Grotte di Frasassi – one of the most spectacular Karst complexes in the world | Italy

Updated June 11, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The Grotte di Frasassi are one of the most spectacular karst cave systems in the world, a vast underground complex in the Marche region of central Italy whose immense chambers include the Abisso Ancona, a single cavern so large (240 metres long, 120 metres high) that Milan’s entire Duomo could fit comfortably inside it. Discovered […]

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Bologna – home to the oldest university in the Western world, Italy

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Bologna greets you first with its porticoes. Over forty kilometres of covered walkways line the streets, sheltering pedestrians from sun and rain as they move through a city that has been a centre of learning since 1088. The University of Bologna is the oldest in the Western world, and its influence shapes everything from the […]

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