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Italy 22 images Created 3 Aug 2014

Italy | Image - Photo Stock. High resolution gallery of images available for editorial and commercial licensing. Travel photography by Felipe Pitta.
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  • Manarola, built on a high rock 70 metres above sea level, is one of the most charming and romantic of the Cinque Terre villages in Italy. The tiny harbour features a boat ramp, picturesque multicoloured houses facing the sea and a tiny piazza with seafood restaurants. Along the main road the boats are pulled onto dry land every time the sea is rough. And although there is no real beach there, it has some of the best deep-water swimming around.
    Manarola at dusk - Cinque Terre - It...tif
  • Manarola, built on a high rock 70 metres above sea level, is one of the most charming and romantic of the Cinque Terre villages in Italy. The tiny harbour features a boat ramp, picturesque multicoloured houses facing the sea and a tiny piazza with seafood restaurants. Along the main road the boats are pulled onto dry land every time the sea is rough. And although there is no real beach there, it has some of the best deep-water swimming around.
    Manarola at sunset - Cinque Terre - ...tif
  • Vernazza has no car traffic, and remains one of the truest “fishing villages”, probably the most characteristic of the Cinque Terre and is classified as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. It was founded about 1000 A.D. and was ruled by the Republic of Genoa starting in 1276. The tiny port is surrounded by subtle colourful pastels and the charming piazza is lined with good restaurants and bars. The village is surrounded by very steeply-terraced olive groves which are said to produce among the finest olive oil in the country.
    Vernazza at dusk - Cinque Terre - It...tif
  • Riomaggiore is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when travelling north from La Spezia. The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town’s vineyards. The village has shoreline on the Mediterranean’s Gulf of Genoa, with a small beach and a wharf framed by the typical houses that have one or two-floor towers in order to use at best the place at disposal. Riomaggiore’s main street is Via Colombo, where numerous restaurants, bars and shops can be found.
    Riomaggiore at dusk - Cinque Terre -...tif
  • Teatro La Fenice (“The Phoenix”) in Venice, is one of the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre as well as those in Europe. La Fenice has faced serious fires twice in its life (1836 and 1996) but risen again as its name (Phoenix) would demand of it. Now restored to its 18th-century glory, the famous opera house boasts a jaw-dropping interior that displays a late-Empire luxury of gilt decorations, plushy extravagance and stucco.
    Teatro La Fenice - Venice - Italy.tif
  • St. Peter's Basilica is a Late Renaissance church located within Vatican City. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and remains one of the largest churches in the world.
    St Peter's Basilica Sunset - Va...tif
  • The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is located in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. Built of concrete and stone, it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. Construction began under the emperor Vespasian in 70 AD, and was completed in 80 AD under his successor and heir Titus. Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian (81–96). These three emperors are known as the Flavian dynasty, and the amphitheatre was named in Latin for its association with their family name (Flavius).
    The Colosseum - Rome - Italy.tif
  • The Roman Forum was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men.
    The Roman Forum - Rome - Italy - 01.tif
  • The Roman Forum was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men.
    The Roman Forum - Rome - Italy - 02.tif
  • The Bramante Staircase is a double helix staircase designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932 and it features granite doric columns and a herringbone paving pattern. A canopy located above provides the necessary light to illuminate the stairs. The staircase is located at the end of the museum visit and all visitors leave by this route, so you definitely don't need to worry about missing it.
    Bramante Staircase - Vatican Museum ...tif
  • The Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square), in the Oltrarno district, Florence, Italy has perhaps the best panoramic view of the city. The panorama embraces the heart of Florence from Forte Belvedere to Santa Croce, across the lungarni and the bridges crossing the Arno, including the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, the Bargello and the octagonal bell tower of the Badia Fiorentina. Beyond the view of the city itself are the hills of Settignano and Fiesole.
    A sunset in Florence from Piazzale M...tif
  • The Cathedral di Santa Maria del Fiore (in English "Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flowers") is the main church of Florence, Italy. Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.
    Florence Cathedral Sunset from Piazz...tif
  • Castle Sant'Angelo is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. The structure was once the tallest building in Rome.
