By region
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1000 towns across 20 regions
If you already know the part of Italy you want, start here. Each region page carries its own towns, its shape in numbers, and what the region is known for.
Abruzzo
73 towns
Aosta Valley
14 towns · Valle d'Aosta
Apulia
59 towns · Puglia
Basilicata
31 towns
Calabria
45 towns
Campania
67 towns
Emilia-Romagna
45 towns
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
26 towns
Lazio
61 towns
Liguria
54 towns
Lombardy
64 towns · Lombardia
Marche
63 towns
Molise
27 towns
Piedmont
65 towns · Piemonte
Sardinia
39 towns · Sardegna
Sicily
61 towns · Sicilia
Trentino-South Tyrol
33 towns · Trentino-Alto Adige
Tuscany
84 towns · Toscana
Umbria
48 towns
Veneto
41 towns
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From across Italy
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Biccari
Province: Foggia
A Subappennino Dauno borgo at 450 meters under Monte Cornacchia, the highest peak in Puglia at 1,151 meters, with a Byzantine tower at its core.
Sirolo
Province: Ancona
A clifftop borgo at 125 meters, above the Due Sorelle sea stacks of the Adriatic.
Penne
Province: Pescara
The brick city at 438 meters between the Tavo and Fino, ancient capital of the Vestini, rebuilt after Allied bombing and awarded the Silver Medal of Civic Merit.
Palazzolo Acreide
Province: Siracusa
An 8,000-resident hilltop town on the Iblei plateau at 670m, rebuilt entirely in late Baroque after the 1693 earthquake and founded over the Greek Akrai colony in 664 BC, with a Greek theatre and a cluster of rock carvings unlike anything else nearby.
Verucchio
Province: Rimini
A spur over the lower Marecchia valley, cradle of the Villanovan civilization and birthplace of the Malatesta lordship of Romagna.