Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Italy
Detourmap lists 2,003 places in Italy, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (1,110). Best known: Colosseum. 1,456 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 2,003
- Oldest here
- Isernia la Pineta 698,000 years ago
- Little known
- 1,456 of 2,003
- City pages
- 13
By region
17 first-level divisions of Italy have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
13 cities in Italy have enough places for a page of their own.
Archaeological & historic sites in Italy 1,110
-
1.Colosseum
Archaeological · 1st century · Iconic
Ancient Roman amphitheatre, a landmark of Rome, Italy
-
5.Roman Forum
Archaeological · 8th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Roman center of the city, a landmark of Rome, Italy
Nature & landscapes in Italy 893
-
2.Mount Etna
Nature · 3000th century BC · Iconic
Active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Italy?
Colosseum, 1st century. Ancient Roman amphitheatre, a landmark of Rome, Italy. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Italy?
2,003: 1,110 archaeological & historic sites and 893 nature & landscapes. 1,456 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Italy?
Isernia la Pineta, dated to 698,000 years ago. 259 of the 2,003 places here carry a founding date at all, and 100 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.