2013 UNESCO World Heritage: Italy has two new “favourite” sites

May 21, 2013 2077

by Claudia Astarita


The UNESCO World Heritage Commitee is going to meet in June in Phnom Phen, in Cambodia, to review all nominations for its prestigious World Heritage List.

Italy already counts 47 sites in it, from the Royal Palace in Caserta to the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, from the Palladian Villas in Veneto to the early Christian monuments in Ravenna, from the Eolie Islands to the Dolomites. However, this year Italy might add two new beauties to the list: the Medici Villas and gardens, and the giant Etna Volcano.

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Fonte: This is Italy

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