Castel San Pietro Romano is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about east of Rome. In 2017, it had a population of 883.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villag ...
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Castelnuovo di Porto
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Castro dei Volsci
Castro dei Volsci ( Ciocaro: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 4,702 inhabitants in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about southeast of Frosinone.
Castro dei Volsci borders the followin ...
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Civita di Bagnoregio
Civita di Bagnoregio () is an outlying village of the (municipality) of Bagnoregio in the Province of Viterbo in central Italy. It lies east of the town of Bagnoregio and about north of Rome.
The only access is a footbridge from the nearby ...
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Collalto Sabino
Collalto Sabino () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Foglia
The Foglia (also called Isauro, e.g. in Belforte all'Isauro) is the northernmost river of the Marche region of Italy. In ancient times it was known as ''Pisaurus'', as it debouched into the Adriatic Sea at ''Pisaurum'' (modern Pesaro). It was al ...
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Gaeta
Gaeta (; ; Southern Latian dialect, Southern Laziale: ''Gaieta'') is a seaside resort in the province of Latina in Lazio, Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is from Rome and from Naples.
The city has played ...
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Greccio
Greccio () is an old hilltown and ''comune'' of the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, overhanging the Rieti Valley on a spur of the Monti Sabini, a sub-range of the Apennines, about by road northwest of Rieti, the nearest large tow ...
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Nemi
Nemi is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome (central Italy), in the Alban Hills overlooking Lake Nemi, a volcanic crater lake. It is northwest of Velletri and about southeast of Rome.
The town's name derives from the Lati ...
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Orvinio
Orvinio is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about south of Rieti. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Itali ...
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Percile
Percile is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of stron ...
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Pico
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Places The Moon
* Mons Pico, a lunar mountain in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium basin
Portugal
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Ronciglione
Ronciglione (; locally ) is a in the province of Viterbo, in the Italian region of Latium, about from Viterbo. The city is located in the Cimini mountains, over two tuff scarps, on the southeastern slope of the former volcano crater now housin ...
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San Felice Circeo
San Felice Circeo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It was an ancient city called Circeii. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
It is included i ...
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Sperlonga
Sperlonga (locally ) is a coastal town in the province of Latina, Italy, about halfway between Rome and Naples. It is best known for the ancient Roman sea grotto discovered in the grounds of the Villa of Tiberius containing the important and spect ...
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Subiaco
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Sutri
Sutri (Latin ''Sutrium'') is an Ancient town, modern ''comune'' and former bishopric (now a Latin titular see) in the province of Viterbo, about from Rome and about south of Viterbo. It is picturesquely situated on a narrow tuff hill, surrounded ...
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Torre Alfina
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Vitorchiano
Vitorchiano is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italy, Italian region of Lazio, Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about northeast of Viterbo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,690 and an area of .All de ...
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Marche
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Arcevia
Arcevia is a ''comune'' in the province of Ancona of the region of Marche, central-eastern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
According to tradition, Arcevia originates from a Gal ...
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Cingoli Cingoli is a town and ''comune'' of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about by road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of I ...
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Corinaldo
Corinaldo is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Ancona, within the Marche region of central Italy. It is home to well-preserved 14th-century walls, and was the birthplace of Saint Maria Goretti; it is also the site of a Halloween fest ...
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Esanatoglia
Esanatoglia is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
According to the legend, Esus, the Celtic God of war, would be the origin of the name of the Es ...
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Fiorenzuola di Focara
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Frontino
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Gradara
Gradara is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino (Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, PU), in the region of Marche in central Italy. It is 6 km from Gabicce Mare and Cattolica, 25 km from Rimini, 15 km from Pesaro and 33 ...
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Grottammare
Grottammare (Teramano ) is a town and ''comune'' on Italy's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
The town is crossed by the 43rd par ...
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Macerata Feltria
Macerata Feltria is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro.
Macerata Feltria borders the following municipalities: Lunano, Monte C ...
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Mercatello sul Metauro
Mercatello sul Metauro (Romagnol: ''Mercatèl'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Itali ...
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Mondavio
Mondavio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about south of Pesaro. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Mondolfo
Mondolfo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southeast of Pesaro, on the Adriatic Sea.
Mondolfo borders the following municipaliti ...
