Rome & Umbrien & Campania

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The idyllic umbria is considered the green heart of Italy. A region full of gentle hills, mountains and valleys that extend along the middle run of the tiber. 

Perugia is the capital of the Umbria region. The central city center has a huge number of significant works of art and museums. Two universities and cultural events of international importance ensure a cosmopolitan high atmosphere. 

The province of Perugia is located in the heart of Belpaese, spreads over two thirds of the region and is therefore the largest province of Umbria. The landscape shows opposite aspects: the wide, flat area with the Valle Umbra and the Tibertal, surrounded by hills and mountains in the east. The rest of the area is covered by forests. In this landscape, characterized by strong colors, villages lie with valuable art treasures that shine over the valleys from the mountains.

Umbria is also the land of the Trasimeno lake, the largest lake in Centralaitals, in the area of ​​which remains of Etruscan settlements, especially in Castiglione del Lago, a town in which the magic of nature and the calm of the lake merge. Castiglione del Lago is one of the first places that have been appointed "most beautiful village in Italy". 

The lake also feeds the famous marble waterfalls at Terni, which are one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Europe and plunge from spectacular 165 meters into the river.

Also in the province of Terni, two more pearls are waiting, each connected to the history and the area.

The attraction of Umbria arises from the merging of art and nature, through the calm and balancingness that radiate the places, through the masterpieces of the Renaissance and the medieval villages b frowied by the hills. 

Gubbio is one of these places and the oldest city in Umbrien. The cathedral, the Palazzo Consoli - symbol of the city - and the duke palace (Palazzo Ducale) are just a few examples that Gubbio characterize as true pearl. But not only art attracts visitors to Gubbio, but also the spectacular folkloric events such as the Candsa Dei Ceri) in honor of the patron saint of the city and the Palio della Balestra (firmly crush shooters) to memory of the glorious past.

Other places of great importance in Umbria are Orvieto with its well -known cathedral, one of the masterpieces of Gothic art in Italy, and the fountain of San Patrizio, a technical masterpiece in which there are two spiral stairs with 248 stages, which without touching each other at 62 m depth. 

You shouldn't forget spoleto either. A picturesque town with a thousand years of history, in which traces of the architecture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance can still be found. The paving roads and the most important monuments form the backdrop for the International Festival Dei Due Mondi, a good opportunity to immerse yourself in an excellent artistic atmosphere. 

A visit to the medieval city of Assisi is also located between art and spirituality. The city, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a whole series of great masterpieces. Every stone tells of the most famous son of the city, St. Francis, patron saint in Italy: from the basilica consecrated with his grave to the Eremo delle Carceri shortly before the city walls, a Klause in which St. Francis retired to prayer.

Assisi is very hospitable and its residents like to share their old traditions with their visitors. The Calendimaggio Festival is a historical re -reproduction with knights, court ladies, archers and flag swivels that frolic in the medieval city center. 

Many people claim that Rome is the most beautiful city in the world, and in fact the eternal city offers practical everything you want. Of course, the Romans are blessed with nice weather, and the overwhelming number of sights offers something for every taste, just as the gastronomy is among the most tasty, and thus also has the world.

In addition, there are the spectacular golf courses at the gates of Rome that can be combined with the exploration of the picturesque environment.

The province of Rome, in the Latium, forms a reasonable backdrop for the numerous treasures of the capital, whose surroundings have shaped the centuries -old history of the eternal city. Sea, hills, lakes, rivers and vineyards: The area around Rome offers all nature lovers a range of sights. This province, located in Central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea, enjoys Mediterranean climate on the coast, in the State interior of the mainland climate. 

Weigh the occidental-Christian culture, lakes and legends, thermal baths and history, antique streets and green hills. This is Lazi, a region in central Italy, rinsed by the Tyrrhenian Sea, flowed through the Tiber. The region mainly consists of hills that drop flat towards the sea. 

The region offers opposing landscapes, which, however, complement each other well. The visitor offers unforgettable insights, such as the Villa Borghese in Rome. The world -famous city park not only invites you to go for a walk, but also for cycling. Explore the Borghese gallery and its masterpieces in the middle of splendid nature with lakes and hundred-year-old trees. 

The region offers real delicacies such as Gaeta, Sabaudia, San Felice Circeo, Sperlonga and the two islands of Ponza and Ventotene, for lovers of lakes there is the braccianosis, an enchanting, lavish inland waters, to whose shot rises from the 16th century. When you go for a walk in the medieval villages around the lake, you can feel how much these places are not only connected to the Roman Empire, but also with other historical eras. 

