More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

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

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

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

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

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

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

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

This medieval church in Rome was almost destroyed following a terrorist attack in 1993.

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

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.