In Campania, the second most populated region of Italy, the Regional Park of Partenio occupies 15 acres and features the Partenio Mountains. Walking trails give views of the Mediterranean and Apennines. This park provides habitat for badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, yellow-necked mice, buzzards, owls and wolves. At the park's center, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Oasis "Mountagna di Sopra" of Pannarano offers spring water to drink and caves to explore.
Turin, Piedmont, site of the Winter Olympics, is Italy's fourth largest city and Italy's car capital. Turin produced 80 percent of the nation's car manufacturing, according to the Italian Government. As a tribute to the automobile industry, the Museo dell'Automobile houses an international collection of 170 cars in a exhibition hall reflecting 1960s architecture. The Fiat company, founded in 1899, has its first Fiat 500 in this showcase.
Museo dell'Automobile
Corso Unita d'Itali 40
Turin 10126 Italy
011 6599872
Fax 011 6647148
Museoauto.it
Siena's cityscape includes medieval walls that enclose this Tuscan center. Siena's plaza, the Piazza il Campo, features a brick pavement in a concave configuration with nine sections representing its Council of Nine that ruled from the 13th to 14th century, according to the Italy Guides website. The red brick building known as the Palazzo Pubblico, includes meeting rooms and a chapel. Siena's tallest tower, the bell tower known as Torre del Mangia, announced the time and council meetings. The plaza transforms into a summer festival site for Palio bareback horse races.
Lombardy's Lake Como, located one hour from Milan, features a museum that pays tribute to physicist Alessandro Volta. (Ref 5) A neo-classical building houses the museum known as Tempio Voltiano, completed in 1927, marking 100 years after Volta's death. Volta invented the first battery, the first electrochemical cell with zinc and copper electrodes. The Tempio Voltiano showcases Volta's scientific instruments and apparatus, as well as his awards and personal belongings. The Tempio Voltiano's facade appears on the 10,000 lira banknote.
Tempio Voltiano
Lungo Lario Marconi 22100
Como, Italy
Udine, the capital of the province of Udine, in Italy's northeast, hosts an annual Bianco e Nero festival in early September. This cultural event celebrates the black and white reference in Italian and international art, food and journalism. The 2010 festival program includes the black and white images of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and the film Laura (Vertigine) by Otto Preminger.
Bianco e Nero
Udine, Italy
800 016 044
