Florence, Italy
Il Porcellino
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
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Siena, Italy
St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Saturnia, Italy
Terme di Saturnia
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Capalbio, Italy
Il Giardino dei Tarocchi
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
La Scarzuola
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Orvieto, Italy
Orvieto Underground
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Civita, Italy
Civita di Bagnoregio
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Bomarzo, Italy
The Monsters of Bomarzo
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Vatican City
Vatican Necropolis
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Rome, Italy
Zuccari Palace
Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.
Rome, Italy
The Mouth of Truth
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
The Protestant Cemetery
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Rome, Italy
Pyramid of Cestius
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
