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The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

The remains of the medieval city walls that once protected the Genoese quarter of Constantinople

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

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

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

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.