Check out the ruins of Emperor Tiberius's villa east of Capri town. Assisi Perched halfway up Mount Subasio, the visual impact of Assisi's shimmering white marble buildings is magnificent. St Francis was born here in 1182 and work began on his basilica two years after his death in 1228. It's a magnificent tribute to the patron saint of animals with frescoes by Giotto, Cimabue and Martini. Relics from Imperial days include the excavated forum and the pillared facade of the Temple of Minerva.
Roman foundations are a common feature of many buildings.
The town's many churches include Santa Maria Maggiore, San Pietro, St Clare and the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. The Gran Paradiso National Park in northwestern Italy was the first national park established in Italy and is an oasis of larch woods and firs, wide alpine prairies, rocks and glaciers. It has rich and varied flora and fauna. The park was originally the hunting grounds of the ruling House of Savoy who donated the first 5000 acres to the people in 1919. Today the park covers 173,000 acres of perennially snow-capped mountain peaks, tiny glacial lakes, wooded slopes and vast flowering meadows.