What Are Italys Famous Tourist Attractions and Activities?
The Vatican Technically this is a city-state, not an attraction within Italy, but guidebooks have been guilty of pairing them for decades with less justification than this. Enter St Peters Cathedral, considered Christianitys most magnificent Renaissance church. And get ready to queue for Michelangelos Sistine Chapel (or book ahead), though many find the maps and even frescoes on the way to the Chapel even more compelling than the main draw View photos of The Vatican, Italy Assisi Perched halfway up Mount Subasio, overlooking the town of Perugia, this walled city with a fourteenth-century fortress (Rocca Maggiore) is the birthplace of St Francis (1182), work began on his basilica in 1228, two years after his death, and if you can get past all the religious pilgrims, its one of the most enchanting towns in the country View photos of Assisi, Italy The Colosseum, Rome Long before Gladiator was made into a movie and David Beckham put on body armor for Pepsi, the Colosseum in Rome (completed
