Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

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

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

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

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

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

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

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.