Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

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

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

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

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

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

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.