City of a hundred towers, the capital of the kingdom of Italy, home to one of the oldest Italian universities to which are related prestigious names such as Alessandro Volta, Carlo Rubbia, Ugo Foscolo, Carlo Goldoni. For centuries the center of historical events, Pavia is now a relatively quiet, young and little visited city, despite being located only 30 kilometers from Milan.
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Grazzano Visconti, middle age in 1900
Unlike other medieval towns now become tourist attractions, Graziano Visconti has the distinction of being born for tourism. From the vision of Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone in the early 1900s, the medieval castle is restored with its surroundings, to create what would be one of the first holiday resorts, complete with a ghost!