North Italy

Special places to see

10 Places

Earth Pyramids of Platten

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

San Martino della Battaglia, Italy

Ossario di San Martino

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

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Campanile di Curon

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

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Vilminore di Scalve, Italy

Gleno Dam

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

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Juliet's Balcony

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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Whale Bone of Arco della Costa

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

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Dolomites, Italy

Via Ferrata Pisciadù

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

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Carezza Rainbow Lake

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

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Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

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Cortenova, Italy

Villa de Vecchi

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

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