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

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Venice's island of the dead.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

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

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

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

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The middle finger of modernity.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.