A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

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

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

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

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.