I Borghi più belli d'Italia

I Borghi più belli d'Italia
The most beautiful villages of Italy
	Montefioralle, in Tuscany, is one of "The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy".
Formation	2001
Type	Non-profit association
Purpose	promotion and enhancement of history, landscape, culture and tourism
Location	Rome, Italy;
Region served	Italy
Membership	361 (2023)
Official language	Italian
President	Fiorello Primi
Affiliations	The Most Beautiful Villages in the World
Website	borghipiubelliditalia.it

I Borghi più belli d'Italia^[a] (Italian: [i ˈborɡi pju bˈbɛlli diˈtaːlja]) is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest,^[2] that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the aim of preserving and maintaining villages of quality heritage.^[3] Its motto is Il fascino dell'Italia nascosta ("The charm of hidden Italy").^[4]

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Participants in the group are small population centres which risk neglect and abandonment because they lie outside the main tourist circuits.^[5] Initially they comprised about a hundred villages, but had increased to 361 in 2023.^[1]

In 2012, the Italian association was one of the founding members of the international association The Most Beautiful Villages in the World, a private organization that brings together various territorial associations promoting small inhabited centres of particular historical and landscape interest.^[6]