Places C L Raven Wants to Go

A completely underground tour following the path of the most precious element: water.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.

This small hermitage is located along an ancient route that connected the Tiber and Rieti valleys.

This beautiful 14th-century castle perched on a promontory overlooks the Bay of Trieste.

The skull of this patron saint is kept in a shrine located in his hometown.

A floating bridge leaning on barges allows pedestrians to reach the historical center.

The ruins of a thousand-year-old hermitage are tucked away deep in the sloping forests of Albano Lake.

This stretch of the ancient Roman road is preserved in a valley that witnessed many battles and legendary highwaymen.

This megalithic tomb was crafted by a mysterious civilization that settled the island of Pantelleria.

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

The ruins of this once gorgeous medieval church are still standing, despite the region's constant flooding.

Packed with geological formations, an ancient river, and taxidermied seals, this overlooked coastal cave system is worth a spelunk.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

This Italian museum is a one-of-a-kind celebration of printing and type.

This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.

A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.

This Roman theater was crafted into the local tuff rock and was rediscovered during the 19th-century.

This medieval settlement was abandoned after a series of landslides. What remained was largely destroyed during a mock battle for a WWII film reel.

One of the four sanctuaries of Rieti's Holy Valley was the site of the first living nativity scene.

The hilltop town of Segni was once home to an ancient Roman colony and garrison.

After World War II, this former concentration camp in Northern Italy became a refuge for those displaced by the war.

A perfectly preserved example of a fortified Medieval ricetto.

This lake was sacred to the Sabine people who constructed a temple here on a floating island.