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Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy. The seat of the province of Bergamo, it is located approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and from Garda and Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps () begin immediately north of the city.

Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its collapse in 476, after which it served as the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom and then the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna. It has 156,444 inhabitants as of 2025.Initially settled by the Umbri people, Ravenna came under Roman Republic control in 89 BC. Octavian built the military harbor of Classis at Ravenna, and the city remained an important seaport on the Adriatic until the early Middle A

Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. With a population of 201,279, it is the second largest city in Lombardy, the fourth largest in northwest Italy and it is the northernmost Italian city among those with over 200,000 inhabitants. The urban area of Brescia extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 672,822, while over 1.5 million people live in its metropolitan area. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of B

Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune in south-western Lombardy, Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of about 73,086.

Novara (; Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the region of Piedmont in Northern Italy, to the west of Milan. With a population of , it is the 2nd-largest city in Piedmont after Turin as of .

Assisi (, also ; ; from ; Old Italian: Ascesi) is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.

Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and comune in Calabria, Italy.

thumb|Ducal Palace of Pesaro|Palazzo Ducale Rocca Costanza|thumb Musei Civici|thumb Pesaro (; ) is a (municipality) in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea.

Gorizia (; ; , ; ; ) is a town and municipality in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia of northeast Italy. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. It has 33,620 inhabitants.

thumb|250px|Facade of the Orvieto Cathedral thumb|right|250px|The Pozzo di San Patrizio, a well built for the popes thumb|right|250px|The site of Orvieto was once an Etruscan acropolis. Orvieto () is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone.

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thumb|250px|The Cathedral of San Giorgio. thumb|250px|Façade of the Baroque church of San Pietro. Modica (; ) is a city and municipality (comune) in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains. It has 53,413 inhabitants.

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thumb|Megalithic walls thumb|Roman mausoleum of Lucius Munatius Plancus thumb|Roman mausoleum of Lucius Sempronius Atratinus Gaeta (; ; Southern Laziale: Gaieta) is a seaside resort in the province of Latina in Lazio, Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is south of Rome and north of Naples.

Italian comune in Emilia-Romagna

Bisceglie (; ) is a city and municipality of 55,251 inhabitants in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the Apulia region (Italian: Puglia), in southern Italy. The municipality has the fourth highest population in the province and fourteenth highest in the region.

Otranto (, , ; ; ; ; ) is a coastal town, port and comune in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

thumb|right|Old port thumb|right|Old port thumb|right|The Charles V castle behind the cannons of the bastion S.Maria thumb|right|Cannons of The Charles V castle thumb|right|Monopoli Cathedral, the Basilica of the Madonna della Madia thumb|right|Castle/Abbey of St. Stephen thumb|right|Rock church of St. George thumb|right|Bastione Santa Maria

Sirmione (Brescian: ; ) is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy). It is bounded by Desenzano del Garda (Lombardy) and Peschiera del Garda in the province of Verona and the region of Veneto. It has a historical centre which is located on the Sirmio peninsula that divides the lower part of Lake Garda.

Ischia ( , , ) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Although inhabited since the Bronze Age, as a Greek emporium it was founded in the 8th or 9th century BCE, and known as Πιθηκοῦσαι, Pithekoūsai.

Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian; ) is a comune (municipality) and resort town on Italy's Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche, and lies approximately 30 kilometres north-west of the provincial capital city Ancona. Senigallia's small port is located at the mouth of the River Misa. It is one of the endpoints of the Massa–Senigallia Line, one of the most important dividing lines (isoglosses) in the classification of the Romance languages.

comune of Lazio, Italy

thumb|The Castle of Voghera in a 19th-century etching. Voghera (Vogherese dialect of Emilian: Vughera; Latin: Forum Iulii Iriensium) is a town and comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy. The population was 39,374 as of 2017. It is the third most populated town in the province, after Pavia and Vigevano. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po).

San Gavino Monreale

Melfi (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the Vulture area of the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Geographically, it is midway between Naples and Bari. In 2015 it had a population of 17,768.

Vignola (; Modenese: ; Bolognese: ) is a city and comune in the province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna), Italy.

Mirandola (Mirandolese: ) is a city and comune of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, northeast of the provincial capital by railway.

Avigliana (; ; Arpitan: Velhanna; ) is a town and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of Italy, with 12,129 inhabitants as of 1 January 2023. It lies about west of Turin in the Susa valley, on the motorway going from Turin to Modane, France.

Nichelino () is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. thumb|left|Santissima Trinità Church. Nichelino borders the following municipalities: Turin, Orbassano, Beinasco, Moncalieri, Candiolo, and Vinovo.

Poppi () is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.

Carmagnola (; ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located south of Turin. The town is on the right side of the Po river. The nature of the soil determined over time how the river's sand accumulated.

Forte dei Marmi

Massa Marittima

Francavilla Fontana

Gemona del Friuli

Mentana is a town and comune, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. It is located north-east of Rome and has a population of about 23,000.

Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Buccinasco (Milanese: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.

Castrovillari (Calabrian: ) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

thumb|Silver and gold patera|phiale from the Paternò Treasure, 4th century BC ([[Antikensammlung Berlin)]]Paternò () is a city and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania, in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. With a population of , it is the 4th-largest city of the province and the 17th-largest in Sicily.

Castellina in Chianti

San Casciano in Val di Pesa

Schio () is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza (region of Veneto, northern Italy) situated north of Vicenza and east of the Lake Garda. It is surrounded by the Little Dolomites (Italian Prealps) and Mount Pasubio.

comune in Ravenna, Italy

Nusco (Irpino: ) is a town and comune in the province of Avellino (Campania region) in the south of Italy, east of Naples, with a population of around 4,100. It is situated in the mountains between the valleys of the Calore Irpino and Ofanto rivers. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

thumb|View of the historical center Cento (; Northern Bolognese: ; City Bolognese: ; Centese: ) is a town and comune in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Bagnone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa and Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Massa in the Lunigiana, facing the Monte Sillara, which has a peak elevation of . The Bagnone torrent crosses the Communal territory, a left affluence of the Magra River.

Ceglie Messapica

Trevignano Romano

Castel Volturno

Montaione is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Radicofani () is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located in the natural park of Val d'Orcia about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena.

Cascina () is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about southeast of Pisa.

Mondragone (Campanian: ) is a comune or municipality in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania. It is located about northwest of Naples and about west of Caserta. It faces mountains on one side and ocean on the other, with the former lending it a reputation for game birds such as quail.