FAI's 2022 'I Luoghi del Cuore' census: provisional top 10

The FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo, has launched the 11th edition of 'I Luoghi del Cuore', a biennial census allowing Italian citizens to vote for their beloved cultural and landscape heritage sites. As of now, over 300,000 online and paper votes have been cast, highlighting more than 25,000 unique places. Voting is open until December 15, 2022. The provisional top 10 includes: Museo dei Misteri in Campobasso (Molise), dedicated to 18th-century processional machines by Paolo Saverio Di Zinno; Chiesetta di San Pietro dei Samari in Gallipoli (Lecce), a long-abandoned chapel; Stazione Bayard in Naples, the first railway station of Italy's first railway line; Villaggio Operaio di Crespi d'Adda in Capriate San Gervasio (Bergamo), a 19th-century workers' village; Circolo Combattenti e Reduci in Milan, a historic club threatened by urban development; Castello Ducale in Marigliano (Naples), a Norman fortress dating to 1134; Spiaggia della Pillirina in Syracuse, a beach with ancient historical significance; Il Sentiero degli Ulivi (Assisi-Spoleto olive belt) in Trevi (Perugia), a cultural landscape; Antica Fonderia di Campane Achille Mazzola 1403 in Valduggia (Vercelli), a centuries-old bell foundry; and Santuario e Chiesa Rupestre di San Vittore Martire in Brembate (Bergamo), a multi-level complex with 14th-century frescoes.