Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites to date with 44 sites inscribed on the list. On Wikipedia you will find a complete list of the sites.
The following estates near Venice lie close to a large number of Unesco World Heritage Sites:
- La Montecchia, with houses for two to 6 people and an extraordinarily beautiful Villa sleeping 12
- Frassanelle, with houses and apartments sleeping 2 to 14
Following are the sites you can visit in easy half or full day trips from there:
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Villa Rotonda, designed by Palladio
- Botanical Garden Padua
- Ferrara
- Venice
- Verona
- Vicenza
and last but not least - the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
By the way Italy is UNESCO’s most notable donor in terms of voluntary contributions. In 2007, Italy donated over USD 56 million on an extrabudgetary basis to UNESCO
Read more on the Unesco website
Corzano e Paterno
Italy Tutto
Lospicchio
Memorie di Angelina
Truffle Pig
I don’t think I’ve seen this described in such an informative way before. You actually have cleared this up for me. Thanks!
Written by c.l.oudbright | 09/04/2010 @ 23:12