Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

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

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

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

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

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

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.