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

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

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

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.