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

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Altomonte (IT)
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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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Amalfi Coast (IT)
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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Arsoli (IT)
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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Bagnoregio (IT)
65 Photos
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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Brienza (IT)
78 Photos
Brienza, is a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Bundi (IN)
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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Calcata (IT)
98 Photos
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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Caprarola (IT)
38 Photos
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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Castelmezzano (IT)
38 Photos
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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Cervara di Roma (IT)
58 Photos
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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Church village of Wamberg (DE)
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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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Craco (IT)
228 Photos
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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Farnese (IT)
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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Ferrandina (IT)
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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Ios (GR)
46 Photos
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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Labro (IT)
44 Photos
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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Licenza (IT)
16 Photos
Licenza is a village located about 40 km north-east of Rome.Spring of Bandusia, Orsini castle, Villa of Horace

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Matera (IT)
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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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Meteora (GR)
108 Photos
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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Monte Sant’Angelo (IT)
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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Morano Calabro (IT)
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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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Olevano Romano (IT)
24 Photos
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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Oria (IT)
44 Photos
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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Ostuni (IT)
172 Photos
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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Patmos (GR)
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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Patrica (IT)
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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Pentidattilo (IT)
38 Photos
Pentidattilo is an abandoned village in the Italian Calabria region.

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Pietrapertosa (IT)
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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Pisticci (IT)
52 Photos
Pisticci is a town in the province of Matera known for its Rioni.

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Pitigliano (IT)
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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Polino (IT)
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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Rivello (IT)
4 Photos
Rivello is a town in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Rocca Imperiale (IT)
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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Rocchette (IT)
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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Romagnano al Monte (IT)
132 Photos
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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San Vito Romano (IT)
16 Photos
San Vito Romano, a municipality in the Italian region Latium, is located about 40 km east of Rome.

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Sant’Agata de’ Goti (IT)
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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Santorini (GR)
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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Scanno (IT)
22 Photos
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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Sorano (IT)
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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Toffia (IT)
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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Tolfa (IT)
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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Vallo di Nera (IT)
76 Photos
Vallo di Nera is a village in the region Umbria, located about 60 km south-east of Perugia.

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Vico del Gargano (IT)
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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Vitorchiano (IT)
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.
