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• San Marco di Venezia
  ...church]]es of [[Venice]] and one of the best known examples of [[Byzantine architecture]]. It lies on [[St Mark's Square]], adjacent and connected to the [[Doge's ...overed with higher [[wood]]en domes in order to blend in with the [[Gothic architecture]] of the redesigned Doge's Palace.
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• Culture
  ...untry, the laws and philosophy of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Church]], the [[architecture]], and on the terraces of the many [[football (soccer)|football]] clubs. It ...Italy. Italy is also rich in [[Music]], [[cinema]], [[literature]], and [[architecture]].
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• Architecture
  '''Architecture''' (from [[Latin language|Latin]], ''architectura'' and ultimately from [[G ...rom the macrolevel of [[town planning]], [[urban design]], and [[landscape architecture]] to the microlevel of creating [[furniture]]. Architectural design usually
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• Culture of Italy
  ...untry, the laws and philosophy of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Church]], the [[architecture]], and on the terraces of the many [[football (soccer)|football]] clubs. It ===Architecture===
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• Art of Italy
  ...times to the present. In [[Ancient Rome]], Italy was a centre for art and architecture. There were many Italian artists during the [[Gothic]] and [[Medieval]] per ''[[Gothic architecture]]'' began in northern [[Europe]] and spread southward to Italy.
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• Latina
  ...The edifices and the monuments, mainly in [[Neoclassical architecture|neo-classical]] style, were designed by famous architects and artists such as [[Marcello
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• Venice Arsenal
  The [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine]]-style establishment may have existed as early as the [[8th cent ...gate, the ''Porta Magna'', was built in about [[1460]] and was the first [[Classical revival]] structure to be built in Venice. It was perhaps built by [[Antoni
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• Palladian architecture
  ...Palladian architecture as it later evolved, one must first understand the architecture of Palladio himself. == Palladio's architecture==
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• Siena
  ==Art and Architecture== ...in the 12th century, is one of the great examples of Italian [[romanesque architecture]]. Its main facade was completed in [[1380]]. Its [[campanile]] and [[Bapti
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• Montalcino
  ...lvatore]], was originally built in the 14th Century, but it now has a neo-classical appearance thanks to extensive renovation work that was done in the early 1 * [http://www.montalcino.net/ Art and architecture of Montalcino]
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• Ancient Rome
  ...Rome contributed heavily to the development of law, war, art, literature, architecture, and language in the [[Western world]], and its [[history of Rome|history]] ...oughout the territory under the control of ancient Rome, [[residential]] [[architecture]] ranged from very modest [[house]]s to [[Roman_villa|country villas]], and
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• Brescia
  ...also known as ''La Rotonda''. It is an exteriorly rusticated [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church, striking for its circular shape. The main structure wa ...renovated several times. It is one of the best example of High Middle Ages architecture in northern Italy.
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• Zagreb
  '''Zagreb''' is the capital of [[Croatia]] and a charming medieval city with architecture and cobbled streets reminiscent of [[Vienna]], [[Budapest]], [[Prague]] and ...nnese designers of theatres in Central Europe Hellmer and Fellmer is a neo-classical exhibition complex and one of the landmarks of the city center. The exhibit
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• Florence
  ...the [[Medici]] family. Florence is also famous for its fine [[art]] and [[architecture]]. It is said that, of the 1,000 most important European artists of the sec ...aluation of [[medieval]] values, resultant in a revisitation of those of [[classical antiquity]]. Florence benefited materially and culturally from this sea-cha
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• Venice
  ...ost elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly influencing [[art]], [[architecture]], and [[literature]]. Napoleon was seen as something of a liberator by the The classical Venetian [[boat]] is the [[gondola]], although it is now mostly used for to
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• Rome
  ...[[Roman Empire]], the most powerful, largest and longest lasting empire of classical Western civilization. The [[Vatican City|Vatican]], a sovereign [[enclave]] ...ldings are located in the districts outside the center, where contemporary architecture has not gone unnoticed. Many street frontages and show windows often change
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• Bologna
  ...age economic and social development. Fostering a wide range of genres from classical to electronic, jazz, folk and opera, Bologna offers its citizens a musical ...of physical education; Political Sciences; Statistics. Only in [[Cesena]]: Architecture; Psychology. Only in [[Ravenna]]: Conservation of cultural heritage.
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• Vienna
  ...esented in the permanent collection "Vienna around 1900 and the Art of the Classical Modern." Gustav Klimt, master of a particularly Viennese form of Art Nouvea ...and three branches of the Museum of Fine Arts. The Ephesus Museum contains classical art from Asia Minor, the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments is se
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• Italian literature
  ...pared the ground in which the new [[vernacular literature]] would develop. Classical traditions did not disappear, and affection for the memory of Rome, a preoc Two facts characterize the literary life of [[Petrarch]]: classical research and the new human feeling introduced into his lyric poetry. The fa
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• Italian Literature
  ...pared the ground in which the new [[vernacular literature]] would develop. Classical traditions did not disappear, and affection for the memory of Rome, a preoc Two facts characterize the literary life of [[Petrarch]]: classical research and the new human feeling introduced into his lyric poetry. The fa
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