Year: 2013

Cappella Palatina

Discover Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Italy: Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Cascate del Serio

Discover Cascate del Serio in Pianlivere, Italy: The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

Pietra Di Bismantova

Discover Pietra Di Bismantova in Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy: An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

Lazzaretto Vecchio

Discover Lazzaretto Vecchio in Lido, Italy: The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Castel del Monte

Discover Castel del Monte in Andria, Italy: Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Ponte della Maddalena

Discover Ponte della Maddalena in Borgo a Mozzano, Italy: A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

Phlegraean Fields

Discover Phlegraean Fields in Pozzuoli, Italy: A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Santa Francesca Romana

Discover Santa Francesca Romana in Rome, Italy: St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

Lucrezia Borgia’s Love Letters

Discover Lucrezia Borgia’s Love Letters in Milan, Italy: "The prettiest love letters in the world" … or so said Lord Byron.

Stibbert Museum

Discover Stibbert Museum in Florence, Italy: Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Via dell’Amore

Discover Via dell’Amore in Riomaggiore, Italy: A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Ear of Dionysius

Discover Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse, Italy: Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Mount Etna

Discover Mount Etna in Belpasso, Italy: The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Christ of the Abyss

Discover Christ of the Abyss in San Fruttuoso, Italy: A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Natural Monument of Galeria Antica

Discover Natural Monument of Galeria Antica in Rome, Italy: An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Calcata

Discover Calcata in Calcata Vecchia, Italy: Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 474 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 499 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 633 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 135 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 167 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 96 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 166

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