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ITALIAN TOWNS & CITIES


	ROME	National capital of Italy and the country's largest city standing on the river Tiber - known as the "Eternal City"
	FLORENCE	Capital of Tuscany standing on the River Arno 230km north-west of Rome and one of the great artistic centres of the world
	PISA	City 70km west of Florence standing on the river Arno. Famous for its bell tower reknown worldwide as "The Leaning Tower of Pisa"
	MILAN	Now Italy's leading industrial and commercial centre. During the Renaissance Milan's reputation for art, culture and politics spread throughout Europe.
	ASSISI	Hillside town 130km north of Rome, imoortalised by St Francis, patron saint of animals and founder of the Roman Catholic Church's largest monastic order - the Franciscans.
	POMPEII	Ancient ruined city 24km south-east of Naples, Pompeii was destroyed when Vesivius erupted in AD79 preserving the city until the late 18th century when excavations first began.
	VENICE	Seaport and one of the world's greatest architectural and cultural treasures, Venice is built on a group of islands in the Lagoon of Venice near the northern end of the Adriatic sea.