Places chrissyml Wants to Go

This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

This hermitage celebrates the legend of Emperor Constantine's healing from leprosy.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.

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

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

A colossal aqueduct from the second century B.C., deeply hidden in a gorge on the outskirts of Rome.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

An oasis of beauty, tranquility and botanical research in the middle of Rome.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

One of Rome's most picturesque and original bridges was also a popular choice for Grand Tour artists.

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

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

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.