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===UNESCO World Heritage Sites tourism=== {{further|List of World Heritage Sites in Italy}} [[File:Agrigent BW 2012-10-07 13-10-58.jpg|thumb|[[Temple of Concordia, Agrigento|Temple of Concordia]], [[Valle dei Templi]], [[Sicily]]]] Italy is the country with the highest concentration in the world of the [[UNESCO World Heritage Sites]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list//en/news/1049/en/list&order=country|title=UNESCO World Heritage Centre – World Heritage List|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=2021-12-20|archive-date=2020-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102083728/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list//en/news/1049/en/list%26order%3Dcountry|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=italy/> {{As of|2021}}, Italy [[List of World Heritage Sites in Italy|has a total of 58 inscribed sites]], making it the country with the most World Heritage Sites just above China (56).<ref name="auto1"/><ref name=italy/> Out of Italy's 58 heritage sites, 53 are cultural and 5 are natural.<ref name="italy">{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/it/|title=Italy|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201134320/http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/it|url-status=live}}</ref> 50% of the tourists who visit the UNESCO heritage sites in Italy are foreigners, and of these, 75% are in Italy for a cultural holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/piu-turisti-piu-responsabilita-l-importanza-chiamarsi-patrimonio-unesco-AEiUfOa?refresh_ce=1|title=Più turisti, più responsabilità: l'importanza di chiamarsi "Patrimonio Unesco"|date=August 2021 |access-date=28 December 2021|language=it}}</ref> Among the most famous Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites there are [[Sassi di Matera]]; [[Porto Venere]], [[Palmaria (island)|Palmaria]], [[Tino (island)|Tino]], [[Tinetto]] and [[Cinque Terre]]; [[Val d'Orcia]]; Early Christian Monuments of [[Ravenna]]; [[Valle dei Templi]]; [[Alberobello]]; Etruscan Necropolises of [[Cerveteri]] and [[Tarquinia]]; [[Pompeii]], [[Torre Annunziata]] and [[Herculaneum]]; [[Palmanova]]; [[Su Nuraxi (Barumini)|Barumini nuraghes]]; [[Dolomites]]; [[Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan|Santa Maria delle Grazie]] and ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]''; [[Castel del Monte, Apulia|Castel del Monte]]; [[Royal Palace of Caserta]], [[Aqueduct of Vanvitelli]] and [[San Leucio|San Leucio Complex]]; [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] and [[Necropolis of Pantalica]]; [[Villa d'Este]]; [[Langhe]]-[[Roero]] and [[Montferrat]]; [[Aeolian Islands]]; [[Val di Noto]]; [[Amalfi Coast]]; [[Rhaetian Railway]] in the [[Albula Railway|Albula]]/[[Bernina Railway|Bernina]] Landscapes; [[Aquileia]]; [[Duomo di Pisa|Duomo]] and the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]]; [[Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale]]; [[Residences of the Royal House of Savoy]]; [[Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni]], [[Paestum]], [[Velia]] and [[Certosa di Padula]]; [[Scrovegni Chapel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archetravel.com/blog/siti-unesco-italia-da-non-perdere/|title=I 10 Siti Unesco in Italia da non perdere|date=16 March 2022 |access-date=2 April 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skyscanner.it/notizie/i-20-siti-unesco-piu-spettacolari-d-italia|title=I 20 siti UNESCO più spettacolari d'Italia|date=16 August 2017 |access-date=2 April 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://viaggi.corriere.it/itinerari-e-luoghi/cards/siti-unesco-italia-piu-popolari-google/|title=Siti Unesco Italia: ecco la classifica dei più popolari su Google|date=20 October 2021 |access-date=2 April 2022|language=it}}</ref>
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