All Italian Villages
Authentic villages, off the beaten track. Browse the full archive and use search to jump straight to the right destination.
532 villages found
Castiglione Chiavarese
Castiglione Chiavarese sits at 271 metres above sea level in the province of Genova, its 1,586 inhabitants spread across a constellation of hamlets — or frazioni — that dot the hillsides above the Petronio valley. The comune’s territory stretches from the Ligurian ridge down toward the coast between Sestri Levante and Moneglia, covering a patchwork […]
Castiglione Messer Marino
At 1,081 metres above sea level, on the ridge separating the Trigno valley from the Sinello valley, Castiglione Messer Marino has a current population of 1,518 and retains an urban layout that clearly reveals its fortified origins. The village’s very name documents a direct link to the D’Aquino family, feudal lords who controlled its fate […]
Castilenti
At 272 metres above sea level, along the valley of the Fino torrent, Castilenti has a current population of 1,346 and occupies a stretch of hilly terrain in the province of Teramo where olive cultivation marks the landscape with orderly rows of trees and still-active oil mills. Anyone wondering what to see in Castilenti will […]
Castions di Strada
A straight road cuts across the Friulian plain at twenty-three metres above sea level, and along that route — the ancient road that connected Aquileia to Concordia Sagittaria — a settlement grew whose very name declares its reason for being. Castions di Strada owes its identity to that Roman road, to a network of drainage […]
Catania
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Catignano
Catignano has a current population of 1,227, spread across a hilly territory at 365 metres above sea level in the province of Pescara. The municipality extends along a ridge separating the Nora and Cigno valleys, two watercourses that flow into the Pescara river. Those looking for what to see in Catignano will find a rural […]
Cazzano di Tramigna
Cazzano di Tramigna has a population of 1,502 and occupies a basin at 100 metres above sea level in the Val Tramigna, a side valley that opens to the east of the Valpolicella area near Verona. The Tramigna stream — from which the village takes part of its name — crosses the municipal territory before […]
Cefalà Diana
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Celano
The Castello Piccolomini in Celano, with its four corner towers and curtain wall enclosing a perimeter of over one hundred metres, commands the Fucino plain from an altitude of 840 metres. Anyone wondering what to see in Celano will find an unequivocal starting point here: a fortress that has endured six centuries of history, earthquakes […]
Celenza sul Trigno
At 646 metres above sea level, with 781 registered residents, Celenza sul Trigno occupies a ridge separating the Trigno river valley from the Treste stream, in the province of Chieti. The village appears in medieval documents as a Norman possession, and its urban layout preserves the concentric plan typical of 12th-century fortified settlements. Anyone wondering […]