Italy


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Food that I had in Italy 2023
Food that I had in Italy 2023

Places Visited


Bari

Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale San Sabino

Basilica San Nicola (Basilica di San Nicola)
Relics of St. Nicholas.

The Swabian Castle of Bari (Castello Svevo di Bari)

Church of Saint Mark of the Venetian (Chiesa di San Marco dei Veneziani)

Church of Saint Ferdinand (Chiesa di San Ferdinando)

Porto Vecchio Fish Market

Porto di Bari


Bologna

Archaeological Museum (Museo Civico Archeologico)

Archiginnasio Palace

Asinelli Tower
The taller of the two towers of Bologna. The two towers (Le due Torri) are the symbols of Bologna.

Basilica of San Domenico (Basilica di San Domenico)

Basilica of San Petronio (Basilica di San Petronio)
The largest church in Bologna.The longest sundial in the world.

Chiesa dei Filippini

Chiesa di San Martino

Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Benedetto

Fountain of Neptune (Fontana del Nettuno)

International Museum and Library of Music (Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica)

La piccola Venezia

Medieval Civic Museum (Museo Civico Medievale)

Mercato di Mezzo

Mercato Ritrovato

Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter (Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro)

Municipal Palace (Palazzo d'Accursio)

Museum of the History of Bologna (Palazzo Pepoli - Museo della Storia di Bologna)

National Gallery of Bologna (Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna)

Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande

Parco della Montagnola

Piazza Maggiore

Porta Galliera

Santo Stefano complex (Basilica di Santo Stefano - Complesso delle sette chiese)

Santuario di Santa Maria della Vita
It houses the "Lamentation over the Dead Christ" (Compianto sul Cristo Morto) by Niccolò dell’Arca.

University of Bologna
The oldest university in the Western world.


Ercolano

Archaeological Park of Herculaneum
A Roman city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Vesuvius National Park (Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio)
The volcano that erupted and buried the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D.


Florence

Accademia Gallery (Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze)
Home to sculpture David by Michelangelo.

Basilica di San Lorenzo

Basilica di Santa Maria Novella

Basilica of Santa Croce (Basilica di Santa Croce)
Galileo's tomb and Michelangelo's tomb.

Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

Central Market (Mercato Centrale)

Firenze Santa Maria Novella
Main railway station

Giardino delle Rose

Dante's House Museum (Museo Casa di Dante)

House of Galileo Galilei

Museo di Palazzo Vecchio

Museo Galileo
Galileo's right hand middle finger.

National Museum of Bargello (Museo Nazionale del Bargello)

Orto botanico "Giardino dei Semplici" - Università di Firenze

Piazzale Michelangelo

Pitti Palace (Palazzo Pitti)

Ponte Vecchio
Iconic stone bridge.

Riccardi Medici Palace

Stefano Bardini Museum

The Boboli Gardens

Uffizi Gallery
Famous art museum include masterpieces such as the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.


Milan

Ambrosian Library (Biblioteca Ambrosiana)
Codex Atlanticus. The paper drawing of The School of Athens by Raffaello Sanzio.

Arco della Pace

Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio

Branca Tower (Torre Branca)

Cathedral Square

Church of San Gottardo in Corte (Chiesa di San Gottardo in Corte)

Crypt of San Sepolcro (Cripta di San Sepolcro)

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Iconic shopping gallery in Milan.

Guastalla Gardens (Giardini della Guastalla)

Italian Stock Exchange

Mercato Centrale Milano

Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano)
Iconic landmark. Saint Bartholomew Flayed statue by Marco d'Agrate

Milano Centrale Railway Station

Santa Maria delle Grazie
Leonardo's Last Supper is housed in the Refectory. I did not go in because it was too expensive. If you want to see if book ticket way in advance.

Sforzesco Castle (Castello Sforzesco)

University of Milan


Naples

Naples Cathedral (Duomo di Napoli)

Chiesa del Gesù Nuovo

Church of Santa Chiara

Galleria Umberto I

Mercato della Pignasecca

Napoli Centrale

Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli)

Piazza del Plebiscito

Royal Palace of Naples

San Carlo Theatre (Teatro di San Carlo)

Via S. Gregorio Armeno


Sansevero Chapel Museum
The Veiled Christ statue by Giuseppe Sanmartino; Disillusion by Francesco Queirolo; the Anatomical Machines by Giuseppe Salerno.