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Monte Grimano
Monte Grimano Terme is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about west of Pesaro. Until 2002, it was known as Monte Grimano.
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Montecassiano
Montecassiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Macerata.
The municipality of Montecassiano contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly v ...
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Montecosaro
Montecosaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about east of Macerata.
Montecosaro borders the following municipalities: Civitanova Marche, Monteg ...
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Montefabbri
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Montefiore dell'Aso
Montefiore dell'Aso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno.
One of several Hilltowns in Central Italy, Montefiore dell ...
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Montelupone
Montelupone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about northeast of Macerata.
Montelupone borders the following municipalities: Macerata, Montecosaro, Morroval ...
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Monteprandone
Monteprandone () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno. It is the birthplace of James of the Marches.
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Moresco
Moresco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno in the valley named Valdaso. As of 2011, it had a population of 606 and an area ...
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Morro d'Alba
Morro d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona.
Morro d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Ostrense, Monte San Vito, San Marcello, Marche, ...
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Offagna
Offagna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region of Marche, about southwest of Ancona. As of 31 December 2018, it had a population of 1,992 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian stati ...
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Offida
Offida () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Ascoli Piceno, in the Italian region of Marche, located about south of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno, on a rocky spur between the valleys of the Tesino (from north) and ...
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Pergola
A pergola is most commonly used as an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support crossbeams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are t ...
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Petritoli
Petritoli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno.
Petritoli borders the following municipalities: Carassai, Monte Giberto, Monte Vidon ...
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San Ginesio
San Ginesio is an Italian Comune (Italy), municipality with a population of 3,040 inhabitants located in the Province of Macerata within the Marche region. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Sarnano
Sarnano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata
Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the ...
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Sassoferrato
Sassoferrato is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of central-eastern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
Between Sassoferrato and Arcevia was t ...
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Servigliano
Servigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,349 and an area of .All demographic ...
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Treia
Treia is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Macerata in the central Marche (Italy). It is north of Pollenza, west of Macerata, and north-northeast of Tolentino.
Geography
The site of the abandoned Roman municipium of Trea is situated i ...
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Visso
Visso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata. It houses the seat of Monti Sibillini National Park. It is one of I Borghi più bel ...
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Molise
Molise ( , ; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise together with Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effective until 1970, makes Molise the newest region in Ital ...
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Fornelli
Fornelli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about west of Isernia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Ann ...
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Frosolone
Frosolone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italy, Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about east of Isernia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy" ...
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Oratino
Oratino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,326 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italia ...
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Sepino
Sepino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about south of Campobasso. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
The archaeological site of ...
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Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
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Anghiari
Anghiari () is a hill town and municipality (''comune'') in the Province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
Bordering ''comuni'' include Arezzo (southwest), Pieve Santo Stefano (north) and Subbiano (west). It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("T ...
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Barga
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Buonconvento
Buonconvento is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about southeast of Siena in the area known as the Crete Senesi. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("T ...
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Campiglia Marittima
Campiglia Marittima is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Livorno. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful vil ...
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Capalbio
Capalbio is a (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy, located about south of Florence and about southeast of Grosseto.
Capalbio borders the following municipalities: Manciano, Montalto di Castro (Lazio) and Orbetello. It ...
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Casale Marittimo
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Castelfranco di Sopra
Castelfranco di Sopra is a ''frazione'' (parish) of the ''comune'' of Castelfranco Piandiscò, in the province of Arezzo, in the Italian region of Tuscany. It is located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo. It is one of I ...
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Castiglione di Garfagnana
Castiglione di Garfagnana is a medieval walled town and ''comune'' of 1,878 inhabitants in the province of Lucca.
It sits on a hillside above the river Esarulo, a tributary of the Serchio.
The town is renowned for the band Filarmonica Alpina, f ...
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Cetona
Cetona is a town and ''comune'' in the southern part province of Siena, Tuscany, in an area where Umbria and Lazio meet. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
The geographical elevation is between a ...
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Coreglia Antelminelli
Coreglia Antelminelli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about north of Lucca.
Coreglia Antelminelli borders the following municipalities: Abetone Cutig ...
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Giglio Castello
Giglio Castello is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Isola del Giglio, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 568. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia (" ...
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Loro Ciuffenna
Loro Ciuffenna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.
