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41. Ca’ Rezzonico

Museum of 18th-century VeniceDorsoduro

A Baroque palace on the Grand Canal housing the museum of 18th-century Venice, with Tiepolo ceilings, a vast ballroom and paintings by Longhi, Guardi and Canaletto.

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42. Castel dell’Ovo

Seafront castleSanta Lucia

The oldest castle in Naples, built on the islet of Megaride off the Santa Lucia waterfront, with terraces looking across the bay to Vesuvius.

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43. Castel Sant’Angelo

Castle and museumBorgo / Prati

Built as Hadrian's mausoleum in the 2nd century AD and later a papal fortress, Castel Sant'Angelo is now a national museum with sweeping rooftop views.

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44. Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology

Science and technology museumSant'Ambrogio

Italy's largest science and technology museum, in a former monastery, with Leonardo's machines as models, steam trains, ships and a submarine.

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45. Museo Nazionale del Bargello

Sculpture museumSanta Croce

Florence's national sculpture museum in a 13th-century fortress-palace, with Donatello's bronze David, early Michelangelo and the 1401 Baptistery competition panels.

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46. Castel Sant’Elmo

Fortress and modern art museumVomero

Star-shaped 16th-century fortress on the summit of the Vomero, with the city's widest panorama and a museum of 20th-century Neapolitan art.

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47. Medici Chapels

Museum and mausoleumSan Lorenzo

The Medici mausoleum at San Lorenzo, with the marble-clad Chapel of the Princes and Michelangelo's New Sacristy with its tomb sculptures.

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48. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana

Art gallery and historic libraryDuomo

Cardinal Federico Borromeo's 17th-century library and picture gallery, home to Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit and Leonardo's Codex Atlanticus.

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49. Santa Maria della Salute

Baroque basilicaDorsoduro

The domed Baroque basilica at the mouth of the Grand Canal, built by Longhena as a votive offering after the plague of 1630, with works by Titian and Tintoretto.

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50. Villa Borghese

Public parkPinciano

Rome's best-known landscaped park covers about 80 hectares above Piazza del Popolo, with the Pincio terrace, a boating lake and several museums.

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