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
60 towns
Liguria
54 towns
Lombardy
65 towns · Lombardia
Marche
63 towns
Molise
27 towns
Piedmont
65 towns · Piemonte
Sardinia
40 towns · Sardegna
Sicily
61 towns · Sicilia
Trentino-South Tyrol
33 towns · Trentino-Alto Adige
Tuscany
84 towns · Toscana
Umbria
47 towns
Veneto
41 towns
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Fonni
Province: Nuoro
The highest village in Sardinia at 1,000 meters on the Gennargentu, with ski lifts climbing above the town and the Madonna dei Martiri sanctuary at its edge.
Lerici
Province: La Spezia
A fishing harbour under a Pisan-Genoese castle, with the frazione of Tellaro hanging over the rocks at the commune's southern edge.
Posada
Province: Nuoro
The capital of the Baronia, a 3,000-person village on a 71-meter rock with a 13th-century tower over the valley.
Sadali
Province: Sud Sardegna
A Barbagia di Seulo borgo at 750 meters with the only waterfall in Sardegna that drops through the inhabited centre.
Cassano delle Murge
Province: Bari
A Murge foothills town at 341 meters at the gate of the Alta Murgia park, with the 1,300-hectare Foresta Mercadante mostly inside its territory.