ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

DK Travel would like to thank the following people whose help and assistance contributed to the preparation of this book

Karissa Adams, Adam Brackenbury, Elizabeth Byrne, James Davis, Sarah Dennis, Matt Dobbin, Bridget Fuller, Pauline Giacomelli-Harris, Meryl Halls, George Hamilton-Jones, Catherine Hetherington, Debbie James, Tom Morse, Chris Rushby, Mike Sansbury

Cartographic Data Lovell Johns Ltd

PICTURE CREDITS

The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs:

Key: a-above; b-below/bottom; c-centre; f-far; l-left; r-right; t-top

10 Corso Como: 146tl.

123RF.com: Boris Breytman 307t; gonewiththewind 138-9b, 140bl; Yulia Grogoryeva 66tl; itsajoop 328tc; Olena Kachmar 397b; manjik 288t; marcovarro 339br; Valerio Mei 29cl, 324b; Yana Menshchikova 274cra; mikolaj64 473tr; Christian Mueller 336cl; Luca Pescucci 341cl; alex postovski 339tr; Davide Ferdinando Precone 193tl; Roman Smirnov 126tl; Ekaterina Spirina 486tr; Vaclav Volrab 137bl.

4Corners: Marco Arduino 6-7b; Matteo Carassale 341tr; SIME / Paolo Giocoso 504br.

500px: David Juan 14-5b; Carlo Murenu 447bl, 526-7; Gabi Rusu 250bl.

Alamy Stock Photo: AF archive 275tl age fotostock 66-7b, 365br; AGF Srl 150br, 152-3t, 188-9t, 430bc; Ambrosiniv 347c; Artexplorer 339cl; avphotosales / Lorenzo Quinn Support 2017 Venice Biennale 35tr; Awakening / Simone Padovani 64-5b; Azoor Photo 305tl; Bailey-Cooper Photography 13br; Stuart Black 13tHolger Burmeister 232b; Giuseppe Cammino 235tr; Nattee Chalermtiragool 276t; Loetscher Chlaus 172crb; Chromorange / Lynne Otter 109cr; Classic Image 42bc, 242cl; Sorin Colac 346t; Davide D’Amico 521b; Luis Dafos 259bc; Ian Dagnall 348-9, 349cra; massimo danza 234tl; De Agostini / M. Leigheb 518br; Martin A. Doe 515cb; saturno dona’ 336cr; Adam Eastland 281tr, 290bl; FC_Italy 109cra; Paul Fearn 85tr; Kirk Fisher 347crb; Florilegius 45bc; Nicola Forenza 273; Funky Stock - Paul Williams 381t; Jeff Gilbert 160bl; GL Archive 258cb; Susana Guzman 277br; Dennis Hallinan 294tl; Andrew Hasson 354t; Gary Hebding Jr. 291t; Hemis 152br, 237t, 340-1b, 430tc, / Jean-Pierre Degas 19cla, / Francis Leroy 456t, / Jacques Sierpinski 518crb; John Heseltine 41bl; Peter Horree 289clb; Jiri Hubatka 179tl, 179br; imageBROKER 20-1b, 186tl, 259bl, 447t, 500-1, / Katja Kreder 530b; Interfoto 43bc; Alexander Karelin 272cla; John Kellerman 272cl, 343ca; Kiefer 352br; Art Kowalsky 351tr; Raimund Kutter 328bl; Lanmas 260clb; Lifestyle pictures 242clb; ; Angelo Fausto Lo Buglio 188bl; Luca Antonio Lorenzelli 141t; Lphoto 351cr; Cedric Maes 453tc; angel manzano 435tr; Marka 147br, 452-3b; Stefano Politi Markovina 134bc; Martin Thomas Photography 114; mauritius images GmbH 289fcrb; Valerio Mei 18cla, 236b; Andrew Michael 295; Mikel Bilbao Gorostiaga- Travels 288br; Hercules Milas 81tr, 86-7t, 230br; Julian Money-Kyrle 520t; muART 40br; MuseoPics - Paul Williams 342crb, 499br; National Geographic Creative 405; Olivia Nitaji 161t; North Wind Picture Archives 45cr; B.O’Kane 75cr; Pacific Press/ Leo Claudio De Petris 235br; Panther Media GmbH 20tl; Photononstop 483cr; PhotoStock-Israel 34tl; J. Pie 244cra; Prisma Archivo 72fcrb; QEDimages 136tl; Andrea Raffin 148crb; M Ramírez 315cr; Realy Easy Star / Luca Scamporlino 15t, / Toni Spagone 518cr; REDA &CO srl 36-7t, 157c; John Rees 248clb; robertharding 233cb, 304clb; Giorgio Rossi 68-9t; Alexandre Rotenberg 147cl; Sagaphoto.com / Stephane Gautier 232cra; marco scataglini 360br; Scenics & Science 111tl; Peter Scholey 515ca; Andrea Spinelli 40cl; Marina Spironetti 21tr; Wojciech Stróżyk 385; Krystyna Szulecka 248br; TravelCollection 237bl; Travelwide 14t; Trigger Image 25br; Viennaslide 81br; WaterFrame 518cra; WENN UK 154bl; World History Archive 236tr.

