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  2. Hilltowns in Italy - Wikipedia

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    In the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, even some of the smallest and most remote hill towns were adorned with churches housing works of art and impressive noble residences. Italy's hill towns have been studied for the communities that inhabited them, as repositories of Medieval and Renaissance art, and for their architecture. The construction ...

  3. Italy in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The history of Italy in the Middle Ages can be roughly defined as the time between the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Late antiquity in Italy lingered on into the 7th century under the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty, the Byzantine Papacy until the mid 8th century.

  4. Pacentro - Wikipedia

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    Pacentro is a comune of 1,279 inhabitants of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is a well-preserved historic medieval village located in central Italy, several kilometers from the City of Sulmona about 170 kilometres (110 mi) east of Rome. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). [3]

  5. 5 Stunning Italian Villages Where You Can Buy a House for $1

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    Several parts of Italy with dwindling populations have sold 1-euro homes, but these five areas of Sicily, Tuscany, and Piedmont, as well as villages on the outskirts of Rome, have become known for ...

  6. Barga, Tuscany - Wikipedia

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    Barga is a medieval town and comune of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10,000 people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" (mid valley) of the Serchio River. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). [4]

  7. Lucignano - Wikipedia

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    Known as the "pearl of Valdichiana", [4] Lucignano is a remarkably conserved medieval walled hill-top village (400 meters above sea level), elliptical in shape. Its altitude and strategic position on the road between Siena and Arezzo meant that between 1200 and 1500 it was continually the subject of battles between these cities, involving also ...

  8. List of castles in Italy - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of castles in Italy by location. Abruzzo. Forte Spagnolo, ... In Sicily there are 350 medieval castles and hundreds of other historical periods.

  9. Rocca (fortification) - Wikipedia

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    The Rocca of Cetona (province of Siena) dominates its village. A rocca (lit. ' rock ') is a type of Italian fortified stronghold or fortress, typically located on a hilltop, beneath or on which the inhabitants of a historically clustered village or town might take refuge at times of trouble. Generally under its owners' patronage, the settlement ...