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If you’d like to visit a town with a lot of spooky folklore associated with it then make your way to Benevento in Campania, nicknamed the ‘City of Witches!’ Book into a beautiful villa rental in Campania where you can visit Benevento and other freaky attractions with ease.

Situated on the outskirts of Mantua in Lombardy is the architectural masterpiece called Palazzo del Te! Designed in an elegant mannerist style by architect Giulio Romano for Frederico il Gonzaga in 1524, this was a lavishly built palace with certainly no expense spared!

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Palazzo del Te is so intricately decorated that after the vast shell of it was built, it took a team of fresco painters, stone carvers and plasterers a period of ten years to adorn every section of wall, floor and ceiling of it!

It was indeed a treasured jewel of artistic achievement and it is little wonder that Palazzo del Te is considered as one of the most beautiful villas in all of Italy!

If you’re holidaying near the city of Reggio Calabria in the southern Italian region of Calabria then be sure to pay a visit to the National museum of Magna Graecia. The southern regions of Italy including Sicily was once heavily colonised by Greek settlers and the area was called Magna Graecia.

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This fascinating museum details the history of this influential settlement and houses the famous Bronzi di Riace. These are full size bronze statues of Greek warriors dating between 460 and 420BC.

These beautifully sculptured statues were retrieved from a shallow sea depth of eight metres in 1972 when a man called Stefano Mariottini came upon them by accident during a scuba dive at Monasterace.

Come to the picturesque town of Venaria Reale near Turin city in Piedmont where a splendid palace began construction in 1675.

The Palace of Venaria was once the home of royalty and is counted among the vast UNESCO site encompassing the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.

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A wealthy Duke called Charles Emmanuel the Second commissioned the architect Amedeo di Castellamonte to build him a lavish palace as he needed a base from which to conduct his hunting expeditions nearby.

If you’re travelling to Turin in the Piedmont region on your next vacation of Italy you’ll certainly see the striking tall building that is the Mole Antonelliana in the city centre! The building itself is a type of monument called a mole because of its elaborate proportions and dazzling height.

Stay in a stunning luxury villa in Piedmont where you can easily commute into the city of Turin and see the masterpiece monument that is the Mole Antonelliana