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Padua Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico)
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City of Verona
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City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
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The Dolomites (Shared with Trentino Alto-Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
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Venetian Works of Defence between the 15th to 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (Shared with Lombardy and Friuli-Venezia Giulia), in Veneto, its the Fortified Wall of Peschiera del Garda
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Prosecco Hills of Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
Veneto
Veneto is one of the most peculiar and fascinating regions in Italy, offering a wide range of tourist attractions. Besides the breathtaking mountains located on the northern limit of the regions, it boasts hills, forests, art cities, outstanding cultural heritage, equipped beaches, charming lakes and its legendary Venetian lagoon.
On the list of Veneto top destinations the beautiful Lake Garda cannot be missed. Lombardy, Trentino and Veneto find their meeting point here.
It has several UNESCO World Heritage Site, namely:
Venice
Venice, the city of the floating gondolas and maze of canals, is known as romance destination for people in love. One of the most extraordinary cities in the world, it was built on 118 islands in the middle of the Venetian Lagoon. It’s an incredible city because of its huge artistic and historic treasures . Venice and its lagoon were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1987.
Burano Island
Burano Island is a small fishing village, 40-minute by boat from St. Mark’s Square. Famed for s brightly painted houses and lacemaking traditions. Apart from the houses, the most prominent landmark in Burano is the leaning tower of the church of San Martino. It’s an amusing sight, leaning several degrees out of the perpendicular. You can see its lean from miles away in the lagoon, from the moment you glimpse it.
Murano Island
Murano Island is known as the city of glass, and is famous for its exquisitely colored Murano glassware, especially chandeliers and mirrors. The glassmakers of Murano are truly ‘The Masters’. They created cristallo, which was almost transparent and considered the finest glass in the world. You may visit a glass blowing demonstration e a traditional factory and learn more about the beautiful craft.
Verona
Nestled on the Adige River, Verona is famed for its well preserved historical centre and myriad of stunning buildings and architecture, from antiquity, the medieval and Renaissance periods, and represents an outstanding example of a military stronghold.
Verona is a city of heart-swelling romance, couples cannot pass up visiting the house of Juliet, complete with the iconic balcony made famous by Shakespeare and the be fascinated by the amazingly well preserved Arena, an ancient Roman amphitheatre. Verona has a wonderful amount of charming squares. The main square is Piazza Bra, lined with outdoor cafes, historical buildings and monuments. Piazza Delle Erbe, a bustling marketplace, where the original Roman Forum was located. You'll find daily market selling souvenirs, clothes, spices and local delicacies. Next, stroll along Via Mazzini, a beautiful street flanked by tall colourful residential buildings with wrought-iron balconies and arched windows, connecting two of Verona’s most important squares – Piazza Bra and Piazza delle Erbe. It is lined with shops and you will find all the major brands have a presence here.
Owning to its artistic heritage, the City of Verona was declare a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
Arena di Verona
Located in the middle of the historic centre, the Arena constructed in 30 AD, is perhaps the best preserved Roman amphitheater left in the world, and it still host plenty of international music, operas and ballet performances each year. Thanks to its excellent acoustics! The amphitheatre can accommodate up to 30,000 spectators.
Portoni della Brà
An old city gate built along the medieval walls, connecting to the centre of Verona, Piazza Brà.
Piazza Brà
Verona’s largest piazza and the home to Arena, it’s a definitely must see. It is flanked by many historic buildings, public amenities and eateries. Next to the Arena, it’s the beautiful Neoclassical building, Palazzo Barbieri , constructed in 1848 and designed by Giuseppe Barbieri from which it now gets its name. Today, it is the City Town Hall.
Juliet’s house (Casa di Giulietta)
One of the main attractions of Verona with the most famous balcony in the world. Everyday crowds make their way through the narrow archway into the courtyard to admire and photograph the famous balcony. And even though the two main characters never really existed and William Shakespeare never went to Verona in his lifetime!
Piazza Delle Erbe
During the Roman Empire, this piazza served as the main forum for the settlement. Now, there are dazzling array of different stalls selling everything from touristy trinkets to local snacks and is always bustling and busy.
Admire the beautiful architecture of the square, including the town hall with its impressive Lamberti Tower, the intricately frescoed walls of the Mazzanti houses and the Palazzo Maffei, completed in the Baroque style. It is one of the finest examples. The Lamberti Tower is the tallest tower in Verona standing 84 meters high it offers the best panoramic view of the city.
Verona Cathedral
Verona Cathedral is the oldest and most decorative religious buildings in Verona featuring a mix of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance styles. Not to be missed is the stunning fresco in the main altar depicting a religious scene, and red Verona marble columns lining the main nave.
