This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The middle finger of modernity.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Something's missing between the arcades of the Palazzo della Ragione in "the city of the three withouts."

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.