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Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

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

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

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

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.