Castelvecchio
Sitting on the banks of the River Adige, the Castle was built on the site of the ancient Roman Fortress. Constructed in 14th century, it was the greatest achievement of engineering for the Scaliger dynasty. Now home to the Castelvecchio Museum dedicated to the history of the castle. Connected to the Castle Vecchio, is the bridge decorated in the same style as the walls and features a fantastic series of crenulated battlements that you can see through down the River Adige. The river bank offers some fantastic photographic opportunities.
Padua
Padua(Padova) is an elegant and picturesque city , full of public piazzas, statues, old bridges and rivers. Its home to the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe, making it one of the most stimulating cultural centres in Veneto. Galileo taught mathematics and physics here from 1592 to 1610. The city is filled with young people revising under shady trees or meeting up before lectures.
Scrovegni Chapel
The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua is an absolute must-see. A truly monumental church features Italy's most priceless art treasures, frescos painted by Giotto, completed around 1306. The walls of this chapel are entirely covered with frescoes, depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary and the life of Jesus Christ. One of the most important masterpieces of Western art.
Saint Anthony's Basilica
This many domed basilica, attracts everyone's vista in the centre of the historic old town. The basilica is known locally as "il Santo". It is one of the eight international shrines recognized by the Holy See.
Prato della Valle
Prato Della Valle is the largest square in Italy and second in Europe, after Moscow’s Red Square. This is one of the most important areas of Padua and the locals simply love the open space and the design of the square. The square is surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statues. Four bridges cross the water and lead you into the central section that contains a water fountain. A wonderful setting to enjoy a relaxed walk.
Botanical Garden of Padua (Orto botanico di Padova)
Founded in 1545, it is the oldest botanical garden in the world, that remains in its original location. The garden covers about 22.000 square meters and hosts six thousand types of plants. It is dedicated exclusively to the cultivation of plants that could be used as simple, natural cures; during the epoch they became principal therapeutic resources, as well as components in recipes for more complex remedies. It has made a profound contribution to the development of many modern scientific disciplines, notably botany, medicine, ecology, and pharmacy. With this justification, UNESCO added Padua’s Botanical Garden to its World Heritage List in 1997.
Pedrocchi Café
Rest your weary feet, enjoy the Italian style afternoon aperitif in the famous Pedrocchi Café, one of the oldest bar in Padua, still serving drinks like before! All drinks come with a large platter of appetizers making it the best bargain in the city! The speciality of the Café is the Cafè Pedrocchi; coffee i with mint flavoured cream and a sprinkle of cocoa powder...a must to try while in Padua!
Trevisio
Treviso is known for being the original production area of Prosecco wine, and is thought to have been the origin of the popular Italian dessert Tiramisù.
The city is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton, Sisley, Stefanel, Geox, Diadora and Lotto Sport Italia, appliance maker De'Longhi, and bicycle maker Pinarello.
Built on the river Sile, with its extraordinary natural landscapes, it is known as "Little Venice" . Picturesque streets with colorful fishing lodges, lots of pretty canals that wind through the historic city centre, medieval city walls with rambling maze of narrow cobbled streets.…. really remind of Venice! A city truely gives its unforgettable charm and uniqueness.
The historic center of the city is surrounded by fortifications and medieval walls. Much of the original city walls and gates still standing, that are worth seeing. Porta San Tomaso, Porta Santi Quaranta and Porta Altinia are some of the most impressive gates that still stand. In the center of Treviso old town, is the picturesque Piazza dei Signori surrounded by many impressive medieval Palazzo and lined by fine 15th- and 16th-century houses.
Conegliano and Valdobbiadene
Discovering the flavors of the lands of Prosecco
North of Treviso are the rolling hills, an extraordinary land, where an internationally renowned prosecco is produced. In July 2019, Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This land boasts a foremost sparkling wine technique founded in 1876 in Conegliano Italy’s first Enological School, still active today, and a heroic viticulture, that masterfully shaped the rugged terrains to make them suitable for vine crops.
Explore the Strada del Prosecco (Prosecco Route), the first wine-tourism itinerary founded in Italy. A 90 kilometers route dotted with winery and cultural treasures, like the abbey of Follina, the castle of Conegliano. You can combine your wine with tasting of local cheeses and cured meats too.
Peschiera del Garda
Peschiera del Garda, a lakeside village, unique of its kind, situated on the south end of Lake Garda at the mouth of the River Mincio. Peschiera del Garda is an absolutely charming town. From canals, bridges, beautiful churches, historic buildings , enormous fortress walls to its fashionable modern-day shops, there's no shortage of things to see and do.
