# The best of Italy, with the rule behind each list

> A ranking is only as good as the rule behind it. Every list here names its rule, its source and its year before the first entry appears on the page.

URL: https://myitalia.it/best
Last updated: 2026-09-03

Every ranking here states the criterion, the source and the year before the first entry, so a reader can disagree with the order for a stated reason.

## Why the criterion comes first

Lombardy holds 10 UNESCO properties, more than any other Italian region, counting a transregional site once for each region it touches. Change that counting rule and the ranking changes, which is exactly why the rule is printed above the list instead of being buried underneath it. Two of the rankings in this section reverse completely under a different but equally defensible rule, and they say so.

## What these lists refuse to rank

Three things these lists never rank: beauty, atmosphere and authenticity. Where the only honest answer is that the sources do not support an order, the page prints the figures side by side and says that they do not, as it does for the regions whose shares sit close enough to the 73,472,377 of the leader that a revision could reorder them.

## Sources

| Fact | Source | Confidence | Valid until |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Lombardia e' la regione italiana che ospita piu' siti UNESCO: 10 dei 62 (2026) | [UNESCO World Heritage Centre](https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/it/); [Ministero della Cultura - Ufficio UNESCO](https://unesco.cultura.gov.it/projects/); [Wikidata (query SPARQL su P1435=Q9259, P17=Q38, P757, P131)](https://query.wikidata.org/sparql) | medium | 2027-08-31 |
| Nel 2024 Veneto ha registrato 73.472.377 presenze turistiche. pari al 15.76% del totale nazionale | [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/tour_occ_nin2) | medium | 2027-07-31 |

## Other languages

- it: https://myitalia.it/it/migliori.md
- es: https://myitalia.it/es/mejores.md
- fr: https://myitalia.it/fr/meilleurs.md
- de: https://myitalia.it/de/beste.md