A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Venice's island of the dead.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.