Northwest Italy
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Regions
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a small region in the Alps
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the coastal region
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the eastern part of Northwest Italy
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the western region, containing most of Italy's border with France
Cities
- – a fairytale pastel-coloured city perched atop a hillside, and the gate to Bergamo Alps.
- – a major industrial powerhouse since the Ancient Roman times, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- (Italian: Mantova) – the Ducal Palace has a cycle of frescoes by Mantegna that no art lover should miss. This city is also an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- (Italian: Milano) – shares with Paris the title of fashion capital of the world, and is Italy's second city and the main Italian economic centre.
- (Italian: Torino) – After the Italian unification, on 17th March 1861, Turin was the first capital of modern Italy.
See
- The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy – a UNESCO World Heritage site consisting of nine groups of holy mountains featuring chapels and other Christian religious sites.