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The most beautiful hilltop villages and mountainside villages around the world.

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Altomonte (14) Santa Maria della Consolazione
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Altomonte
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Altomonte is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in the region of Calabria. The city was first called Braal, then Bragalla, Bragallum, Antifluvius

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Map: Altomonte
Furore (16)
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Amalfi Coast
192 Photos

The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), on the south of Naples, extends from Positano in the west to Vietri sul Mare in the east.The towns lying on the …

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Map: Amalfi Coast
Arsoli (72)
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Arsoli
26 Photos

Arsoli, in the province of Rome, dates back to the 11th century and has nice narrow ancient streets, a medieval centre still preserved, as well as a castle, …

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Map: Arsoli
Bagnoregio (298)
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Bagnoregio
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Bagnoregio is located about 90 km north-west of Rome and about 28 km north of Viterbo. Anciently it was called Novempagi and Balneum Regium, whence the …

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Map: Bagnoregio
Brienza (50)
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Brienza
78 Photos

Brienza, is a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Map: Brienza
Bundi (257) Taragarh Fort
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Bundi
68 Photos

Bundi, is a city in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in north-west India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and …

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Map: Bundi
Calcata (184)
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Calcata
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Calcata, in the Province of Viterbo, is located 50 km north of Rome over the valley of the Treja River. In the 1930s, the fortified centre was condemned …

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Map: Calcata
Caprarola (94)
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Caprarola
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The Palazzo Farnese located in the medieval village of Caprarola was designed by Vignola and built between 1559 and 1575. It takes its pentagonal shape …

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Map: Caprarola
Castelmezzano (159)
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Castelmezzano
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Castelmezzano origins’ are dated to the 7th century BC. In the 19th century, it was an ideal refuge for many bandits due to its own territorial placement …

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Map: Castelmezzano
Cervara di Roma (94)
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Cervara di Roma
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Cervara di Roma, located about 50 km east of Rome, was founded by Benedictine Monks in the 8th or 9th century. The historic centre of Cervara, this small …

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Map: Cervara di Roma
Church village of Wamberg (56)
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Church village of Wamberg
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The church village of Wamberg is part of the municipality of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) at 996 m. The place is on the north side of the Wamberg saddle

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Map: Church village of Wamberg
Craco (534)
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Craco
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Craco, an abandoned Italian village located in the region of Basilicata and the province of Matera, was called the area “Grachium” which means “from the …

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Map: Craco
Farnese (4)
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Farnese
60 Photos

Farnese in the Province of Viterbo is located about 100 km north-west of Rome and about 35 km north-west of Viterbo and is the origin of the influential …

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Map: Farnese
Ferrandina (87)
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Ferrandina
116 Photos

Ferrandina is a town in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, famous for producing the highest level of quality Olive Oil

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Map: Ferrandina
Ios (296) Chora
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Ios
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Ios (Ίος) is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides, situated halfway between Naxos and Santorini. The Port of Ios (Gialos) is at the …

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Map: Ios
Labro (134)
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Labro
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Labro, a municipality in the Italian region Latium, is located about 70 km north-east of Rome and about 15 km north-west of Rieti.

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Map: Labro
Licenza (134)
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Licenza
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Licenza is a village located about 40 km north-east of Rome.Spring of Bandusia, Orsini castle, Villa of Horace

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Map: Licenza
Matera (52)
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Matera
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Matera, a town in the region of Basilicata, is perched on the edge of a small canyon eroded by the Gravina. The lower Sassi (caves) district is divided …

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Map: Matera
Meteora (1451)
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Meteora
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The Metéora (Μετέωρα), lit. “middle of the sky”, “suspended in the air” or “in the heavens above”, is one of the largest and most important complexes of …

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Map: Meteora
Monte Sant’Angelo (181)
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Monte Sant’Angelo
132 Photos

Monte Sant’Angelo is a town in Puglia, about 15 km north of Manfredonia, on the southern slopes of Monte Gargano. Between 1081 and 1103, Monte Sant’Angelo

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Map: Monte Sant’Angelo
Morano Calabro (44)
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Morano Calabro
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Morano Calabro is a town in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It inspired one of Escher’s obsessive, dreamlike architectural …

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Map: Morano Calabro
Olevano Romano (67)
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Olevano Romano
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Olevano Romano is a municipality located about 45 km east of Rome. It is the birthplace of the composer Giovanni Gentile.