    Castel Sant'Angelo - Rome - Ita...tif
  • The Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square), in the Oltrarno district, Florence, Italy has perhaps the best panoramic view of the city. The panorama embraces the heart of Florence from Forte Belvedere to Santa Croce, across the lungarni and the bridges crossing the Arno, including the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, the Bargello and the octagonal bell tower of the Badia Fiorentina. Beyond the view of the city itself are the hills of Settignano and Fiesole.
    Florence at Dusk from Piazzale Miche...tif
  • Founded by the Etruscans about 2.500 years ago, Civita is perched on top of a hill among the valleys formed by Chiaro and Torbido streams, the little town appears clinged to the edge of a cliff where it dominates the wide desolated valley made up of calanchi. This isolation is the result of a continuous erosion that makes the tufa rock becoming thinner and thinner on an unstable layer of clay and sand altered by wind and rain. In 1695 the beginning of Civita's decay was signed by a terrible earthquake which, causing serious damages to the roads and buildings, compelled many inhabitants to leave the city. The continuous sismic activities that followed in the course of the centuries, brought a long series of landslides; for this reason, Civita almost became completely desolated. Today, in fact, only a very small number of people live there who are determined to keep this little fragment of rock alive.
    Civita di Bagnoregio - Italy - 01.tif
  • Founded by the Etruscans about 2.500 years ago, Civita is perched on top of a hill among the valleys formed by Chiaro and Torbido streams, the little town appears clinged to the edge of a cliff where it dominates the wide desolated valley made up of calanchi. This isolation is the result of a continuous erosion that makes the tufa rock becoming thinner and thinner on an unstable layer of clay and sand altered by wind and rain. In 1695 the beginning of Civita's decay was signed by a terrible earthquake which, causing serious damages to the roads and buildings, compelled many inhabitants to leave the city. The continuous sismic activities that followed in the course of the centuries, brought a long series of landslides; for this reason, Civita almost became completely desolated. Today, in fact, only a very small number of people live there who are determined to keep this little fragment of rock alive.
    Civita di Bagnoregio - Italy - 01.tif
  • The Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente, is at the very center of the city and the Piazza del Duomo. It is the fifth largest cathedral in the world and the largest in the Italian state territory. The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete and it was actually Napoleon Bonaparte who was responsible for it’s completion. As he was about to be crowned king of Italy in 1805 he gave assurances that the expenses to complete the facade would be paid by the French treasurer. The facade was completed even though the promise to reimburse the costs fell through. Napoleon was crowned King of Italy in the Duomo and a statue of him sits atop one of the spires.
    Duomo Di Milano - Milan - Italy - 1.tif
  • The Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente, is at the very center of the city and the Piazza del Duomo. It is the fifth largest cathedral in the world and the largest in the Italian state territory. The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete and it was actually Napoleon Bonaparte who was responsible for it’s completion. As he was about to be crowned king of Italy in 1805 he gave assurances that the expenses to complete the facade would be paid by the French treasurer. The facade was completed even though the promise to reimburse the costs fell through. Napoleon was crowned King of Italy in the Duomo and a statue of him sits atop one of the spires.
    Duomo Di Milano - Milan - Italy - 2.tif
  • The Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente, is at the very center of the city and the Piazza del Duomo. It is the fifth largest cathedral in the world and the largest in the Italian state territory. The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete and it was actually Napoleon Bonaparte who was responsible for it’s completion. As he was about to be crowned king of Italy in 1805 he gave assurances that the expenses to complete the facade would be paid by the French treasurer. The facade was completed even though the promise to reimburse the costs fell through. Napoleon was crowned King of Italy in the Duomo and a statue of him sits atop one of the spires.
    Duomo Di Milano - Milan - Italy - 4.tif
  • The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of the world's oldest shopping malls. Housed within a four-story double arcade in central Milan,  the Galleria is named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.
    Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Mila...tif
  • The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of the world's oldest shopping malls. Housed within a four-story double arcade in central Milan,  the Galleria is named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.
    Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Mila...tif
  • The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of the world's oldest shopping malls. Housed within a four-story double arcade in central Milan,  the Galleria is named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.
    Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Mila...tif