| LECCE | Historic city in southern Italy, nicknamed the 'Florence of the South' (5) |
| PUGLIA | Italian name for the region forming the heel of the boot of Italy, site of Lecce, the so-called "Florence of the South" (6) |
| CAPRI | An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy. |
| DAVID | A marble statue in Florence of a biblical figure created by Renaissance artist Michelangelo (5) |
| SPLIT | Historic city in Croatia (pop about 160,000), founded in the third or second century BC (5) |
| SIENA | Historic city in Aisne reconstructed (5) |
| DUOMO | Its famous octagonal dome gives the Florence Cathedral this alternative name |
| SELMA | Historic city in Alabama |
| PETRA | Historic city in Jordan |
| MATERA | Hilltop city in southern Italy noted for its complex of mountain cave dwellings (6) |
| BARI | The capital city of the Apulia region in southern Italy, location of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas (4) |
| TARANTULA | Arachnid Which gets its name from a coastal city in southern Italy (9) |
| SALERNO | Historic city in the south of Italy (7) |
| TARANTO | City in southern Italy |
| NAPLES | City in southern Italy (6) |
| SICILY | It is an island in southern Italy. Palermo became the capital of the kingdom that existed here. In Antony and Cleopatra (act 3, scene 6), Octavius Caesar says, "Caesar, and that having in ___ / Sextus |
| SARGENT | Artist born in Florence of American parents whose paintings include Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, Morning Walk, Portrait of Madame X, An Out-of-Doors Study and Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (7) |
| AMALFI | Port and resort south-east of Naples in southern Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno (6) |
| BRONZE | An alloy of copper and tin used by Lorenzo Ghiberti to make the doors of the Florence Baptistery and also by Andrea del Verrocchio and Donatello in notable equestrian sculptures (6) |
| VARESE | Historic city in Lombardy, northern Italy, near a lake of the same name (6) |
