In 150 striking images, Italy celebrates perhaps the most beautiful country in the world, from the natural beauty of lakes such as Como or Garda to vineyards in Tuscany to the many beaches, from the Cinque Terre to Venice’s canals, from the magnificence of classical Rome to the Arab-Norman architecture of Palermo to Renaissance Florence…

Introduction Venice Doge’s Palace Piazza San Marco Grand Canal Rialto Palladian Villas in the Veneto The Old Ghetto The island of San Giorgio Maggiore Giudecca Rome Colosseum Forum The Pantheon Castel Sant’Angelo Ponte Sisto Nero’s Aqueduct Circus Maximus St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City Sistine Chapel Trevi Fountain Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (1942) – the New Classical Architecture Naples Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius Herculaneum The Amalfi Coast – Amalfi, Positano, Capri The South The abandoned cave towns of Basilicata and Matera The beaches of Calabria - Tropea Bologna – the arcades, Torri degli Asinelli e Garisenda Turin – Fiat Lingotto Factory Milan – Milan Cathedral Florence & Tuscany Il Duomo Giotto’s Campanile Hill towns such as San Gimignano and Siena Rural life and vineyards Umbria Assisi, Perugia, Orvieto The Mountains – Dolomites, Apennines, Alps The Lakes – Como, Garda, Maggiore The coastlines – Cinque Terre, Pisa, Genoa and Genoa cathedral Sicily Palermo – Il Duomo, Cappella Palatina, Arab-Norman architecture Temple of Hera at Selinunte Mount Etna Greek-Roman amphitheatre at Taormina The Cathedral of Monreale The cathedral of Cefalù Religious festivals and feast days The village of Corleone The abandoned town of Poggioreale, following the 1968 earthquake Other Islands – Sardinia, Elba and Stromboli