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. ..a work of dedication and a lengthy labor of love... --The Times Higher Education Supplement<br> The work is aimed at nonexperts but is also intended as a comprehensive gazetteer...recommended for major Italy enthusiasts... --Library Journal<br>. ..what was undoubtedly a labor of love is also an extremely valuable compendium... --Philip G. Swan, American Reference Books Annual<br> A throughly detailed survey of the aesthetically and historically notable works of mankind--buildings, works of art, archaeological remains--in Western civilization's Italian treasure house. For all its size, this work is wonderfully unpretentious, written in the plainest most straightforward style. It is an extraordinary achievement. -- Lord Quinton, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and former President of Trinity College, Oxford <br>

.,. a work of dedication and a lengthy labor of love... --The Times Higher Education Supplement<br> The work is aimed at nonexperts but is also intended as a comprehensive gazetteer...recommended for major Italy enthusiasts... --Library Journal<br>.,. what was undoubtedly a labor of love is also an extremely valuable compendium... --Philip G. Swan, American Reference Books Annual<br> A throughly detailed survey of the aesthetically and historically notable works of mankind--buildings, works of art, archaeological remains--in Western civilization's Italian treasure house. For all its size, this work is wonderfully unpretentious, written in the plainest most straightforward style. It is an extraordinary achievement. -- Lord Quinton, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and former President of Trinity College, Oxford <br>

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Sir Michael Oppenheimer is an historian and a former lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford. Over forty years he has researched and recorded every cultural site of major importance in Italy.

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