Padua

Abbazia di Santa Giustina

Giardini dell'Arena

Padova Railway Station

Padua Cathedral

Ponte Paleocapa

Porta Portello

Prato della Valle

Ragione Palace

The Basilica of St. Anthony (Basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova)

University of Padua
Second oldest university in Italy.


Pisa

Battistero di San Giovanni

Botanical Garden and Museum
Also claimed to be the first university botanic garden in the world.

Camposanto
Tomb of Fibonacci.

Pisa Cathedral (Cattedrale di Pisa)
It is where Galileo claimed to have gained inspiration for discovering the properties of the pendulum.

Leaning Tower of Pisa
Iconic leaning tower of Italy. It is where Galileo dropped two balls of different weights to demonstrate the properties of falling bodies.

Opera Del Duomo Museum (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo)

Pisa Centrale

Sinopie Museum (Museo delle Sinopie)


Pompeii

The Archaeological Park of Pompeii (Parco Archeologico di Pompei)
The ancient town of Pompeii, buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii (Santuario della Beata Vergine Maria del Santo Rosario di Pompei)


Ravenna

Dante's Tomb
Tomb of the famous poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy.

Mercato Coperto

Piazza del Popolo

Quadrarco di Braccioforte

Ravenna Railway Station

Terminal Crociere - Porto Corsini


Rome

Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli
Burial site of Apostles St. Philip and St. James.

Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’Isola (Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola)
Burial site of Apostle Saint Bartholomew.

Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem (La Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme)

Colosseum
Iconic landmark of Rome.

Janiculum Hill

Largo di Torre Argentina
It was where Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C.

Marcus Aurelius Column

Mercato dell' Unità

Palatine Hill

Pantheon
Iconic ancient Roman building.

Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano)
It is the official seat of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. It is the "mother of all the churches in the world". One of the four Major Basilicas.

Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore)
One of the four Major Basilicas. The Holy Crib.

Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside The Walls (Basilica Papale di San Paolo Fuori le Mura)
Burial site of Apostles St. Paul. One of the four Major Basilicas.

Parrocchia Santuario di Santa Maria in Traspontina

Piazza del Campidoglio

Piazza Navona

Ponte Fabricio

Quirinal Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale)Former residence of Popes. Current official residence of the President of the Italian Republic.

Roma Termini

Roman Forum
Temple of Divus Julius.

Spanish Steps

Trevi Fountain


Basilica of San Silvestro in Capite (Basilica di San Silvestro in Capite)

Lateran Obelisk
The tallest Egyptian obelisk in the world.

The Lateran Palace (Il Palazzo Lateranense)
Former residence of popes. The Lateran Treaty was signed here in 1929.


Trieste

Basilica of San Silvestro (Basilica di San Silvestro)

Canal Grande

Cattedrale di San Giusto Martire

Church of Sant'Antonio Nuovo

Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas

Parish of Santa Maria Maggiore

Roman Theatre of Trieste

Trieste War Memorial

Unity of Italy Square (Piazza Unità d'Italia)


Venice

Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo
The burial site of doges.

Ca' Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art

Ca' Rezzonico

Carlo Goldoni's House

Chiesa dei Santi Geremia e Lucia - Santuario di Lucia

Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore

Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto

Chiesa di San Lorenzo
It was said to be the final resting place of Marco Polo.

Chiesa di San Salvador

Chiesa di San Zaccaria

Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria Formosa

Church of Saint Mary of Miracles

Church of Saint Sebastian

Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale)
Former Doge's residence and the seat of Venetian government.

Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Glass Museum (Murano)

Isola delle Rose

Mocenigo Palace-Museum

Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

Museo Correr

Museo di Storia Naturale Giancarlo Ligabue

Museo Fortuny

National Archeological Museum

Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo

Piazza San Marco

Ponte degli Scalzi

Rialto Bridge

Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco)
Relics of the St. Mark.

San Giovanni in Bragora

Santa Maria di Nazareth Church

Site of Marco Polo's home (Sito della Casa di Marco Polo)

Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia


Verona

Castelvecchio Museum Museo di Castelvecchio

Juliet’s House

Piazza delle Erbe

Ponte Scaligero

Stazione Verona Porta Nuova

Tomba di Giulietta

Verona Arena
This ancient Roman amphitheatre better preserved and older than the Colosseum.