Loro Ciuffenna borders the following municipalities: Castel Focognano, ...
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Lucignano
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Montaione
Montaione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
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Montefioralle
Montefioralle is a village in Tuscany, a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Greve in Chianti. It is sometimes claimed to be the birthplace of Amerigo Vespucci, though in fact it is known that Vespucci was born (on 9 March 1454) in Florence, in th ...
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Montemerano
Montemerano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Manciano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 438. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most bea ...
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Montescudaio
Montescudaio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Pisa. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy") ...
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Ortignano Raggiolo
Ortignano Raggiolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.
Ortignano Raggiolo borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Cast ...
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Palazzuolo sul Senio
Palazzuolo sul Senio (formerly ''Palazzolo di Romagna''; Romagnolo: ''Palazol'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northeast of Florence.
Palazzuolo sul Senio borders ...
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Pitigliano
Pitigliano is a town in the province of Grosseto, located about south-east of the city of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
The town is known as ''the little Jerusale ...
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Poppi
Poppi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.
Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San N ...
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Populonia
Populonia or Populonia Alta ( Etruscan: ''Pupluna'', ''Pufluna'' or ''Fufluna'', all pronounced ''Fufluna''; Latin: ''Populonium'', ''Populonia'', or ''Populonii'') today is a of the ''comune'' of Piombino (Tuscany, central Italy). As of 2009 its ...
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Porto Ercole
Porto Ercole () is an Italian town located in the municipality of Monte Argentario, in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany. It is one of the two major towns that form the township, along with Porto Santo Stefano. Its name means "Port Hercules". It i ...
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San Casciano dei Bagni
San Casciano dei Bagni is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful vill ...
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San Donato in Poggio
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Santa Fiora
Santa Fiora is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Grosseto, in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about east of Grosseto. Santa Fiora borders the following municipalities: Abbadia San Salvatore, ...
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Scarperia e San Piero
Scarperia e San Piero is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northeast of Florence. It was created on 1 January 2014 after the merger of former ''comuni'' of Scarperia and ...
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Sovana
Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a ''frazione'' of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
Etruscan by origin, Sovana became a R ...
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Suvereto
Suvereto () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Livorno. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Government
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Umbria
Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...
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Acquasparta
Acquasparta is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Terni (Umbria, central Italy). It is located on a hill above the Naia Valley and the river of the same name, facing the Monti Martani mountain range. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ...
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Allerona
Allerona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 50 km southwest of Perugia and about 60 km northwest of Terni. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful vil ...
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Arrone
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Bettona
Bettona (Latin: ''Vettona'') is an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in central Umbria at the northern edge of the Colli Martani range. It is 5 km (3 mi) E of Torgiano and 12 km (7 mi) SW of Assisi. I ...
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Bevagna
Bevagna is a town and ''comune'' in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria), in the flood plain of the Topino river.
Bevagna is south-east of Perugia, west of Foligno, north-north-west of Montefalco, south of Assisi ...
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Castiglione del Lago
Castiglione del Lago is a town in the province of Perugia of Umbria (central Italy), on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is south, Chiusi is to the south west, Arezzo is to the north west, Cortona is to the north, and Perugia is ...
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Citerna
Citerna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 50 km northwest of Perugia.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
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Corciano
Corciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 8 km west of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 17,008 and an area of 63.7 km2.All demographics and other ...
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Deruta
Deruta is a hill town and ''comune'' in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region of central Italy. Long known as a center of refined maiolica manufacture, Deruta remains known for its ceramics, which are exported worldwide. It is one of ( ...
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Giano dell'Umbria
Giano dell'Umbria is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km southeast of Perugia. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Geography
The municipality of Giano de ...
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Lugnano in Teverina
Lugnano in Teverina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italy, Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km south of Perugia and about 25 km west of Terni.
Lugnano in Teverina borders the following municipalitie ...
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Massa Martana
Massa Martana (near the well attested ancient site of the ''Vicus Martis Tudertium'' on the Via Flaminia) is an ancient Italian town and ''comune'' in the Monti Martani mountain range in the province of Perugia (Umbria). It is 10 km N o ...
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Monte Castello di Vibio
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Montecchio
Montecchio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 50 km south of Perugia and about 30 km northwest of Terni.
