Most important cities in Italy

Given regions ans hints, guess important cities in Italy Important cities are: • Regional chief town • 100k+ people cities • Some cities with cultural importance
☆ = Capital city (and regional, and provincial)
□ = Regional chief town (and provincial)
○ = Provincial chief town
N = Not a chief town
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Region
Status
Hint
Answer
Lazio
☆ Metropolitan City
Largest city in Italia by proper city population
Rome
Lazio
Second largest in Lazio; Overlooks the Tyrrhenian Sea
Latina
Abruzzo
Literally means "The Eagle"
L'Aquila
Abruzzo
Largest in Abruzzo; Has a coast on the Adriatic Sea
Pescara
Aosta Valley
The name of the region contains it's chief town
Aosta
Apulia
□ Metropolitan City
Largest in Apulia; Has a coast on the Adriatic Sea
Bari
Apulia
Third largest in Apulia; The Gargano Peninsula is found this province
Foggia
Apulia
Second largest in Apulia The largest gulf in the Ionian Sea is named after this city
Taranto
Basilicata
Literally means "Power"
Potenza
Calabria
The City of Silk; Overlooks the Ionian Sea
Catanzaro
Calabria
○ Metropolitan City
Largest in Calabria; Has a coast on a strait between the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian Seas
Reggio di Calabria
Campania
□ Metropolitan City
Third largest in Italy; Birthplace of Pizza
Naples
Campania
N
Third largest in Campania; Found in the Metropolitan Area mentioned above
Giugliano in Campania
Campania
N
Destroyed by the Vesuvius in 79 AD
Pompei
Campania
Second largest in Campania
Salerno
Emilia-Romagna
□ Metropolitan City
Home to the oldest university in Europe
Bologna
Emilia-Romagna
It's province borders Veneto
Ferrara
Emilia-Romagna
This city and Cesena are both chief towns of the "province of _____–Cesena"
Forlì
Emilia-Romagna
Third largest in Emilia-Romagna
Modena
Emilia-Romagna
Second largest in Emilia-Romagna; Once formed a duchy with the city below
Parma
Emilia-Romagna
It's province borders Piedmont; Once formed a duchy with the city above
Piacenza
Emilia-Romagna
Was once an important port and even capital of the Western Roman Empire
Ravenna
Emilia-Romagna
The first word of it's named is shared with the Metropolitan City in Calabria
Reggio nell'Emilia
Emilia-Romagna
It's province borders San Marino and Marche; Has a coast on the Adriatic Sea
Rimini
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Chief town; Was once the main Austro-Hungarian port on the Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Liguria
□ Metropolitan City
Brithplace of Christopher Columbus; Has a coast on the Ligurian Sea
Genoa
Liguria
N
Where the Italian Music Festival takes place every year
Sanremo
Lombardy
□ Metropolitan City
Largest metropolitan area in Italy; Italy's fashion capital
Milan
Lombardy
City divided in Città Alta and Città Bassa (high and low city)
Bergamo
Lombardy
Second largest in Lombardy; It's province borders Lake Garda
Brescia
Lombardy
Known for it's views on the lake named after this city; it's province borders Switzerland
Como
Lombardy
Chief town of the "Province of _____ and Brianza"
Monza
Marche
Has a coast on the Adriatic Sea
Ancona
Molise
Literally means "Low field"
Campobasso
Piedmont
□ Metropolitan City
Home to Fiat; Once capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Turin
Piedmont
Second largest in Piedmont; It's province borders Lake Maggiore to the north
Novara
Sardinia
□ Metropolitan City
Largest in Sardinia; Found in the southern part of the island
Cagliari
Sardinia
○ Metropolitan City
Second largest in Sardinia; Found on the northern part of the island
Sassari
Sicily
□ Metropolitan City
Largest in Sicily; Has a coast on the Tyrrhenian Sea
Palermo
Sicily
○ Metropolitan City
Second largest in Sicily; Has a coast on the Ionian Sea
Catania
Sicily
○ Metropolitan City
The strait between the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian Seas is named after this City
Messina
Sicily
Once a powerful Greek city-state; Has a coast on the Ionian Sea
Syracuse
Trentino-Alto Adige
□ Autonomous Province
Found in the Italian half of the region (Trentino)
Trento
Trentino-Alto Adige
○ Autonomous Province
Found in the German half of the region (South Tyrol / Alto Adige)
Bolzano
Tuscany
□ Metropolitan City
Largest in Tuscany; Birthplace of the Renaissance
Florence
Tuscany
Third largest in Tuscany; Has a coast on the Tyrrhenian Sea
Livorno
Tuscany
Where you will find the famous Leaning Tower
Pisa
Tuscany
Second largest in Tuscany; Near the chief town of Tuscany; Literally means "Lawn"
Prato
Umbria
Home to a chocolate company which is named after this city
Perugia
Veneto
□ Metropolitan City
Found on a lagoon; It's Republic dominated the Mediterranean trade in the 1400s-1500s
Venice
Veneto
Second largest in Veneto; Where Romeo and Juliet takes place
Verona
Veneto
Home to the second oldest university in Italy; Near the chief town of Veneto
Padua
Veneto
Famous for Palladian architecture; Foun between the two cities above
Vicenza
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