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Text © 2013 by Rick Steves.

Maps © 2013 Europe Through the Back Door. All rights reserved.

First printing August 2013

Photos are used by permission and are the property of the original copyright owners.

e-ISBN: 978-1-61238-656-0

ISSN: 1538-1609

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Front Cover Photo: Palazzo Comunale Courtyard in Siena, Italian Architecture © Giorgio Magini/Getty Images

Front Matter Color Photos: p.i, View of Florence © Rick Steves; TOC p. ii-iii, © Rick Steves, Robyn Cronin, Dominic Bonuccelli; p. xii, Siena Duomo © Michael Potter

Front Color Montage: pp. x-xi © Cameron Hewitt, ETBD

Additional Photography: Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw, David C. Hoerlein, Laura VanDeventer, Cameron Hewitt, Dominic Bonuccelli, Ben Cameron, Robyn Cronin, Bruce VanDeventer, Jennifer Hauseman, Mary Carlson, Michael Potter, Wikimedia Commons

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