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Italy's 9 gold medals

Amalfi Drive & Coast
Canals of Venice
Colosseum of Rome
Florence Old Town
Leaning Tower Pisa
Pompeii
Portofino
St Mark's Basilica
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Catacombs of Rome
Cinque Terre
Italian Lake District
Pantheon
Piazza de Duomo
Pitti Palace / Palatine
Roman Forum/Palatine
San Gimignano
Siena
Venetian Alley Maze

Italy's 32 silver medals

Accademia Gallery
Agrigento Ruins
Assisi
Bargello Palace Museum
Bergamo Upper Town
Borghese Gallery
Capri
Doges' Palace
Herculaneum
La Scala Opera House
Medici Chapels
Milan Cathedral
Mt Etna
Mt Vesuvius
Museum of St. Mark
Orvieto
Ostia Antica
Paestum
Piazza della Signoria
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Positano
Santa Maria - Grazie
San Vitale Basilica
Spanish Steps
St Mark's Square
Syracuse Ortygia
Taormina
Trevi Fountain
Trulli District
Tuscan Countryside
Villa d'Este

Examples of the
Italy tips & insights
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Colosseum of Rome
Hollywood films reinforced some popular false impressions about the Colosseum of Rome. I reveal them.
Canals of Venice
The most prevalent and usually the fastest means of getting around is by foot - thanks to the several hundred pedestrian bridges linking Venice's small islands.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Will the structure eventually collapse? Some experts predict an any-year-now collapse.
Pompeii
The explosions sent a billowing column of volcanic steam, cinders and ash high into the sky. Soon the heavy aerial debris showered on and buried the once thriving Roman city of Pompeii.
Capri
The island teems with daytrippers because it is only 45 minutes by hydrofoil from Naples and Sorrento. Overnight peak-season visitors experience a more relaxful Capri in the early morning and during the late afternoon.

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