Unesco sites in Italy by region
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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN ITALY
With forty properties, Italy has more inscribed on the World Heritage List than any other country. The historical centers of
Florence, Rome, Pienza and Naples are all on the List. Italy also contributes to a number of heritage-related projects in Afghanistan
and Iraq. Italy's interest in heritage is also reflected in its UNESCO Chairs. Of the six Chairs in the country, two concern cultural
heritage: the Chair in Peace, Cultural Development and Cultural Policies (established at the Jacques Maritain Institute in 1999) and
the Chair in Management of the Cultural Heritage in the Balkan and Danubian region (established at the University of Trieste in
2000). And in November 2005, the A Tenore song, which developed within the pastoral culture of Sardinia, was proclaimed a
Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. A Tenore is a very specific form of guttural polyphonic singing
performed by a group of four men. Italy joined UNESCO on January 27, 1948.
INDEX
Lombardia Piemonte
Trentino A.A. Friuli Venezia Giulia
Veneto Liguria
Emilia Romagna Marche
Toscana Umbria
Lazio Campania
Basilicata Puglia
Sicilia Sardegna
Intangible heritage
LOMBARDIA Top
Valcamonica- Rock Drawings
Date of Inscription: 1979 Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain, has one of the world's greatest collections
of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in the rock over a period of 8,000 years
and depicting themes connected with agriculture, navigation, war and magic.
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Unesco sites in Italy by region
Milan-Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The
Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
Date of Inscription: 1980 The refectory of the Convent
of Santa Maria delle Grazie forms an integral part of this
architectural complex, begun in Milan in 1463 and reworked
at the end of the 15th century by Bramante. On the north
wal