This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

The history of drinking is told through 1,800 cups, chalices, and glasses at this exhibit.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

The corpse bride of Portugal.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

A pastry shop specializing in Sephardic sweets serves historic recipes in Ribadavia’s Jewish quarter.

The site of a legendary battle immortalized in medieval literature.

Built on the foundations of an ancient Roman villa, the unique architecture of this castle on the Catalan coast was used as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

This portrait of Philip V is always hung upside down, in a protest three centuries in the making.

One of the most important Celtic-Roman archaeological sites in Spain.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

Replica of Seville, Spains famous Giralda, a former minaret converted into a bell tower.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

The discovery of these rare, ancient artifacts led to the creation of a new museum.