This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

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

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.