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Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

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.

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

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

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

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

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.