🏛️ Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)
Lombard settlements, temples, and episcopal complexes across the Italian Peninsula
📋 Fast Facts
- Seven groups of buildings designated as a single UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011
- Spans the Lombard Kingdom period from 568 to 774 AD across the Italian Peninsula
- Includes fortresses, churches, monasteries, and administrative centers
- Represents fusion of Germanic, Roman, Byzantine, and early Christian architectural traditions
The Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising seven distinct groups of buildings scattered across the Italian Peninsula. These monuments collectively testify to the cultural, artistic, and architectural achievements of the Lombards—a Germanic people who established and maintained a kingdom in Italy from 568 to 774 AD. The sites encompass fortified settlements, churches, monasteries, and administrative centers that shaped medieval European culture ...