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ChangeSpot the Acqua Alta bookshop
Find the Libreria Acqua Alta in Castello, with books stacked in bathtubs and gondolas inside. Photograph the famous interior.
Spot the Baptistry doors (Gates of Paradise)
Find the gilded bronze doors of the Baptistry (Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise replica). Photograph the panels.
Spot the Basilica San Marco facade
Find the Basilica di San Marco on Piazza San Marco. Photograph the five gold-mosaiced arches.
Spot the Bernini colonnade
Walk into St. Peter's Square and find Bernini's curved colonnade arms reaching around. Photograph the columns receding.
Spot the Boboli Gardens or Pitti
Walk across the Arno to Palazzo Pitti and find the rustic stone facade or the Boboli garden entrance. Photograph the facade or gardens.
Spot the Bosco Verticale
Find the Bosco Verticale (the residential towers with trees and plants on every balcony) in Porta Nuova. Photograph the green-walled towers.
Spot the Bridge of Sighs
Find the Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) connecting the Doge's Palace to the old prisons. Photograph from Ponte della Paglia.
Spot the Ca' d'Oro facade
Find the Ca' d'Oro (Golden House) on the Grand Canal, the gothic palazzo with the lacework facade. Photograph from a vaporetto or the opposite bank.
Spot the Calcio Storico jersey
Find a souvenir or jersey of Calcio Storico Fiorentino (the historic Florentine football, played in costume on Piazza Santa Croce). Photograph the medieval jersey.
Spot the Campanile of St Mark's
Find the brick Campanile in Piazza San Marco, the 99-metre bell tower. Photograph it against the sky.
Spot the Colosseum
Find the Colosseum from a viewpoint (any side, from the Forum, or Palatine Hill). Photograph the arches against the sky.
Spot the Doge's Palace pink facade
Walk to Palazzo Ducale next to the basilica. Photograph the pink-and-white diamond-pattern facade with the loggia.
Spot the Duomo dome
Find a view of Brunelleschi's red-tile dome on the Duomo from any vantage point. Photograph the dome with the lantern on top.
Spot the Duomo gold Madonna
Find the gilded Madonnina statue on top of the Duomo's tallest spire. Photograph her gleaming.
Spot the Duomo spires
Walk to the Duomo and find the marble spires reaching for the sky. Photograph the pinnacles against blue.
Spot the Fontana delle Tartarughe
Find the Fountain of the Turtles (Fontana delle Tartarughe) on Piazza Mattei. Four bronze boys lift four turtles to drink. Photograph one of the turtles.
Spot the Galleria bull mosaic
In the Galleria find the mosaic bull on the floor (the Turin coat of arms, you spin on its testicles for luck). Photograph the worn marble.
Spot the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele
Walk into the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II next to the Duomo, with its glass-and-iron dome. Photograph the dome from inside.
Spot the Italian tricolor
Find an Italian flag (vertical green-white-red) flying on a building, balcony or government facade. Photograph the colours.
Spot the Italian tricolor in Milan
Find an Italian flag flying on a Milan building, especially government, university or fashion-house facades. Photograph it.
Spot the Last Supper reference
Walk to Santa Maria delle Grazie and find a Last Supper reference: the church facade, a museum-shop reproduction, a film poster. Photograph the reference.
Spot the Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verità)
Walk to Santa Maria in Cosmedin (south of the Forum) and find the marble Mouth of Truth in the portico. Photograph the open mouth (and dare a hand inside).
Spot the Pantheon facade
Walk to the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda. Photograph the columned portico with the inscription M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT on the frieze.
Spot the Pirelli Tower
Find the Torre Pirelli (Gio Ponti's 127-metre 1958 skyscraper) near Stazione Centrale. Photograph the slim silhouette.