Villages and Towns

Palmanova represents one of the most successful models of the “ideal fortress city” actually built: a real gem for lovers of architecture, military but not only. Its star shape, with nine points all alike, is in fact a hymn to...

As a whole, the village of Clauiano maintains a precise identity, where the stones and pebbles, piéris and clàps, are still speaking, it is the decorum and ambition of the portals, the environments of peasant life – the fogolâr, the...

Cividale del Friuli is one of the most interesting cities for its artistic and cultural heritage, with deep traces of the past. The well-preserved historic center features houses with painted facades overlooking a maze of cobbled streets and quiet little...

With its medieval layout still intact, Pieve di Cento is located on the right bank of the Reno River, about 20 km from Bologna. Founded in the 8th century around the territory’s most important church, since its foundation it has...

Lying at the foot of the Euganean Hills, Este was the main settlement of the ancient Veneti who inhabited it as early as the Iron Age. An important Roman colony founded by veterans of Augustus, around the middle of the...

Stays | Visits | Museum Address: Str. Al Castello 1, Felino (PR) Contacts: +39 0521 336020 A fortress nestled in the green hills of Parma, ancient home of noble families and refuge of heroic condottieri. A place capable of telling...

Fontanellato is a village certified by the Italian Touring Club with the Orange Flag. The abundance of spring water in this area is the origin of the name of the medieval village, overlooked by the Sanvitale fortress, built by the...

Busseto is a village certified by the Italian Touring Club with the Orange Flag. In the historic center one can grasp the typical layout of Po Valley towns with long streets lined with porticoes and low, well ornate palazzetti. Busseto,...

Borgo Scacciaventi, also known in ancient times as lo commerzio, with octagonal pillars dating back to the early 15th century. At that time much of the population lived in the hamlets, which were sometimes difficult to reach, then extending as...