Italian Towns

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1. In which city are FIAT cars built? Milan Turin Rome Genoa

2. Which city is protected by a golden Madonna from a pinnacle of its Duomo? Naples Verona Bari Milan

3. Which town is famous for its Roman Arena where operas are shown? Naples Syracuse Verona Palermo

4. Which city is built near a volcano that hasn't erupted since 1944? Potenza Palermo Naples Catania

5. Very difficult. Beside Pisa, which Italian town has a leaning tower (this one is red)? Florence Bologna Vicenza Rome

6. What's the Italian name of the Italian town where they speak mostly German? Aosta Bolzano Bergamo Treviso

7. The four Maritime Republics in XI Century were Amalfi, Genoa, Venice and ? Bari Naples Pisa Trieste

8. Which town is famous for its flowers, its Casino and its Song Festival? Ascoli Piceno Saint Vincent San Giulio San Remo

9. Where the horserace called Il Palio is run in a shell-shaped piazza? Florence Lucca Verona Siena

10. It used to be an important Austrian harbour before WWI. What is its name? Venice Ancona Trento Trieste

11. It's famous for its houses dug into the mountain, called 'I Sassi' (the Boulders). What's the name of this town in the South of Italy? Salerno Matera Enna Palermo

12. Which town has the oldest University in the world? Florence Bologna Pisa Urbino

13. It's built on seven hills: the most important is called Capitol Hill. Which town? Florence Bergamo Roma Bari

14. Which town was completely destroyed during an earthquake in 1908? Naples Palermo Messina Macerata

15. Which town is built on the shores of a beautiful lake with the same name? Brescia Como Asti Parma

16. Near Naples, there's a huge royal palace built for the King of the Two Sicilies. Where? Salerno Capri Avellino Caserta

17. Maranello is the home-village of Ferrari cars. Near which town is Maranello? Modena Savona Piacenza Novara

18. Which one of these is a Sardinian town? Ostuni Ustica Osimo Oristano

19. Close to Milan, there's a town famous for its Grand Prix and for a crown believed to be made with a nail of the Holy Cross. What's its name? Lodi Brescia Monza Pavia

20. In the past it was a Byzantine capital and it was on the sea, that presently is some miles away. Which town? Genoa Lecce Imperia Ravenna