This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.