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
66 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
41 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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Cicala
Province: Catanzaro
A village of 887 people at 829 meters, founded in 1616 by farmers asking for land.
Fossombrone
Province: Pesaro e Urbino
An inland Marchigiano town on the Metauro river, layered over a Roman colony with a Renaissance ducal court rising above it.
Bagnoli del Trigno
Province: Isernia
The 'Pearl of Molise', a 637-resident borgo built into and around a massive limestone outcrop above the Trigno valley, with a medieval castle rebuilt on its summit.
Varenna
Province: Lecco
A fishing village founded in 769 on the Lecco arm of Lake Como, with a steep grid of streets falling into the water.
Rocca di Botte
Province: L'Aquila
At 750 meters on the Carseolani slopes between Abruzzo and Lazio, the birthplace of an eleventh-century hermit and a fief of the Colonna.