It is surrounded by the Venetian fortification wall, built between the 16th and 17th centuries, owned by Venice that overlooked the Adriatic Sea. The defense structures including fortified systems, city- fortresses, isolated forts. Since July 2016 Unesco has protected these ramparts by including them in the Venetian Works of Defence Heritage Sites , which consists of 6 components of defence works spanning more than 1,000 km between the Italy Croatia and Montenegro. It Italy, the components can be found in Lombardy , Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
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Verona Gate
Fortress of Peschiera
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Vicenza
Vicenza lies at the edge of the fertile Po plain, just below the foothills of the Dolomites. Vicenza was made famous by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in the 16th century. His work inspired a distinct architectural style known as Palladian, which gives the city its unique appearance. Vicenza was known as “ City of Palladio" . His works are listed by UNESCO as part of a World Heritage Site in 1994, named City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto. In total there are 47 Palladian buildings registered in the UNESCO list in the Veneto region. 23 Palladian monuments are located within the ancient medieval walls of the historical city, along with a villas in the vicinity.
Some of his impresseive buildings include the Teatro Olimpico, Basilica Palladiana, Palazzo Chiericati, Palazzo del Capitaniato, Villa Valmarana, Villa La Rotonda, ect.....
Teatro Olimpico
The Teatro Olimpico is the last work by Palladio, and ranks amongst his highest masterworks. It was completed in 1584 by Vincenzo Scamozzi, after Palladio's death. The stage is simply wonderful and looks more like a palace than a theatre– stone statues, archways and plaster work adorn the facade. It creates the ilusion of great depth – as you look through the arches, it appears as if many streets stretch far behind the structure.
Piazza dei Signori
Piazza dei Signori is the main square of this little gem of a town. It was the center of markets and exchange of commercial business since the Roman era. There many historic buildings around the square bear witness to the square’s importance for public life in the city. The entire square is dominated by the Basilica Palladiana, Torre Bissara, Palazzo del Capitaniato
Palazzo del Monte di Pietà and Church of San Vincenzo. In the east of the Piazza dei Signori there rise two large stone pillars, on which the Redeemer and the Venetian Lion of St. Mark are enthroned.
Basilica Palladiana and Museo Palladiano
The elegant Basilica Palladiana, Palladio's masterpiece, built between 1549 and 1614. One of the first Renaissance structure, it has two stories of open colonnades, the lower part Doric and upper part Ionic, serve to blend into the vast square. The basilica was not built as a church but as medieval law courts. Inside the building is the Museo Palladiano, with models, designs, and other work by the architect. The adjacent is a tall and skinny tower, Torre di Piazza (The Square Tower), This structure is truly impressive and is a jewel in the centre of Vicenza.
Palazzo del Capitaniato
The palazzo del Capitaniato, also known as loggia del Capitanio designed by Andrea Palladio in 1565 and built between 1571 and 1572. It is located on the central Piazza dei Signori, facing the Basilica Palladiana. The palazzo is currently used by the town council. The palace has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".Concept and style.
Villa Valmarana
Villa Valmarana ai Nani is composed of three buildings, the Palazzina (Owners’ Residence) built in 1669, the Foresteria (Guest-House) and the Scuderia (Stables) built in 1720. They are embraced by a large historical park with rose gardens, a "giardino all'italiana" with its open air theatre and well, a double hornbeams alley terminating with a statue of Neptune. The Palazzina and the Foresteria are world famous for their frescoes by father and son Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo.
Villa La Rotonda
Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa set in elaborate and beautiful grounds, and is one of the most recognizable buildings in the city.
What makes this building so special is its amazing design and symmetry – each of the four sides of the house have a portico that looks similar to the Pantheon in Rome and can be approached by a series of steps. Inside the building is a series of lavishly decorated rooms complete with beautiful frescos and ornate stucco plaster work.
A mountain range in the northern Italian Alps, located in the regions of Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli Venezia Giulia. The Dolomites has 18 peaks which rise to above 3,000 metres, featuring some of the most breathtaking mountain landscapes with unique rock formations, sheer cliffs and and a high density of narrow, deep and long valleys. In August 2009, UNESCO listed the Dolomites as a World Heritage Site. This is a complex property both in terms of its geography and its administration, consisting of nine mountainous systems each separated by valleys, rivers and other mountains, covering a total area of 142,000 hectares located in 5 Italian provinces and 3 regions.
The best time to visit the Dolomites is whenever you’re ready! Bursting with natural beauty and diversity of landscape, the Dolomites will delight you in every season.
The nine systems making up the UNESCO Dolomites each have their own highly distinctive features, yet they are closely interlinked.
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Pelmo, Croda da Lago: Veneto region
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Marmolada: Trentino and Veneto region
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Pale di San Martino, San Lucano, Dolomiti Bellunesi, Vette Feltrine: Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto region
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Dolomiti Friulane and d’Oltre Piave: Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia region
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Dolomiti settentrionali: Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto region
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Puez-Odle: Trentino-Alto Adige region
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Sciliar-Catinaccio, Latemar: Trentino-Alto Adige region
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Bletterbach: Trentino-Alto Adige region
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Dolomiti di Brenta:Trentino-Alto Adige region
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