Ruins in Italy

Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

Once home to the episcopal curia of the local diocese.

These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.

A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

This ancient city was home to one of the greatest schools of Greek philosophy.

The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.

The ruins of a thousand-year-old hermitage are tucked away deep in the sloping forests of Albano Lake.

The ruins of a rural church and a statue of Archangel Gabriel are tucked away in Majella National Park.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

This ancient Roman bridge was a key feature of the ancient Via Salaria road.