Armani/Silos Museum/Giorgio Armani: Davide Lovatti 159bl.

AWL Images: Marco Bottigelli 219t, 320-1; ClickAlps 371tl, 445t, 462-3; Matteo Colombo 2-3, 39clb; Christian Handl 308t; Francesco Iacobelli 221t, 414-5, 446t, 490-1; Maurizio Rellini 4, 48-9, 258t; Mark Sykes 336br.

Bridgeman Images: Basilica San Francesco, Arezzo / Piero della Francesca The Verification of the True Cross, The Victory of Heraclius and the Execution of Chosroes in 628 AD (c.1415-92) 384bc; Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe, Rome, Italy / De Agostini Picture Library / A. Dagli Orti 258clb.

Cortina Adrenalin Center: 133crb.

Depositphotos Inc: Bertl123 94t; borisb17 305cra; diabolique04 408tl; Ody1988 109tr; scorton 220cb, 400-1; scrisman 212t; siculodoc 116br; tan4ikk 304b.

Dorling Kindersley: Nigel Hicks 327tr; Mockford and Bonetti 280b, / MAXXI 316t.

Dreamstime.com: Adrea 522-3t; Akulamatiau 209b; Alfiofer 455br; Alkan2011 30-1t; Amoklv 470t; Giuseppe Anello 523br; Antonel 67br; Piotr Antonów 41tl; Anyaivanova 81tl, 317b; Stefano Armaroli 433tr; Roberto Atzeni 21br; Kushnirov Avraham 166br; Frank Bach 43tl; Andrea Bacuzzi 40bl; Claudio Balducelli 41cl; Barmalini 331tr; Bbeckphoto 25c; Gordon Bell 363; Yulia Belousova 467b; Alexey Belyaev 290tr; Benkrut 310bl; Alexander Bezmolitvennyy 15cr; Blitzkoenig 357bl, 381br, 515cr; Bographics 468clb; Boris Breytman 252bl; Theodor Bunica 309br; Callistemon3 41br; Duncan Campbell 407cla; Marco Dal Canto 398b; Francesco Carniani 191cra; Stefano Carocci 311tl; Adriano Castelli 41cra; Ana Del Castillo 110bl; Joaquin Ossorio Castillo 171tl; Ekaterina Chernenko 68br; Christophefaugere 101tl; Claudiodivizia 151tl, 191tr; Mike Clegg 99t; Sorin Colac 307bc; Claudio Giovanni Colombo 394b; Andrea Comari 50-51; Copora 62cr; Cosmin - Constantin Sava 22-3t; Alessandro Cristiano 191cr, 197cra; Daliu80 246-7tl, 389t; Dogofg 147tr; Dennis Dolken 234-5b; Dreamfotografs 37crb; Eddygaleotti 513bl; Emicristea 74-5b, 279bl, 296-7b; Enzodebe 115cl, 422cla; Ermess 390tl, 409bl, 410-1b, 412t, 437b; F11photo 62t; Fedecandoniphoto 233t; Prochasson Frederic 226c, 238-9; Freesurf69 31cla; Filip Fuxa 386-7t; Giovanni Gagliardi 498t; Veronika Galkina 355b; Markus Gann 418-9t; Gianluigibec 467cl, 532-3b; Ruslan Gilmanshin 242cla; Giorgiobonalumi 174t; Giuseppemasci 436tl, 481tr; Viktor Gladkov 161bc; Rostislav Glinsky 198b; Golasza 489t; GoneWithTheWind 31crb, 487b; Kaspars Grinvalds 67cl; Marco Guidi 388bl; Sven