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Polcenigo: Where the Waters of the Livenza Are Born
Crystal springs, a castle in the woods and a stone borgo at the foot of the Pre-Alps: Polcenigo is a hidden gem of western Friuli.
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Soave, where the Scaligeri castle watches over the Veneto's most elegant vineyards
Battlemented walls, medieval towers and hills of Garganega: Soave is a Veronese borgo uniting Scaligeri history and centuries of wine tradition.
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Borghetto sul Mincio, the mill village where time flows with the water
Borghetto sul Mincio, village of medieval mills and the Visconti Bridge: an enchanted waterside hamlet between Verona and Lake Garda.
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Pieve di Cadore, following the traces of Titian among the Belluno Dolomites
Pieve di Cadore, birthplace of Titian Vecellio: a Dolomite borgo with the painter's birth house, the Eyewear Museum and alpine panoramas.
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Follina, where a Cistercian abbey meets the Prosecco hills
Follina, a jewel of the Trevisan hills: a twelfth-century Cistercian abbey, historic woollen mills and the silence of the UNESCO Prosecco hills.
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Mel, the suspended borgo of the Valbelluna between Renaissance palaces and Paleovenetic memory
Mel, one of Italy's Most Beautiful Villages in the Belluno Valbelluna: a frescoed square, a Renaissance palace and a pre-Roman necropolis.
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Cison di Valmarino, an enchanted borgo among Prosecco hills and Prealps castles
Listed among Italy's Most Beautiful Villages, Cison di Valmarino is a hidden gem among the Prosecco hills, with CastelBrando and the Via dell'Acqua.
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Castles, palaces and monuments
Este, where ancient Venetic civilisation meets the Carraresi castle
At the foot of the Euganean Hills, Este holds a museum of rare importance on the Paleovenetic world and an imposing Carraresi castle amid gardens and history.
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Montagnana, the walled city with the most intact medieval walls in Europe
Two kilometres of perfectly preserved medieval walls enclose a Venetian gem of DOP prosciutto, frescoes and the Palio dei 10 Comuni.
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