UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Ravenna – the resting place of Dante Alighieri

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

An ancient city which served as the capital of the West Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, today Ravenna is the capital of the province with the eponymous name. It is very well-known for its very impressive mosaics dating all the way back to the 5th century again. It is also the location of an impressive eight UNESCO World

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Monteriggioni – The Pearl of Tuscany

Monteriggioni, Tuscany, Italy

In the heart of the famous region of Siena in Tuscany stands an old walled town, built in the year 1213 by the Sienese here as a forward defense post in their war against Florence. When one approaches the medieval walls, still standing nearly undamaged after all these centuries you have the feeling time has stopped beyond these walls until

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Bologna – a home to the world’s oldest university

Bologna as seen from the top of Torre degli Asinelli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

The city of Bologna with approximately 400,000 inhabitants lies, to the detriment of the majority of tourists, in the shadow of more famous cities like Rome, Florence or Venice. However, it has also as much to offer and its advantage is that is not overcrowded. Bologna is the capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, located approximately in the middle of

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