{"id":316,"date":"2019-05-19T11:52:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T11:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=316"},"modified":"2019-05-26T02:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T02:30:57","slug":"italy-country-with-most-unesco-world-heritage-sites-florence-venice-rome-tuscany-amalfi-medici","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/italy-country-with-most-unesco-world-heritage-sites-florence-venice-rome-tuscany-amalfi-medici\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy: most UNESCO Heritage sites in the world – Costiera Amalfitana, Florence, Venice, Rome, Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\nItaly boasts more World Heritage sites than any other country in the world.<\/a> Its 51 designated cultural and natural landmarks make up over 5% of UNESCO\u2019s global list, and another 40 spots are currently up for consideration as possible additions.

\n\nCostiera Amalfitana
\nYear of inscription: 1997
\n“The Amalfi coast is an area of great physical beauty and natural diversity. It has been intensively settled by human communities since the early Middle Ages. There are a number of towns such as Amalfi and Ravello with architectural and artistic works of great significance. The rural areas show the versatility of the inhabitants in adapting their use of the land to the diverse nature of the terrain, which ranges from terraced vineyards and orchards on the lower slopes to wide upland pastures.” \u2013 World Heritage Convention

\n\nVenice and its Lagoon
\nYear of inscription: 1987
\n“Founded in the 5th century and spread over 118 small islands, Venice became a major maritime power in the 10th century. The whole city is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains works by some of the world\u2019s greatest artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and others.” \u2013 World Heritage Convention

\n\nHistoric Center of Florence
\nYear of inscription: 1982
\n“Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo.” \u2013 World Heritage Convention

\n\nMedici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
\nYear of inscription: 2013
\n“Twelve villas and two gardens spread across the Tuscan landscape make up this site, which bears testimony to the influence the Medici family exerted over modern European culture through its patronage of the arts. Built between the 15th and 17th centuries, they represent an innovative system of construction in harmony with nature and dedicated to leisure, the arts and knowledge. The villas embody an innovative form and function, a new type of princely residence that differed from both the farms owned by rich Florentines of the period and from the military might of baronial castles. The Medici villas form the first example of the connection between architecture, gardens, and the environment and became an enduring reference for princely residences throughout Italy and Europe. Their gardens and integration into the natural environment helped develop the appreciation of landscape characteristic Humanism and the Renaissance.” \u2013 World Heritage Convention

\n\nHistoric Center of Rome
\nYear of inscription: 1980
\n“Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic, then of the Roman Empire, and it became the capital of the Christian world in the 4th century. The World Heritage site, extended in 1990 to the walls of Urban VIII, includes some of the major monuments of antiquity such as the Forums, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the Mausoleum of Hadrian, the Pantheon, Trajan\u2019s Column and the Column of Marcus Aurelius, as well as the religious and public buildings of papal Rome.” \u2013 World Heritage Convention

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\n\nPhoto courtesy Alpha 350 \/ Flickr<\/a>, Pixabay<\/a>, and Alan Lam \/ Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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