Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

A colossal aqueduct from the second century B.C., deeply hidden in a gorge on the outskirts of Rome.

One of ancient Etruria's most spectacular archaeological sites with impressive necropolises and rugged landscape.

A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.