Places C L Raven Wants to Go

This small hermitage on Mount Scalambra was built near what some believe is the miraculous imprint of Saint Benedict's hand.

The community gathered on this stone table to make important decisions, but it was also the site of witch trials.

In a tower at this centuries-old castle, members of a noble family were imprisoned and left to starve.

A blend of nature and art awaits visitors to this park.

Among the collection is the shirt worn by Louis XVI when he was executed by guillotine, still marked by a few drops of blood.

Visit a secretive crypt before it crumbles to dust.

This house is adorned with a serenade macabre from the Counter-Reformation period.

This former papal residence was the site of an infamous incident known as the “slap of Anagni.”

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

This tiny chapel atop a sea stack is dedicated to the patron saint of Ponza, Saint Silverius.

This hermitage spanning an Italian river gorge draws pilgrims hoping to heal ailments like arthritis and migraines.

At this medieval church, Thomas Beckett was cantonized as a martyr.

This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.

In Majella National Park, these stone dwellings harken back to the region's pastoral history.

Two bronze wolves atop this large rock honor the "Wolves of Tuscany" brigade of World War I.

A medieval castle was used for centuries as a hemp farm.

A small town lost in the mountains of southern Italy hosts the childhood home of one of the most famous saints of the 20th century.

A medieval tower with a suspended iron cage used as an open-air jail for criminals who were exposed as a warning.

Built as a defensive structure, this medieval walkway road offers a unique view of the village of Brisighella.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

The crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

The hilltop ruins of a border fortification in the Italian Alps that was much fought over.

This iconic rock hermitage was once the abode of a future pope.

Greenery covers the face of a gently-dripping waterfall deep in the mountains of central Sardinia.