Another example is the lake of Bolsena near Viterbo, the largest European lake of volcanic origin with the two islands of Bisentina and Martana, which, in addition to their scenic stimuli, also have traces of the Etruscans and Romans.

Rome is also the seat of the most important institutions in Italy, not to mention the many palaces, basilicas and beautiful places such as the Piazza di Spagna with the well-known Spanish staircase in front of the Trinity Church, the Piazza Farnese and the Piazza Navona with the Bernini Brunnen or the world-famous Fontana di Trevi from the 18th century. 

In the area of ​​Rome, the Castelli Romani are a destination for those who would like to make a country area and are looking for a cool refuge in hot summer nights. Ostia is an attractive destination from two respects: on the one hand as a popular seaside resort, on the other hand the archaeological excavation center Ostia Antica gives information about Roman settlement buildings. 

We can also find a lot of green and picturesque villages in the Tuscia in the province of Viterbo, an oasis of good cuisine and the relaxation between Etruscan excavations and the Frankenweg. 

Visiting the historical center of Naples means exploring history twenty centuries. The arrangement of the streets as well as the places, the churches, the monuments, the public buildings and the castles represent a treasure of unique artistic and historical masterpieces, so that UNESCO already included the old town in the World Heritage List in 1995.

The center of Naples extends on an area of ​​over 1000 ha and is therefore the largest historical center in Europe, of which a large part (approx. 900 ha) is protected as a World Heritage Site. Here are testimonies of different styles and epochs, starting from the founding of the Greek colony Parthenope in the 8th century BC, to the subsequent Roman rule and the epoch of Normans and Swabia, the Aragonese empire and the kings of France, right up to Guuseppe Garibaldi and the Regno d'Italia.

Very little is preserved from the original Greek settlement, but the protective walls in the north-west area of ​​the center moved into this. The archaeological remains from Roman times, on the other hand, are sufficient, as the area of ​​Neapolis (the "Neustadt") was created in addition to the Greek settlement, known as the names of Palaepolis (the "old town"). Graves, catacombs and other excavations are exhibited in the museums and the city's archaeological sites, such as in the area of ​​San Lorenzo Maggiore.

The most important building from Norman-Swabian times is clearly Castel Dell'ovo, which was built on the former Roman residence of Lucio Licino Lucullo. The following time, the time of Anjou rule, was characterized by a strong expansion of the city, from which important evidence of incomparable beauty is preserved. Many of them are style in the Gothic Provenzalen, the main style of this era. Among them should definitely be visited the new cathedral with the well -known chapel dei Tesori di San Gennaro and the churches of San Lorenzo Maggiore, San Domenico Maggiore and Santa Chiara with the impressive cloister Delle Clarisse. Also worth seeing are the Castel Nuovo, also called "Il Maschio Angioino", the fortress and residence Castel Capuano and the Palazzo del Principe di Taranto.

The Aragonese period was characterized by fortress buildings, such as the Palazzo Real. The building, today seated by one of the largest libraries in Italy, the Vittorio Emanuele III library, was formerly inhabited by the Spanish and Austrian vice kings and then by the Bourbonen and the Savoy and is considered a geographical center and symbol of the power of Naples as well as its historical events.

In the 19th century, the city was largely reorganized, which made Naples a modern metropolis that we see today. A metropolis that, like no other, can combine history with the present and the historical and artistic treasures with the enchanting nature that surrounds it. A metropolis with a special soul that is time and limitless.

With a wide view of the Thyrical Sea, the Amalfi coast is one of the 55 Italian sites of the World Heritage List. 

The coast is like a balcony that hovers between the cobalt blue sea and the slopes of the Monti Lattari, a sequence of valleys and land tongues, beaches and cultivation areas of citrus fruits, vines and olive groves. A unique landscape, which is recognized and protected by UNESCO as the Mediterranean landscape and which has an enormous cultural and naturalistic value, also thanks to its topographical features and the role in the history of European civilization.

The entire area encloses 11,231 hectares between the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno and 16 charming communities of the province of Salerno: Amalfi, Atrani, Cava de 'Tirreni, Cetara, Conca dei Marini, Furore, MaiOri, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Raito, Rallo, Sant'egidio del Monte Albino, Scala, Tramonti, Vietri Sul Mare.