Must  See  Italian  Cities

By Dion Protani
Latest update: 1 November 2021
The must see Italian cities are the ones you simply have to visit at least once in your lifetime. The ten listed here are in addition to the ten major cities which include Rome, Venice and Florence which you may already have seen or be planning to see on a future visit.

Within this group we find the most beautiful cities in Tuscany including Pisa, Siena and Lucca along with two of the most fascinating cities in the northern region of Lombardy: Mantua and Pavia. Each of the ten cities has its own set of unique sights and nowhere is that more the case than the ancient city of Matera in Basilicata, while the charms of Syracuse and Lecce in the south of Italy are exemplars of Baroque architecture oozing charm. 
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View from Torre del Mangia, Siena
Two more cities in northern Italy offer a panoply of sightseeing opportunities: Padua in the Veneto region has one of the most amazing piazzas in Italy, three famous churches, Renaissance piazzas and frescoes by Giotto in a small chapel. A short distance south of Padua we find Ravenna with its array of monuments decorated in Byzantine mosaics that represent the cities time as capital of the Roman Empire. 
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Pisa

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Leaning Tower of Pisa

Siena

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Piazza del Campo, Siena

Ravenna

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Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna

Syracuse

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Lungomare d'Ortigia, Syracuse

Padua

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Basilica di Sant'Antonio, Padua

Lecce

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Piazza del Duomo, Lecce

Mantua

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Piazza delle Erbe, Mantua

Matera

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Matera, Basilicata

Lucca

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Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, Lucca

Pavia

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Certosa di Pavia, Lombardy

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