A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

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

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

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

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

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

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

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

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.