Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

The first statue to be added to Saint Peter's Square in over 350 years is an ode to migrants and refugees around the world.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

A galley-shaped memorial to the prisoners of an infamous fortress.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

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

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

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

The San Marino-Rimini railroad was short-lived but this tunnel once provided shelter for hundreds of refugees during World War II.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.