Italy, land of treasures and delights

With a total of 54 sites, Italy holds the record number of UNESCO World Heritage sites. An invaluable number of treasures spread across the entire territory: no less than a hundred archaeological sites and nearly 3,000 museums! From the Etruscans to ancient Rome, through the artistic genius of the Renaissance, visitors can only marvel at the astonishing richness of this glorious past, which for a long time, and still today, has managed to adorn itself with universal radiance. Among the greatest artists, many are Italian: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Donatello, Giorgione, Caracci, Caravaggio, Canova... all these sculptors, painters, and architects directly influenced their era and left behind works of rarely matched splendor. From a literary point of view, Dante or Machiavelli produced universal writings, taught and studied all over the world. More recently, brilliant writers such as Italo Calvino, Dino Buzzati or Umberto Eco have thrilled millions of readers. Elena Ferrante's saga, *My Brilliant Friend*, has recently enjoyed worldwide success. And in another genre, Roberto Saviano became famous for depicting mafia circles in his investigative novel *Gomorrah. In the Empire of the Camorra*. And then how can we not mention the seventh art? Fellini, Rossellini, De Sica, Pasolini, or more recently Nanni Moretti, Bertolucci and Roberto Benigni... all these masters belong to a long cinematographic tradition. Remember the glorious era of Cinecittà when this "Hollywood on the Tiber" rivaled the American giant.