Montecchio borders the following municipalities: Avigliano Umbro ...
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Montefalco
Montefalco is a historic small hill town in Umbria, Italy, with a population of 5,581 in August 2017. It has been settled since pre-Roman times, and retains many of its historic buildings. From 1446 to 1861 it was part of the Papal States. It is on ...
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Monteleone d'Orvieto
Monteleone d'Orvieto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km southwest of Perugia and about 60 km northwest of Terni. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most ...
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Monteleone di Spoleto
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Montone
Montone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km north of Perugia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Montone is a walled m ...
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Nocera Umbra
Nocera Umbra is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Perugia, Italy, 15 kilometers north of Foligno, at an altitude of 520 m above sea-level. The ''comune'', covering an area of 157.19 km2, is one of the largest in Umbria. It is one of I ...
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Norcia
Norcia (), traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia (), is a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a su ...
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Paciano
Paciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 30 km southwest of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 974 and an area of 16.8 km².All demographics and o ...
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Panicale
Panicale is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria. Located on the eastern slope of Mount Petrarvella, in the southeast of Valdichiana, it overlooks Lake Trasimeno and is about 35 km from Perugia.
As ...
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Passignano sul Trasimeno
Passignano sul Trasimeno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region of Umbria, located about 20 km northwest of Perugia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Preci
Preci is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km southeast of Perugia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
It is a medieval bur ...
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San Gemini
San Gemini is a ''comune'' (municipality) of c. 5,000 inhabitants in the province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km south of Perugia and about 10 km northwest of Terni.
San Gemini borders the municipalities of Mo ...
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Sellano
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Spello
Spello (in Antiquity: Hispellum) is an ancient town and ''comune'' (township) of Italy, in the province of Perugia in eastern-central Umbria, on the lower southern flank of Monte Subasio. It is 6 km (4 mi) NNW of Foligno and 10 k ...
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Stroncone
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Torgiano
Torgiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italy, Italian region Umbria, located about 10 km southeast of Perugia.
Torgiano borders the following municipalities: Bastia Umbra, Bettona, Deruta, Perugia. It is on ...
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Trevi
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Vallo di Nera
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Apulia
Apulia ( ), also known by its Italian language, Italian name Puglia (), is a Regions of Italy, region of Italy, located in the Southern Italy, southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Ot ...
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Alberobello
Alberobello (; literally "beautiful tree"; Bari dialect, Barese: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has 10,237 inhabitants (2022) and is famous for its unique ''trullo'' buildings. The ...
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Alberona
Alberona ( Pugliese: ) is an upland village and ''comune'' of the province of Foggia and region of Apulia, in southeast Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong ...
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Bovino
Bovino is a ''comune'' and hill town at the eastern side of the Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains ( ; or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; or – a singular with plural meaning; )Latin ''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an ...
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Cisternino
Cisternino is a ''comune'' in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the coast of south-eastern Italy, approximately north-west of the city of Brindisi. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Its main ...
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Locorotondo
Locorotondo ( Barese: ) is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, with a population of about 14,000. It is situated between Martina Franca and Alberobello in the Valle d'Itria, a green stretch of country ...
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Maruggio
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Monte Sant'Angelo
Monte Sant'Angelo (Neapolitan language, Foggiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of Apulia, southern Italy, in the province of Foggia, on the southern slopes of Monte Gargano. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of ...
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Otranto
Otranto (, , ; ; ; ; ) is a coastal town, port and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Pietramontecorvino
Pietramontecorvino ( Petraiolo: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It is located in the Monti Dauni, on a rocky spur commanding the valley of the Triolo, a right tributary of the Cande ...
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Presicce
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Roseto Valfortore
Roseto Valfortore (Irpino: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the Province of Foggia, in the Apulia Region of southeastern Italy.
Located in the Daunian Mountains near Fortore springs, Roseto Valfortore is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("T ...
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Sammichele di Bari
Sammichele di Bari ( Barese: , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the Italian region of Apulia. The town is located on the Murge Plateau and is built primarily on agriculture. It is one of I Borghi più belli ...
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Specchia
Specchia is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Located 53 km south of the province's capital, Specchia is nestled atop the Serra Magnone, one of the highest points in lower Salento. It is one of ...
