The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

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

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.