Gravina in Puglia, Italy
Ponte Acquedotto
An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.
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Gravina in Puglia, Italy
An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.
Isola di Ponza, Italy
These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.
Sperlonga, Italy
The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.
Capriate San Gervasio, Italy
A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."
Battaglia Terme, Italy
Known as the Royal Palace of the Euganean Hills, this often overlooked castle has been home for multiple noble families over the centuries.
Ventotene, Italy
Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.
Rivodutri, Italy
Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.
Como, Italy
This 1st-century CE Roman bath sits under a carpark.
Volterra, Italy
Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.
Lecce, Italy
A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.
Fermo, Italy
A 2,000-year-old engineering wonder hides beneath an Italian town.
Fiorano modenese, Italy
Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.
Fregona, Italy
These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.
Naples, Italy
Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Mantua, Italy
A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.
Bollengo, Italy
An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.
Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Pozzuoli, Italy
Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.
Province of Rieti, Italy
This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.
Avezzano, Italy
This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.
Maddaloni, Italy
A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.
Padua, Italy
This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.
Marciana, Italy
Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.
Conca dei Marini, Italy
A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.