Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

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

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

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

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

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

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

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

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

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