Hansche 112t; Eliane Haykal 87br; Francesco Riccardo Iacomino 8cl; Ilongplay 392bl; Inavanhateren 133cla; Gabriela Insuratelu 474bl; Iryna1 374t; Mihail Ivanov 98b; Ivansmuk 120bl; Wieslaw Jarek 112bc, 298br; Javarman 94bl; Jorisvo 431clb; Thomas Jurkowski 154-155; Kasto80 127crb, 191br; Sergii Kolesnyk 12-3b, 356t; Nikolai Korzhov 134t; Krivinis 512t; Lachris77 40tr; Laudibi 457r; Ethan Le 19tr; Lejoch 391tr; Leochen66 410tc; Lindom 98tr; Markos Loizou 186-7b; Loren Image 135tc; Luca Lorenzelli 32-3t, 140tc, 194t, 195tr; Luxerendering 306b; Mirko Macari 191crb; Madrabothair 370tr; Roberto Maggioni 195br; Marcorubino 517br; Marinv 254tc, 254-5; Alberto Masnovo 28-8b; Ewa Mazur 138tl; Aliaksandr Mazurkevich 8clb; Antony Mcaulay 242c; Mfron 522bl; Giulio Mignani 38-9b; Milacroft 511tr; Hercules Milas 75bl; Minnystock 70b, 176-177b, 213b, 370-1c, 404cra, 432t; Martin Molcan 372-3t, 524bl, 530-1t; Luciano Mortula 30-1b; Sergey Mostovoy 172-3t; Roland Nagy 82-3t; Nejron 260crb; Neneo 32tc, 47br; Corina Daniela Obertas 384cra; Andrey Omelyanchuk 77t, 77cra, 244-5b; Dmitry Ometsinsky 92tl; Michelangelo Oprandi 38tl; Anna Pakutina 376cra; Ralph Paprzycki 109tl; Pavlinec 519tr; Roberto Pecci 533tl; Valery Pechinsky 13cr; William Perry 72crb, 247tr, 286bl; Perseomedusa 193br; Sergey Peterman 39br; Photogolfer 22bl, 289bl, 292-3, 456bl; Enrico Della Pietra 318, 466bl, 468cra, 496-7t; Beatrice Preve 158t; Progosu81 483tr; Dzianis Rabtsevich 466-7t; Rigmanyi 382t; M. Rohana 375br; Valerio Rosati 264bl, 319br; Rosshelen 221bl, 424-5; Rudi1976 55t, 102-3, 420-1t; Rusel1981 252t; Marco Saracco 166-7t, 190-1t, 407t; Sborisov 372bl; Scaliger 39tr, 78-9b, 84b, 93cl, 93b, 148bl, 150-1t, 251tl, 308br, 458-9b; Schlenger86 132b; Uta Scholl 65cl; Jozef Sedmak 65br, 81cr, 97t, 253br, 278bc; Olena Serditova 108t; Sikeyplus 189cr; Serghei Starus 169br; Cellai Stefano 40cr, 41tr; Stefanocar75 198tc; Stevanzz 377, 391b, 393tr, 399t; Kanokrat Tawokhat 452cra; Tcantlon 471bl; Theripper 483cra; Thevirex 525t; Timedreamer 338-9b, 353tl; Tomas1111 8-9b; Anibal Trejo 347br; Lev Tsimbler 276crb; Tupungato 262tl; Mirco Vacca 32bl; Gian Marco Valente 434bl; Stefano Valeri 299t, 330tl; Vdvtut 266bc; Alvaro German Vilela 461br; Mirko Vitali 187tr; Volodymyr Vyshnivetskyy 378t; Wallaceweeks 350-1; Hilda Weges 62cl; Xantana 196-7b, 211t; Xbrchx 168t; Catalina Zaharescu Tiensuu 233cl; Natalia Zakharova 111tr; Andreas Zerndl 504t, 508; Znm 291cr; Zoom-zoom 17tr.

Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia: 70clb, 79tr, / Palazzo Ducale - Sala dell’Anticollegio / Paolo Caliari detto il Veronese Il ratto di Europa (1576 – 1580) 78cla.

Getty Images: AFP / Marco Bertorello 35br, / Vincenzo Pinto 235cl, / Alberto Pizzoli 47tr, 344bl; AGF 206-7b; Alinari Archives 315tc; Ayhan Altun 365tl; alxpin 431bl; Jon Arnold 64tl; Rob Atkins 44tl; Atlantide Phototravel 71cra, / Igor Mitoraj © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018 Ikaro crashed 514-5; Andrew Bain 483crb; Salvator Barki 429bc; Lutz Bongarts 47bl; Marco Bottigelli 54c, 56cb, 58-9, 162-3; Thekla Clark 338tl; Corbis / Stefano Montesi 314-5b, / Steve Schapiro 37cla; Pietro D’aprano 236cla; Luis Davilla 445bl, 476-7; De Agostini 21cl, 72cb, / Biblioteca Ambrosiana 260bc, / G. Cigolini 439br, / G. Dagli Orti 510br, / G. Nimatallah 23cla, 520bl, / L. Romano 488bl, / V. Pirozzi 315clb; Sofie Delauw 26-7t; Dosfotos 242bl; Norbert Eisele-Hein 133tr; EyeEm /Jerry Hoekstra 515br, / Devis Marchetto 516tr, /Antonio Sangermano 428t; EyesWideOpen 34-5b; Fine Art 345br; Mark Harris 23b; Heritage Images 45tr, 297tc, Fine Art Images 153cr; Francesco Riccardo Iacomino 440-1; Italian School 44bc; Jumping Rocks 299bl; Omar Kamel 484-5t; Dmitri Kessel 289crb; Keystone-France 46br, 47cra; Leemage 159tc, / Photo Josse 46-7t; Brian LoPiccolo 274-5b; Mondadori Portfolio 95br, 151br, 345cr; Flavia Morlachetti 340tl; Popperfoto / Bob Thomas 46bl; Andrea Pucci 326tl; Vittoriano Rastelli 293br; REDA&CO 106crb; Maurice Rougemont 341br; Slow Images 230cl; Ekaterina Smirnova 88bc; soblue.weina@gmail.com 344-5t; Sylvain Sonnet 69cla; Laszlo Szirtesi 261; ullstein bild Dtl. 46tl, 453cra; Universal Images Group Editorial 72clb, 294br; Guy Vanderelst 518tr; Eric Vandeville 248cr; Venturelli 35cl; Elisabetta A. Villa 37tr; Tim E White 237c; Gary Yeowell 219bl, 332-3cl.

Glass Hostaria: Giovanna Di Lisciandro 244tl.

