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The story of Italy, region by region and theme by theme.

Italy, region by region.

Lazio · 01:30

Lazio · 01:12

Lazio · 03:16

The face of Ulysses painted on a wall of via Lebina, beside a panel with lines from the Odyssey Story · 9 scenes

The Odyssey on the village walls

Sicily · 01:17

Video Regione Siciliana

Sicily · 01:17

Video Regione Siciliana

Sicily · 01:17

Video Regione Siciliana

Sicily · 01:17

Video Regione Siciliana

Sicily · 01:17

Video Regione Siciliana

Sicily · 01:17

Video Regione Siciliana

Castello Utveggio on Monte Pellegrino, above Palermo 03:51 · no sound

The castle on Monte Pellegrino

Video Regione Siciliana

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

All of South Tyrol

South Tyrol · 02:00

Video IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige

Italy, theme by theme.

Agriculture

Vines, wheat, olive trees and pastures: in Italy the landscape is almost always farmed. It begins in the Sicilian hinterland, among prickly pears and wheat.

All of agriculture

Art

Temples still standing among the olive trees, mosaics beneath the floors of a villa, the baroque of the squares: it begins in Sicily, where twenty-five centuries stand face to face.

All of art

Food

Above all, the work of hands: kneading bread, hanging cheeses to age, filling the window of a pastry shop. It begins in Sicily, from the Nebrodi to frutta martorana.

All of food

Culture

The lecture halls and laboratories of a university, the streets of a village that returns to the Middle Ages for three days, eighty years of Italian life in the negatives of the Riccardi Archive: three ways of handing down, side by side.

All of culture

The landscapes of Italy

Coasts, villages and mountains worth the journey on their own: from Sperlonga on the Tyrrhenian to the four seasons of South Tyrol, to the sea of Sicily and Etna.

All the landscapes

Research

Diseases that affect a few thousand people in the whole country, too few for the market to take them on: for more than thirty years a foundation has funded the laboratories that study them, and lets the children say what living with one is like.

All of research

Sustainability

In Italy the circular economy has a history older than the phrase: a consortium that for decades has collected used lubricating oil across the country and regenerated it, instead of burning it.

All of sustainability

Sport

Sunday football, the stage race that crosses the regions in May, sailing, skiing: sport in Italy is a shared language, and it has its own newspapers too, read every morning at the bar.

All of sport

UNESCO heritage

Sixty-two sites on the World Heritage List, from the rock drawings of Valcamonica to the shared-ownership theatres of central Italy, and twenty elements of intangible heritage, from the Opera dei Pupi to Italian cuisine.

All of UNESCO heritage

Postcards from Italy.

High meadowsAbruzzo
Hills below the snowy peaksAbruzzo
The heart-shaped lakeLake Scanno · Abruzzo
The façade of CollemaggioL'Aquila · Abruzzo
The Sassi under the cloudsMatera · Basilicata
Matera from a caveMatera · Basilicata
The Sassi at duskMatera · Basilicata
The Sassi of MateraMatera · Basilicata
Tufa houses in the Sasso CaveosoMatera · Basilicata
Matera by night, through an archMatera · Basilicata
The Sassi under the lightsMatera · Basilicata
A turquoise coveCalabria
A terrace over the gulfAmalfi Coast · Campania
The beach at PositanoPositano · Campania
A table in PositanoPositano · Campania
Vesuvius across the bayNaples · Campania
Positano from abovePositano · Campania
Pompeii and VesuviusPompeii · Campania
The Cloister of ParadiseAmalfi · Campania
The altar of Saint AndrewAmalfi · Campania
The façade of Amalfi CathedralAmalfi · Campania
A villa among cypressesEmilia-Romagna
The Two TowersBologna · Emilia-Romagna
Under the porticoesBologna · Emilia-Romagna

