This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.

The ruins of a thousand-year-old hermitage are tucked away deep in the sloping forests of Albano Lake.

This small hermitage is located along an ancient route that connected the Tiber and Rieti valleys.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.

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

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

The ruins of a rural church and a statue of Archangel Gabriel are tucked away in Majella National Park.

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

A holy stone inside this spectacular hermitage is said to have healing properties.

The 16th-century son of Sienese nobility carved this hermitage out of volcanic rock.

A 15th-century monumental Latin inscription on this house celebrates Lorenzo Manilio's love for Rome.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

An enormous sinkhole that local lore attributes to the anger of the Virgin Mary.

One of ancient Etruria's most spectacular archaeological sites with impressive necropolises and rugged landscape.

Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.