Borghi montani

Coordinate: 42° 2′ 28″ N, 13° 1′ 11″ E

Arsoli, in the province of Rome, dates back to the 11^th century and has nice narrow ancient streets, a medieval centre still preserved, as well as a castle, once a possession of the Benedictine Order. The castle is built at the end of a spur,… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 37′ 38″ N, 12° 6′ 43″ E

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 medieval name of Bagnorea. During the barbarian invasions of Italy, between the 6^th and 9^th… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 28′ 51″ N, 15° 37′ 34″ E

Brienza, is a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 25° 26′ 57″ N, 75° 38′ 17″ E

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 step well reservoirs known as baoris. The town is situated 35 km from Kota and 210 km from Jaipur… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 12′ 59″ N, 12° 25′ 9″ E

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 by the government who feared that the volcanic cliffs would collapse. In the 1960s, the emptied… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 19′ 42″ N, 12° 14′ 14″ E

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 from the foundations of a fortress designed by Antonio da Sangollo. The frescoes are from the … [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 31′ 49″ N, 16° 2′ 48″ E

Castelmezzano origins’ are dated to the 7^th century BC. In the 19^th century, it was an ideal refuge for many bandits due to its own territorial placement consisting of natural hiding places among the rocks and lush vegetation. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 41° 59′ 19″ N, 13° 4′ 0″ E

Cervara di Roma, located about 50 km east of Rome, was founded by Benedictine Monks in the 8^th or 9^th century. The historic centre of Cervara, this small picturesque hill town which faces the Simbruini Mountains, can only be reached by foot after a… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 38′ 4″ N, 14° 36′ 11″ E

The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), on the south of Naples, extends from Positano in the west to Vietri sul Mare in the east. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 22′ 41″ N, 16° 26′ 25″ E

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 little ploughed field”. Tombs were found suggesting the settlement dates back to the 8^th… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 32′ 54″ N, 11° 43′ 25″ E

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 Farnese family in Renaissance Italy. Its most important members include Pope Paul III and the … [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 29′ 34″ N, 16° 27′ 19″ E

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. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 36° 43′ 21″ N, 25° 16′ 51″ E

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 head of the Ormos harbour in the north-west. The village, known as Chora, is a white and very… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 31′ 33″ N, 12° 47′ 60″ E

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. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 4′ 27″ N, 12° 54′ 5″ E

Licenza is a village located about 40 km north-east of Rome. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 39′ 48″ N, 16° 36′ 37″ E

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 into the Sasso Barisano and the Sasso Caveoso. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 39° 43′ 16″ N, 21° 38′ 3″ E

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 Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The monasteries are built on… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 41° 42′ 21″ N, 15° 57′ 19″ E

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 was the capital of a large Norman dominion under the control of Count Henry, who was a vassal… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 39° 50′ 20″ N, 16° 8′ 20″ E

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 woodcut compositions. The old quarter is perched high up around the remains of the imposing … [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 41° 51′ 36″ N, 13° 1′ 50″ E

Olevano Romano is a municipality located about 45 km east of Rome. It is the birthplace of the composer Giovanni Gentile. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 29′ 53″ N, 17° 38′ 30″ E

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 city was minting its own coins. The coins often feature Iapagus, the Iapygian national hero. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 44′ 3″ N, 17° 34′ 42″ E

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 referred to “The White Town” (“La Città Bianca”, in Italian) for its white walls and its… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 37° 18′ 33″ N, 26° 32′ 45″ E

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, 269 m above sea level. Patmos’ main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala (the… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 41° 35′ 29″ N, 13° 14′ 35″ E

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, not far from the Monti Lepini. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 37° 57′ 15″ N, 15° 45′ 40″ E

Pentidattilo is an abandoned village in the Italian Calabria region. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 31′ 5″ N, 16° 3′ 49″ E

Pietrapertosa is a town in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Pietrapertosa is inside the Park of Gallipoli Cognato and Dolomites of Lucania, characterised by the fantastic shapes of sandstone. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 23′ 24″ N, 16° 33′ 6″ E

Pisticci is a town in the province of Matera known for its Rioni. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 38′ 4″ N, 11° 40′ 4″ E

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 Jewish community has always been well integrated into the social context that here had their own… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 35′ 5″ N, 12° 50′ 34″ E

Polino, a village in the Italian region Umbria, is located about 70 km south-east of Perugia and about 15 km east of Terni. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 4′ 30″ N, 15° 44′ 53″ E

Rivello is a town in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 6′ 34″ N, 16° 34′ 47″ E

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 by a Castle, constituted from rests of a huge complex fortress built by Frederick II of… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 22′ 28″ N, 12° 37′ 31″ E

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 Rocchettine are overlooking the gorge of the Laia River. The environment around the… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 40° 37′ 42″ N, 15° 27′ 28″ E

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 away. The ghost town, at the beginning of 21^st century, became a tourist attraction. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 41° 52′ 59″ N, 12° 59′ 1″ E

San Vito Romano, a municipality in the Italian region Latium, is located about 40 km east of Rome. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 36° 25′ 9″ N, 25° 25′ 50″ E

Santorini (Σαντορίνη), classically Thera, and officially Thira, is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 41° 5′ 21″ N, 14° 30′ 10″ E

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 name does not derive from the Gothic domination of Italy (5^th-6^th centuries), but from the… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 41° 54′ 12″ N, 13° 52′ 49″ E

Scanno is a town with alleys and narrow streets in the province of L’Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 40′ 54″ N, 11° 42′ 50″ E

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 was probably inhabited by Villanovan culture, but the first historical mentions are relative… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 12′ 44″ N, 12° 45′ 5″ E

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. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 9′ 11″ N, 11° 56′ 19″ E

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. [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 45′ 17″ N, 12° 51′ 49″ E

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

Coordinate: 41° 53′ 47″ N, 15° 57′ 18″ E

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 and chapels. There are about thirteen of them in total. Many are very simple in design… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 47° 28′ 44″ N, 11° 9′ 3″ E

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, a mountain range in the Werdenfelser Land with its highest elevation, the Wamberg… [Per saperne di più]

Coordinate: 42° 28′ 12″ N, 12° 10′ 28″ E

Vitorchiano is a village in the Latium, located about 70 km north-west of Rome and about 7 km north-east of Viterbo. [Per saperne di più]

Siti visitati e foto classificati per temi. [Per saperne di più]