At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

An ode to the washerwomen who called Pavia home.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

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

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

A strange-looking 18th-century tower sits on a tiny islet just off Livorno.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

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

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

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

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.