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Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

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

This lesser-known leaning tower is all that remains of the medieval castle of Vernazzano.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

A 2,000-year-old engineering wonder hides beneath an Italian town.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.