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Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

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

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

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

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

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

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.