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 Vino161
- Riserva Naturale129
- Via Francigena53
- Comuni Virtuosi44
- Città del Tartufo36
- Città della Nocciola28
- Città della Ceramica25
- Città del Pane21
- Città del Miele18
- Città d'Arte14
- Infioritalia13
- Cammino di San Francesco13
- Città del Castagno12
- Greenways11
- Città delle Grotte10
- Cammino di San Benedetto9
- Città dei Liquori5
From across Italy
Five towns to begin with
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.