Places adyban07 Wants to Go

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.

It took more than 300 years to build this church, which is home to two sacred vessels believed to hold the blood of Christ.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

Known as the Royal Palace of the Euganean Hills, this often overlooked castle has been home for multiple noble families over the centuries.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.