Designations
Italian recognitions
27 designations across the catalogue
Every town in our catalogue carries at least one institutional recognition. Browse by designation to see all towns recognised under each. Smaller designations (fewer than 5 towns in the catalogue) are listed on their town pages but don't have their own collection page yet.
Tier A
Heritage & UNESCO
The cultural-canon designations — World Heritage and the historic-borghi committees.
Tier B
Outdoor & coast
Coastal, alpine, and protected-landscape recognitions.
Tier C
Product, food & slow
Product registries, slow-tourism networks, and craft traditions.
- Città dell'Olio178
- Città del Vino159
- Via Francigena53
- Comuni Virtuosi44
- Città del Tartufo35
- Città della Nocciola27
- Città della Ceramica25
- Città del Pane21
- Città del Miele18
- Città d'Arte14
- Città del Castagno12
- Infioritalia12
- Cammino di San Francesco12
- Greenways11
- Città delle Grotte10
- Cammino di San Benedetto8
- Città dei Liquori5
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Five towns to begin with
Pieve di Soligo
Province: Treviso
The market town between the Soligo and Lierza rivers in the Prosecco UNESCO zone, birthplace of the twentieth-century poet Andrea Zanzotto.
Vallefoglia
Province: Pesaro e Urbino
A 2014 merger commune at 295 meters in the Foglia valley, born from Colbordolo, birthplace of Raffaello's father, and Sant'Angelo in Lizzola.
Abano Terme
Province: Padova
Europe's oldest thermal town on the Euganean Hills' eastern slope, where 80°C bromo-iodine springs have been drawing bathers since the eighth century BC.
Bosa
Province: Oristano
A colour-washed riverside town on Sardinia's only navigable river, with a Malaspina castle on the hill and the tanneries of Sas Conzas along the Temo.
Castagnole delle Lanze
Province: Asti
An Asti hill town at 298 meters between Langhe and Monferrato, with two Baroque churches and a nineteenth-century astronomical tower.