In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

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

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

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

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.

This bronze boy sits on one of Capri's rocky cliffs, waving at the passing boats.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

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

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.