Gardone Riviera, Italy
Vittoriale Degli Italiani (Victory Shrine of the Italians)
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
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Gardone Riviera, Italy
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
Erto e Casso, Italy
When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Rome, Italy
See one of the earliest depictions of a Christian ceremony – with a woman at the center!
Perugia, Italy
A massive engineering and hydraulic marvel dating back to the 3rd century BC
Perugia, Italy
Medieval streets buried beneath a papal fortress now form an underground city you can walk through.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Genoa, Italy
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Milan, Italy
Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.
Milan, Italy
This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.
Borgo Valsugana, Italy
An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.
Romeno, Italy
A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.
Bolzano, Italy
The first passenger cable car in the world.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Padua, Italy
Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.