The Best Landmarks in Italy

Squares

Piazza del Campo in Siena is a shell-shaped medieval square paved in red brick, edged by the Palazzo Pubblico and Torre del Mangia. Prato della Valle in Padua has a canal around a central island and 78 statues of professors and artists, and Piazza Unità d'Italia in Trieste opens onto the Gulf of Trieste. St Mark's Square in Venice is framed by the Doge's Palace, the Campanile and the arcades of the Procuratie, and Piazza della Signoria in Florence has statues including a replica of Michelangelo's David. Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa holds the Leaning Tower, the Cathedral, the Baptistery and the Camposanto, and Piazza delle Erbe in Verona is lined with palaces, towers and cafés.

Rome, Palermo and Milan

The Vittoriano in Rome is a white marble monument in Piazza Venezia that honours King Victor Emmanuel II, and visitors climb to its terraces for views of the Forum and the Colosseum. The Trevi Fountain is a monument in central Rome, where visitors look at the sculptures and the water. Teatro Massimo, the largest opera house in Italy, stands on Piazza Verdi in Palermo, and visitors join a guided tour of the hall and boxes. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan is a glass-roofed arcade built from 1865 to 1877 to a design by Giuseppe Mengoni, with boutiques and cafés under the dome and a mosaic bull on the floor.