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It would be impossible to describe the beauty of Cilento without mentioning Paestum, city founded by the Ancient Greeks between the 7th and 6th century B.C., and now an incredible open air museum home to some of the world’s best conserved temples.

Within minutes of the Royal Palace of Caserta, the ancient village of San Leucio is where Ferdinand IV created his Imperial Silk Factory and sowed the seeds for an industrial and social revolution.

The sublime art of Antonio Canova, in the gallery and museum house located in the sculptor’s home town of Possagno.

A trip to the province of Imperia and the historic center of Triora, visiting the museum where the secrets of the town’s sinister past are revealed.

The life of Jesus, from his birth to resurrection, is told by way of an incredible series of statues and frescoed chapels on the Sacred Mountain of Varallo.

The National Museum of 21st Century Arts in the Flaminio district and the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Nomentano district: two absolute unmissables for lovers of Rome and contemporary art.

The old and new merge within the walls of Rivoli Castle, an historic 18th century palace left incomplete at the onset of the Napoleonic wars, now home to Piedmont’s most fascinating contemporary art museum.

Sardinia, an island famous for its crystal clear sea and magnificent beaches, is home to some of the world’s most important archeological museums, including Laconi’s museum of the Menhir statues .

The powerful works of Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, one of the 20th century’s most fiercely contested and admired artists, are finally awarded a worthy location: Capri’s stunning Charterhouse of San Giacomo.

Home to a priceless collection of jewels (which some have compared to that of the Russian Tsars), the Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro is the perfect illustration of the Neapolitans’ devotion to their Patron Saint.