2017 Italy Trip

30 Places

Via Appia

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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Zuccari Palace

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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Canale Monterano, Italy

The Ghost City of Monterano

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

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Pyramid of Cestius

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

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Casina delle Civette

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

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Flooded Crypt of San Francesco

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Civita di Bagnoregio

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

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Vatican Necropolis

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

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Papal Hearts at Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

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Vernazza, Italy

Cinque Terre

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

Campo de Fiori

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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Domus Aurea

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

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Porta Alchemica

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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Arch of Gallienus

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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Lacus Curtius

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

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Meridian Line of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

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Passetto di Borgo

The Pope’s secret escape route.

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Quartiere Coppedè

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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Stufetta del Bibbiena

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

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Cerveteri, Italy

Necropolis of the Banditaccia

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

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Natural Monument of Galeria Antica

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

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Campo de Fiori

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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Orvieto Underground

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

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Pozzo di San Patrizio

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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Montegabbione (TR), Italy

La Scarzuola

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

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Torrita di Siena, Italy

Residenza d'Arte

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

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Fontana Dei Matti

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

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Mamertine Prison

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

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