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

All of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Miramare CastleTrieste · Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Trieste's Grand CanalTrieste · Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Molo Audace at sunsetTrieste · Friuli-Venezia Giulia
The village on the headlandSperlonga · Lazio
The blue vaultSperlonga · Lazio
The alley of the shipsSperlonga · Lazio
The arch over the seaSperlonga · Lazio
The eye of the shipSperlonga · Lazio
PolyphemusThe path of Ulysses · Sperlonga
PenelopeThe path of Ulysses · Sperlonga
Ulysses and the bowThe path of Ulysses · Sperlonga
The Colosseum at duskRome · Lazio
The Arch of TitusRome · Lazio
The Forum, beneath the archRome · Lazio
The arches of the ColosseumRome · Lazio
The arena of the ColosseumRome · Lazio
St Peter's by nightRome · Lazio
Sunset over RomeRome · Lazio
The Colosseum under snowRome · Lazio
The Circus Maximus in whiteRome · Lazio
St Peter's across the TiberRome · Lazio
Calcata on its cragCalcata · Lazio
Civita at dawnCivita di Bagnoregio · Lazio
Sunset over the TyrrhenianLazio
The Trevi FountainRome · Lazio
The Colosseum from the new stationRome · Lazio
The azaleas of the Spanish StepsRome · Lazio
Lake AlbanoCastel Gandolfo · Lazio
The Apostolic PalaceCastel Gandolfo · Lazio
Porta Metronia stationRome · Lazio
A Metro C concourseRome · Lazio
A stairway on Metro CRome · Lazio
RiomaggioreCinque Terre · Liguria
The fountain in Piazza De FerrariGenoa · Liguria
PortofinoPortofino · Liguria
St Peter's at PortovenerePortovenere · Liguria
The Duomo reflectedMilan · Lombardy
A garden on the lakeLake Como · Lombardy
The lakefront at TremezzoTremezzo · Lombardy
The Conero above the seaConero Riviera · Marche
The Ducal PalaceUrbino · Marche
The temple in the caveValadier Temple · Marche
Umbrellas on the AdriaticMolise
A village among the rocksMolise
The Mole and the AlpsTurin · Piedmont
Hills of vinesPiedmont
Via Roma at sunsetTurin · Piedmont
The trulliAlberobello · Apulia
Lama Monachile by nightPolignano a Mare · Apulia
The white cityOstuni · Apulia
A lane among the trulliAlberobello · Apulia
The trulli from the belvedereAlberobello · Apulia
Lama MonachilePolignano a Mare · Apulia
A white stairwayApulia
A cove among the graniteSardinia
The blue of SardiniaSardinia
Granite islandsSardinia
The coast from the skySardinia
Sails at anchorSardinia
Palermo CathedralPalermo · Sicily
The Scala dei TurchiScala dei Turchi · Sicily
Rabbit BeachLampedusa · Sicily
The tonnara of ScopelloScopello · Sicily
Santa Maria del FioreFlorence · Tuscany
Florence from the hillFlorence · Tuscany
The Palio in Piazza del CampoSiena · Tuscany
Val d'Orcia in bloomVal d'Orcia · Tuscany
The hills from PienzaVal d'Orcia · Tuscany
A loggia over the valleyVal d'Orcia · Tuscany
At table in Val d'OrciaVal d'Orcia · Tuscany
The cypress roadCrete Senesi · Tuscany
Florence from the gardensFlorence · Tuscany
A flowering laneTuscany
The Arno from the Ponte VecchioFlorence · Tuscany
The façade of Santa CroceFlorence · Tuscany
Dante in Piazza Santa CroceFlorence · Tuscany
The cathedral portalFlorence · Tuscany
Santa Maria NovellaFlorence · Tuscany

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

All of South Tyrol
The Odle from the alpine hutVal di Funes · Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The boats of BraiesLago di Braies · Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Frozen Lake CarezzaLago di Carezza · Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The Basilica of St FrancisAssisi · Umbria
The bell tower and the clockUmbria
Rooftops on the hillUmbria
San Francesco and the valleyAssisi · Umbria
The basilica by nightAssisi · Umbria
A lane in flowerUmbria
The Palazzo dei ConsoliBevagna · Umbria
A cloister with a wellUmbria
The terrace on Mont BlancPunta Helbronner · Aosta Valley
A path beneath the spiresAosta Valley
A high mountain valleyAosta Valley
The Grand CanalVenice · Veneto
Punta della DoganaVenice · Veneto
Juliet's balconyVerona · Veneto