Designations
Italian recognitions
33 designations across the catalogue
Every town in our catalogue carries at least one institutional recognition. Browse by designation to see all towns recognised under each. Smaller designations (fewer than 5 towns in the catalogue) are listed on their town pages but don't have their own collection page yet.
Tier A
Heritage & UNESCO
The cultural-canon designations — World Heritage and the historic-borghi committees.
Tier B
Outdoor & coast
Coastal, alpine, and protected-landscape recognitions.
Tier C
Product, food & slow
Product registries, slow-tourism networks, and craft traditions.
- Città dell'Olio178
- Città del Vino159
- Riserva Naturale129
- Via Francigena53
- Comuni Virtuosi44
- Città del Tartufo35
- Città della Nocciola27
- Città della Ceramica25
- Città del Pane21
- Città del Miele18
- Città d'Arte14
- Città del Castagno12
- Infioritalia12
- Cammino di San Francesco12
- Greenways11
- Città delle Grotte10
- Cammino di San Benedetto8
- Città dei Liquori5
From across Italy
Five towns to begin with
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.