One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

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

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

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

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

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

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

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

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

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

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

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.