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Map: Olevano Romano
Oria (159)
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Oria
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Oria, a town in the Apulia region, was founded by the Messapians sometime after the abortive siege of the Sicanian city Camicus. Between 217 and 84 BC the …

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Map: Oria
Ostuni (655)
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Ostuni
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Ostuni, with its citadel build on the top of a hill, is still fortified with the ancient walls. It is reputed as an architectural jewel, and is commonly …

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Map: Ostuni
Patmos (309) Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
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Patmos
210 Photos

Patmos (Πάτμος) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, one of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex. The highest point is Profitis Ilias

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Map: Patmos
Patrica (178)
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Patrica
40 Photos

Patrica is a village in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km south-east of Rome and about 10 km south-west of Frosinone. It is part of Ciociaria

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Map: Patrica
Pentidattilo (4)
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Pentidattilo
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Pentidattilo is an abandoned village in the Italian Calabria region.

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Map: Pentidattilo
Pietrapertosa (104)
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Pietrapertosa
26 Photos

Pietrapertosa is a town in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Pietrapertosa is inside the Park of Gallipoli Cognato

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Map: Pietrapertosa
Pisticci (129)
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Pisticci
52 Photos

Pisticci is a town in the province of Matera known for its Rioni.

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Map: Pisticci
Pitigliano (101)
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Pitigliano
66 Photos

Pitigliano is a town located about 80 km south-east of Grosseto. The quaint old town is known as the little Jerusalem, for the historical presence of a …

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Map: Pitigliano
Polino (9)
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Polino
30 Photos

Polino, a village in the Italian region Umbria, is located about 70 km south-east of Perugia and about 15 km east of Terni.

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Map: Polino
Rivello (3)
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Rivello
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Rivello is a town in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Map: Rivello
Rocca Imperiale (264)
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Rocca Imperiale
92 Photos

Rocca Imperiale is a village situated on a rise about 200 m above sea level in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is dominated …

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Map: Rocca Imperiale
Rocchette (221)
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Rocchette
32 Photos

Rocchette is a village located in the heart of Sabina in the Lazio. A few kilometres from the border with Umbria, the twin strongholds of Rocchette and …

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Map: Rocchette
Romagnano al Monte (346)
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Romagnano al Monte
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Romagnano al Monte is a village at the borders of Campania with Basilicata. It was destroyed in the Irpinia earthquake of 1980 and rebuilt a few kilometres …

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Map: Romagnano al Monte
San Vito Romano (139)
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San Vito Romano
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San Vito Romano, a municipality in the Italian region Latium, is located about 40 km east of Rome.

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Map: San Vito Romano
Sant’Agata de’ Goti (317)
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Sant’Agata de’ Goti
126 Photos

Sant’Agata dei Goti in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, is located about 35 km north-east of Naples near the Monte Taburno. The …

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Map: Sant’Agata de’ Goti
Santorini (294) Oia
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Santorini
200 Photos

Santorini (Σαντορίνη), classically Thera, and officially Thira, is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is …

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Map: Santorini
Scanno (80)
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Scanno
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Scanno is a town with alleys and narrow streets in the province of L’Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.

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Map: Scanno
Sorano (22)
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Sorano
30 Photos

Sorano is a town in the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany. It has an ancient medieval hill town hanging from a tuff stone over the Lente River. Sorano

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Map: Sorano
Toffia (272)
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Toffia
38 Photos

Toffia is a village in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Lazio, located about 40 km north-east of Rome and about 25 km south-west of Rieti.

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Map: Toffia
Tolfa (30)
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Tolfa
31 Photos

Tolfa is a town of the Province of Rome. It is the main centre in the Tolfa Mountains, an extinct volcanic group between Civitavecchia and the Lake of Bracciano

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Map: Tolfa
Vallo di Nera (37)
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Vallo di Nera
76 Photos

Vallo di Nera is a village in the region Umbria, located about 60 km south-east of Perugia.

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Map: Vallo di Nera
Vico del Gargano (338)
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Vico del Gargano
86 Photos

Vico del Gargano is a village in the region Puglia and is part of the Parco Nazionale del Gargano. Vico del Gargano is also famous for the number of churches …

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Map: Vico del Gargano
Vitorchiano (446)
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Vitorchiano
112 Photos

Vitorchiano is a village in the Latium, located about 70 km north-west of Rome and about 7 km north-east of Viterbo.

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Map: Vitorchiano