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Vico del Gargano
Vico del Gargano is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Called the "Village of Love", it is part of the Gargano National Park and the Mountain Community of Gargano.
The town is bordered by C ...
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Basilicata
Basilicata (, ; ), also known by its ancient name Lucania (, , ), is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south. It has two coastlines: a 30-kilometr ...
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Acerenza
Acerenza ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
With its strategic position ab ...
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Castelmezzano
Castelmezzano ( Castelmezzano dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Albano di Lucania, Anzi, Laurenzana, Pietrapertosa, Trivigno.
It is one ...
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Guardia Perticara
Guardia Perticara is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It has 519 people. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
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Irsina
Irsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a town, ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin bishopric in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("T ...
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Maratea
Maratea (; ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only ''comune'' of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast, and is known as "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian". Owing to the considerable number of its ch ...
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Miglionico
Miglionico ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Matera, in Basilicata, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Main sights
*The massive Castello del Malconsiglio ("Cas ...
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Pietrapertosa
Pietrapertosa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Accettura, Albano di Lucania, Campomaggiore, Castelmezzano, Cirigliano, Corleto Perticara, Gorgogli ...
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Venosa
Venosa (Neapolitan language, Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Pala ...
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Viggianello
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Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...
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Aieta
Aieta is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The name of the town comes from the Greek term ''aetòs'', αετός, meaning "eagle". The town is located within the Pollino National Park, and it ...
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Altomonte
Altomonte is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
People
* Vincenzo Di Benedetto, classical philologist
Twin ...
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Badolato
Badolato is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. As of 2013 Badolato had an estimated population of 3,152.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). It was c ...
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Bova
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Buonvicino
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Caccuri
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Civita
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Fiumefreddo Bruzio
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Gerace
Gerace (; , also known as ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, southern Italy.
Gerace is located some inland from Locri, yet the latter town and the sea can be seen from Gerace's perch atop a vertica ...
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Morano Calabro
Morano Calabro (Northern Calabrian, Moranese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). It was the birthplac ...
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Oriolo
Oriolo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic in ...
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Rocca Imperiale
Rocca Imperiale is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Rocca Imperiale is located in the middle of the arc that surrounds the Gulf of Taranto and sits 4 km away from the sea on a hill at ...
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Santa Severina
Santa Severina () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Crotone, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Name
The name derives from ancient Siberine (῾� ...
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Stilo
Stilo (Central-Southern Calabrian, Calabrian: ; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Reggio Calabria, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is from Reggio Calabria, Reggio.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most bea ...
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Tropea
Tropea (; ; ; ) is a municipality in the province of Vibo Valentia, in the Italian region of Calabria. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Tropea is a seaside resort with sandy beaches, located on ...
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Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
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Albori
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Atrani
Atrani is a city and ''comune'' on the Amalfi Coast in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is located to the east of Amalfi, several minutes' drive down the coast.
The municipality of Atrani has a land area o ...
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Castellabate
Castellabate ( Cilentan: ''Castiellabbate'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
The area has been inhabited since Up ...
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Frigento
Frigento is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. It is located in the Ansanto valley and bordered by the municipalities of Carife, Flumeri, Gesualdo, Grottaminarda, Guardia Lombardi, Rocca San Felice, Sturno, and ...
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Gesualdo
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Montesarchio
Montesarchio (; ; ) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Benevento, Campania, Southern Italy. It is located southwest of Benevento in the Valle Caudina at the foot of Monte Taburno. The commune was granted the official status of city (''città'') b ...
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Monteverde
Monteverde is the twelfth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton of the Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas Provinces of Costa Rica, province of Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive from the Costa Rica ...
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Nusco
Nusco (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino (Campania region) in the south of Italy, east of Naples, with a population of around 4,100. It is situated in the mountains between the valleys of the Calore Irpino and Ofant ...
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Savignano Irpino
Savignano Irpino is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of southern Italy.
Located in Irpinia historical district, the town is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, and it is on ...
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Summonte
Summonte is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that was fo ...
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Zungoli
Zungoli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy, about from the town of Avellino.
Located in Irpinia historical district between the Ufita Valley and Daunian Mountains, Zungoli is awarded a quality mark ...
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Sardinia
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Atzara
Atzara () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro.
Atzara borders the following municipalities: Belvì, Meana Sardo, Samugheo, Sorgono. ...
