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

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

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

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

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