Italy

By Ashley Winzeler

Uffizi Gallery -

Uffizi Gallery includes paintings by Giotto, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Rubens, Caravaggio, Rembrandt and other famous painters. Find out more about visiting the Uffizi in Florence.

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral in Pisa whose construction began in 1173.

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The Colosseum

The Colosseum in Rome was built by emperor Vespasiano and inaugurated in 80 A.D. for gladiator fights.  

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Fontana di Trevi

A legend says that whoever throws a coin into this fountain will return to Rome.In 1730 Pope Clement XII held a design contest and Nicola Salvi was eventually chosen to build the Trevi  Work began in 1732 and the fountain was completed in 1762.

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Piazza di Spagna or the Spanish Steps

A series of steps with Trinita' dei Monti church on top and Fontana della Barcaccia fountain at the bottom, this piazza is popular with tourists and local vendors, especially in the summer. The monumental stairway of 138 steps was built with French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s in 1723–1725.

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Eraclea Minoa, in Sicily. Founded in the fifth century BC, this town was destroyed by the Carthaginians in 409 BC.

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