Unscathed for almost 2,000 years, the best preserved Roman triumphal arch is in a small southern Italian city.

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.

The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

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

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

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

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.