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Ravenna

Ravenna is a city in northeastern Italy known for eight early Christian monuments included in a UNESCO World Heritage pr...

Italy Byzantine City Roman

9.3 Excellent

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Forum of Rome

The Forum of Rome was the central public space of ancient Rome. This expansive area hosted significant civic life for ov...

Italy Urban Ancient Roman

9.1 Excellent

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Butrint

Butrint is an archaeological site in southern Albania on a peninsula beside the Vivari Channel and the Butrint lagoon. T...

City Greek Roman Albania

9.1 Excellent

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Syracuse

Syracuse is an ancient city on the southeastern coast of Sicily, founded by Greek settlers from Corinth in the eighth ce...

Italy City Greek Roman

9.1 Excellent

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Herculaneum

Herculaneum is an exceptionally well-preserved Roman town located near modern Naples, Italy. The site offers a unique wi...

Italy Urban Volcanic Roman

9.0 Excellent

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Aquileia

Aquileia was a Roman city founded in northeastern Italy in 181 BCE. Its position near the northern Adriatic made it an i...

Italy City Roman Ruins

8.9 Great

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Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana)

Hadrian’s Villa, located near Rome in Tivoli, Italy, represents the sprawling residence and retreat of Emperor Hadrian....

Italy Roman Imperial 2ND Century

8.8 Great

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Baiae

Baiae was an ancient Roman settlement and leisure resort on the Gulf of Naples in Italy, known for thermal springs, vill...

Italy Resort Roman Ruins

8.7 Great

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Paestum

Paestum is an archaeological site in Campania, southern Italy, founded by Greek settlers around 600 BCE under the name P...

Italy Greek Temples Doric

8.6 Great

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Jerash (Gerasa)

Jerash, historically known as Gerasa, is an ancient city located in northern Jordan. It is recognized as one of the best...

City Roman Imperial Jordan

8.6 Great

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Agrigento

Agrigento is an archaeological site on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy, containing the remnants of the ancient Greek...

Italy Ancient Greek Sicily

8.6 Great

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Motya

Motya was a Phoenician settlement on San Pantaleo, a small island in the Stagnone lagoon off the western coast of Sicily...

Italy City Island Phoenician

8.6 Great

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Capua

Capua was an ancient city of Campania in southern Italy, first associated with the Etruscans and later incorporated into...

Italy City Roman Etruscan

8.2 Great

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Apollonia (Illyria)

Apollonia was an ancient Greek colony in Illyria, founded in 588 BCE in what is now Albania. It later flourished as a Ro...

City Greek Roman Albania

8.1 Great

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Heraclea Lyncestis

Heraclea Lyncestis was an ancient Macedonian city near modern Bitola in North Macedonia, founded in the middle of the fo...

City Greek Roman North Macedonia

7.9 Good

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Solunto

Solunto is an ancient settlement on the northern coast of Sicily near Santa Flavia and Palermo. It began as a Phoenician...

Italy City Roman Phoenician

7.9 Good

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Megara Hyblaea

Megara Hyblaea was an ancient Greek colony on the eastern coast of Sicily, near the modern city of Augusta. Greek settle...

Italy City Greek Ruins

7.8 Good

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Roselle

Roselle is an archaeological site near Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy, preserving the remains of an ancient Etruscan settlem...

Italy City Roman Etruscan

7.7 Good

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Gela

Gela was an ancient Greek colony on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy, founded in 689 or 688 BCE by colonists traditio...

Italy City Greek Roman

7.5 Good

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Dyrrachium

Dyrrachium was an ancient city on the Adriatic coast at the site of modern Durrës in Albania. Founded as a Greek colony...

City Greek Roman Albania

6.9 Fair