A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.