Bologna, Italy
Finestrella di Via Piella
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
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Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Pisa, Italy
Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
Bologna, Italy
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
Rome, Italy
This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Genoa, Italy
A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.
Rome, Italy
Roman-era ships unearthed...
Foligno, Italy
The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Milan, Italy
Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.
Rome, Italy
Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.
Noasca, Italy
This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
Florence, Italy
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
Mantua, Italy
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Turin, Italy
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
Milan, Italy
Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Siena, Italy
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Rome, Italy
Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.