Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

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

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

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

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

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