iStockphoto.com: agustavop 73; aizram18 331br; AlexPro9500 26tl; Alfaproxima 124b; alle12 184crb; Alphotographic 72cra; ArtMarie 444c, 448-9, 455t; bdsklo 207tr; belenox 230t; benedek 266-7t; bennymarty 218c, 222-3; binabina 171cla; bluejayphoto 28tl, 116t; boggy22 43cla; borchee 342-3t; Francesco Cantone 263br; chang 12clb; Charles03 178b; ChiccoDodiFC 125tr; Creativaimage 29tr; dade80 419tr; deimagine 148br; edella 469; Ekspansio 395tr; ermess 494-5t; eugenesergeev 33b; EunikaSopotnicka 480t; Eva-Katalin 534-5; Fabrizio_Esposito 26cra; fazon1 227bl, 268-9; Flory 43br; FooTToo 438-9t; frankix 383t; gaffera 397cr; gameover2012 127b; Javier GarcÃa Blanco 62br; Garsya 204-5t; georgeclerk 12ca, 287cla; Giacomomo 122-3b; Gim42 14clb; GitoTrevisan 106t, 120-1t; Givaga 89b; holgs 18tl; InnaFelker 371tr; ipag 56tl, 142-3; Jag_cz 370tl; KavalenkavaVolha 259clb; kenex 539tl; Uğur Keskin 17cla; Kisa_Markiza 187br; Anna Kolesnikova 536bl; kurmyshov 244cr; Ladiras 175br; lillisphotography 275cr; lkonya 16-7t; Mableen 184t; mammuth 118-9b; MatteoCozzi 460; Maudib 220tl, 366-7; mikolajn 472t, 475t; mrtom-uk 29br; NAPA74 18-9t; narvikk 25tr; Nastasic 277bc; nejdetduzen 260cla; nicolamargaret 16-7cra; NiseriN 214-5; oreundici 187cl; pabloborca 276bl; peeterv 506b; piola666 40tl, 327b; QQ7 57bl, 200-201; Remedios 55bl, 128-129; repistu 360-1t; rez-art 27crb; ribeiroantonio 24tl; RolfSt 119cr; RomanBabakin 18-9cra; ROMAOSLO 228cb, 248cra, 278t, 300-1, 506-7t; RossHelen 16tl, 26b; sandrixroma 265tr; Marco Saracco 199t; SerrNovik 336t; Shaiith 396t; sphraner 123tr; spooh 325tr; StevanZZ 208t; TatyanaGl 287cr; tomazl 15br; TommasoT 106bl; TommL 146-7b; treeffe 422-3b; tunart 72cl; ultramarinfoto 132-3t; undefined undefined 27cl; ValerioMei 482-3b; ventdusud 24-5b, 148-9; WEKWEK 246br; Wicki58 106cr; Waler Zerla 406b; Zolga_F 67tr; zorazhuang 243t; ZU_09 277clb, 287tc.

Museo MADRE, Naples: 454bl.

Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan: /Walter Gumiero 156br; / Piero del Pollaiolo Portrait of a Young Woman 156tl.

Museo Teatrale alla Scala: 157t.

Picfair.com: Turzo Almerindo 494bc.

Rex by Shutterstock: Kobal / Merchant Ivory / Goldcrest 36bl.

Robert Harding Picture Library: Neale Clark 228tl, 282-3; Marco Cristofori 229, 312-3; Christian Goupi 468br; Ben Pipe 65tr; Ingolf Pompe 184cl, 184cr; Matthew Williams-Ellis 509cla, 510-1t; Walter Zerla 57t, 180-1.

Photo Scala, Florence: DeAgostini Picture Library 155cr; courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali e del Turismo 384cl, 384clb, 384cb, 384bl; Mauro Ranzani 155clb, 171br.

SuperStock: 4X5 Collection 115cb, 115br; age footstock / Marco Brivio 90cl, 171cra, ; Funkystockk 230cr, 452bl, / Phil Robinson 42bl, / Ivan Vdovin 192bl; AGF photo / Smith Mark Edward 90-1b; The Art Archive 46cr; Peter Barritt 88tr; ClickAlps / Mauritius 497br; DeAgostini 42t, 43tr, 45cra, 349br; Hemis / Bertrand Rieger 210bl; Iberfoto 44-5t, 45br; imageBROKER / Barbara Boensch 379bl, / Christian Handl 484bl, / Raimund Kutter 329t, / Michael Nitzschke 358-9b; Prisma / van der Meer Rene 399br; Quint & Lox Limited 44br.

Front flap: 500px: Carlo Murenu cra; AWL Images:
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