The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.