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Bosa
Bosa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Oristano (until May 2005 it was in the province of Nuoro), part of the Sardinia region of Italy. Bosa is situated about two-thirds of the way up the west coast of Sardinia, on a small hill, about ...
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Carloforte
Carloforte (''U Pàize'' in Ligurian, literally: ''the village, the town'') is a fishing and resort town
located on Isola di San Pietro (Saint Peter's Island), approximately off the southwestern coast of Sardinia, in the Province of South Sard ...
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Castelsardo
Castelsardo (; Castellanese : Calteddu; ) is a town and ''comune'' in Sardinia, Italy, located in the northwest of the island within the Province of Sassari, at the east end of the Gulf of Asinara. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The ...
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La Maddalena
La Maddalena (Gallurese: ''Madalena'' or ''La Madalena'', ) is a town and ''comune'' located on the islands of the Maddalena archipelago in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most be ...
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Lollove
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Posada
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Sadali
Sadali is a hobli (group of villages) headquarters in Chikballapur district, Karnataka, India. It is located at a distance of about 100 km from Bangalore. It is equidistant from five taluk headquarters: Sidlaghatta, Shidlaghatta, Chin ...
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Tempio Pausania
Tempio Pausania (; ) is a town of about 14,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, in the province of Sassari. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
Cultural and de ...
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Sicily
Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
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Agira
Agira (; ; ) is a town and municipality (''comune'') in the province of Enna in the region of Sicily in Italy. It is located in the mid-valley of the River Salso, from Enna. Until 1861 it was called San Filippo d'Argiriò, in honour of its sa ...
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Buccheri
Buccheri is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily (southern Italy). It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that ...
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Calascibetta
Calascibetta ( Sicilian: ''Calascibbetta'') is a ''comune'' in the Province of Enna, Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
It was assumed that Calascibetta was founde ...
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Castelmola
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Castiglione di Sicilia
Castiglione di Sicilia ( Sicilian: ''Castigghiuni di Sicilia'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Castroreale
Castroreale (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Castruriali'') is a village in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
It has around 2,702 inhabitan ...
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Cefalù
Cefalù (; ), classically known as (), is a city and comune in the Italian Metropolitan City of Palermo, located on the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily about east of the provincial capital and west of Messina. The town, with its population of jus ...
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Erice
Erice (; ) is a (municipality) contiguous with the provincial capital Trapani, in western Sicily. Its historic core occupies the site of the ancient city of Eryx, one of the most significant archaeological and religious centres in pre-Roman w ...
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Ferla
Ferla ( Sicilian: ''A Ferra'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily (southern Italy). It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
The Necropolis of Pantalica, part of the UNESCO Wor ...
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Gangi
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Geraci Siculo
Geraci Siculo ( Sicilian: ''Jiraci'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of ...
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Militello in Val di Catania
Militello in Val di Catania ( Sicilian: ''Militeḍḍu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania, on the last slopes of ...
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Montalbano Elicona
Montalbano Elicona ( Sicilian: ''Muntarbanu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina on the Nebrodi mountains at the borde ...
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Monterosso Almo
Monterosso Almo () is a ''comune'' in the province of Ragusa, Sicilia, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that ...
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Novara di Sicilia
Novara di Sicilia (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Nuè; Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Nuvara'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italy, Italian region of Sicily, located about east of Palermo and some southwes ...
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Palazzolo Acreide
Palazzolo Acreide ( Sicilian: ''Palazzolu'', in the local dialect: ''Palazzuolu'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily ( southern Italy). It is from the city of Syracuse in the Hyblean Mountains. It is one of I Borghi ...
**Petralia Soprana
**Salemi
**Sambuca di Sicilia
**San Marco d'Alunzio
**Savoca
**Sperlinga
**Sutera
**Troina
See also
* Bandiera arancione
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The Most Beautiful Villages in the World
The Most Beautiful Villages in the World is a non-profit private international organization that brings together various territorial associations promoting small inhabited centers of particular historical and landscape interest.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Most beautiful villages in Italy
Culture of Italy
Tourism in Italy
2001 establishments in Italy
Organizations established in 2001
Environmental organisations based in Italy
Lists of most beautiful villages
Borghi più belli d'Italia,