Trace Italy on a Map by Guessing Cities

Can you name the cities on or close to the geographical and political boundaries of Italy? Good luck! :)

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Cities can be 15km (9.3mi) from the coast/border.

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Last updated: July 1, 2024

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Hint	City
Lombardian exclave entirely surrounded by Switzerland	Campione d'Italia
City known for its villas and namesake of the lake it is on	Como
Majority German speaking spa town	Merano
Town on the Isonzo River with a twin city across the border in Slovenia	Gorizia
'City of Coffee' given to Italy after the First World War	Trieste
Saint Mark is the patron saint of this city with over 1 bridge per km²	Venice
Town on an island located in the same lagoon as the above answer	Chioggia
Po Valley city that served as the capital of the Ostrogoths and the Western Roman Empire	Ravenna
The Arch of Augustus can be found in this city at the start of the Roman 'Via Aemilia'	Rimini
Capital of Marche whose name comes from the Greek word for 'elbow'	Ancona
Largest city in Abruzzo, along the Adriatic Sea	Pescara
According to legend, this city with several Roman remains was founded by Achilles	Chieti
City on the site of the Battle of Cannae with a well-known Norman castle	Barletta
9th largest Italian city, where Saint Nicholas' remains are found	Bari
Apulian city with a natural harbour in the shape of a deer, hence its name	Brindisi
The main industries of this city with a lot of Baroque architecture are agriculture and ceramics	Lecce
City founded by Sparta which is located on a gulf of the same name	Taranto
Key city of Magna Graecia and winner of many ancient Olympic events	Crotone
Important silk city on the Ionian Sea	Catanzaro
Major city less than 10km away from Sicily	Reggio Calabria
'Pearl of the Tyrrhenian' where there is a church per 114 people	Maratea
Ancient city with three temples, one dedicated to Athena and the other two to Hera	Paestum
Peninsular town known for its coast and cliffs	Amalfi
Earthquake prone Roman city which was formerly covered in ash	Pompeii
Cuisine rich city located on a gulf with two major volcanoes close to it	Naples
Lazian city and site of a battle that led to the liberation of the Italian capital in WWII	Anzio

Hint	City
Fortified city containing the Port of Rome	Civitavecchia
Medieval city on the Maremma, a coastal portion of mostly Tuscany	Grosseto
Town near Elba island located between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea	Piombino
Major port Renaissance style city featuring a chequerboard designed promenade	Livorno
The 'Piazza del Duomo' and the 'Baptistery of St. John' are landmarks in this former maritime republic	Pisa
Key navy base on a gulf where the Cinque Terre is located	La Spezia
City from where pesto and jeans originate, the latter being named after it	Genoa
City on the Italian Riviera and historical rival of the above	Savona
Founded in 1923 as a merger of two other towns, this city produces many flowers and olives	Imperia
Touristic coastal city and host of an annual music festival	Sanremo
Piedmontese ski resort near the French border where some of the 2006 Winter Olympics were hosted	Sestriere
The wars between Rome and Carthage started at this place on the strait between Italy and Sicily	Messina
Resort town conquered by the Greek in ~734 BC, whose remains include a theatre	Taormina
Highly populated city near Mount Etna which in 1693, was devastated an earthquake	Catania
Saint Lucia and Archimedes are from this former city state involved in the Punic Wars	Syracuse
South-eastern city known for its Baroque style buildings	Noto
City ruled by a 'tyrant' in the past where the first Allied landing on Sicily took place	Gela
City rich in history whose main attraction is the Valley of the Temples	Agrigento
Producer of iconic wine where Giuseppe Garibaldi landed during his 'Expedition of the Thousand'	Marsala
State capital surrounded by mountains founded by the Phoenicians	Palermo
Small town which gets many visitors due to its cathedral and sandy beaches	Cefalù
Piazza d'Italia and the Fontana di Rosello are located within this Sardinian city	Sassari
Capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont located on a large gulf	Cagliari
Catalan speaking city fortified by walls	Alghero

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