Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.