Churches in Italy

Built in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, this cathedral is one of the finest examples of Sicilian Baroque architecture.

This immaculately preserved church from late antiquity was originally the mausoleum of the Emperor Constantine's daughter.

Memorial full of frescoes, in the middle of nowhere.

This isolated village has Hollywood fame and a church with underground structures that date to the pre-Christian period.

Seven centuries ago, its holy door opened for a forgiveness procession ritual that was later "copied" by the formal Catholic Jubilee.

The largest ongoing mosaic project in Europe.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

Some say this small Italian church holds a gate to Heaven.

Hidden masterpieces in a small church in the medieval city of Bergamo.

A Nuragic tomb, a Roman tomb, and a Byzantine Church, all hidden inside a rock.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.

A design by master architect Alvar Aalto in a small village in the Apennines near Bologna.

An elegant church is home to a remarkably detailed mosaic floor depicting the Garden of Eden.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

These 500-year-old frescoes depict the city in its glory days.