Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

In the 1940s, Italian architect Mario Cavallè built a dozen of these round homes in northern Milan.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

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

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

This Renaissance palace features a unique architectural design and is now home to the Ferrara National Art Gallery.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

The charred, dead skeleton of an oak tree is said to have consoled a dying 16th-century Italian poet.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

This medieval church in Rome was almost destroyed following a terrorist attack in 1993.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.