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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! :)
Huge thanks to overtired for doing the CSS for this quiz!
Cities can be 15km (9.3mi) from the coast/border.
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Maxibon
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Last updated: August 16, 2025
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First submittedJuly 1, 2024
Times taken626
Average score38.0%
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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
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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
Regional 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 located on a large gulf
Cagliari
Catalan speaking city fortified by walls
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9 Comments
Maxibon
+3
Level 73
Jul 1, 2024
Thanks for taking this quiz!

This quiz is part of my new series called 'Trace the ___ by Guessing Cities' where I will do countries and possibly regions and continents. I will create the series once I have made my third quiz of the same type.

Sources and Credits

• Massive thanks to overtired for doing the CSS and some of the SVG, this quiz wouldn't have been possible without him

• Inspiration for this is quiz is this by Jiaozira

(Sidenote: The two Jeppies you see at the end of the quiz are submissions for an Astana contest, I'm not sure if it is still open but maybe message them if you would like to participate. The left one has the dome of the Florence Cathedral on its head and the right one is a Roman soldier)

Kingsfisher
+2
Level 69
Jul 10, 2024
Lovely quiz, thank you and other creators so much for this masterpiece!
Maxibon
+2
Level 73
Jul 10, 2024
I appreciate it a lot :)
Ampersandwich
+3
Level 61
Jul 10, 2024
This is beyond fantastic! I feel like many Jetpunkers often keep taking quizzes they're good at, and thus, don't learn much. This is very challenging (I got ~15), but great fun to learn from.

Would LOVE to see this for a ton of other countries!

Maxibon
+2
Level 73
Jul 11, 2024
You and some other people are the ones that keep me motivated to keep on making quizzes, and for that I say a massive thank you from my heart.

I will make more quizzes in this series for sure :)

Kingsfisher
+2
Level 69
Jul 11, 2024
I'm sorry to write again, I have a bad habit of going back to where I sent the comment.

I agree 100% with you! Yes, on the contrary, I hate to take tests that do not teach me anything new (like a Country in a Pumpkin or Flags-Shapes of Countries on the Mediterranean Sea, if there are two more similar tests, it constantly prevents me from gaining points, and okay), it is very difficult to pass the same test 100%, since I do not know how well you need to know the geography and culture of Italy for this, but it's great. It would have been a disappointment for me to pass this test 100%, and, thank God, I did not do it, but I learned so much about the cities of this wonderful country! Your quiz literally plunges into the culture of the country, and it's worth a lot, thank you again and I'm waiting for new quizzes of this one!

Maxibon
+2
Level 73
Jul 11, 2024
I agree completely with your point, I make these quizzes to inform people, so I'm not going to include insignificant little towns but I made my criteria to purposely exclude cities like Rome and Bologna since everyone trying the quiz knows them so there is no point in including them.

Thanks!

Mikipedia
+3
Level 79
Mar 19, 2025
Very nice quiz, 5 stars!

Just some note (I'm Italian):

Palermo it's a region, not a state capital

Cagliari was only capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, it became Capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont only for few years during napoleonic era

Maxibon
+1
Level 73
Mar 20, 2025
Thank you a ton! It's wonderful to have locals taking my quizzes.

I apologise for both errors, they have since been fixed ;)

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