This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

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

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

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

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

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

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

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.

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

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

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

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.