Year: 2013

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.

Keats-Shelley Memorial House

Discover Keats-Shelley Memorial House in Rome, Italy: Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Lacus Curtius

Discover Lacus Curtius in Rome, Italy: A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Il Porcellino

Discover Il Porcellino in Florence, Italy: This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Juliet’s Balcony

Discover Juliet's Balcony in Verona, Italy: Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Gardens of Ninfa

Discover Gardens of Ninfa in Doganella di Ninfa, Italy: Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

Ai Pioppi Playground

Discover Ai Pioppi Playground in Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy: Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 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. 480 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. 514 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. 642 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. 137 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. 172 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). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 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. 98 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. 168

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