Milan, Italy
Royal Pavilion at Stazione Centrale
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
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Milan, Italy
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Florence, Italy
Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.
Savoca, Italy
A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."
Innichen, Italy
Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.
Naples, Italy
The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.
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.
Rome, Italy
This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.
Pisa, Italy
The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Rome, Italy
This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.
Milan, Italy
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
Castellana Grotte, Italy
The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Milan, Italy
Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.
Florence, Italy
Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.
Borgo a Mozzano, Italy
A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.
Naples, Italy
An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.
Rome, Italy
Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.
Naples, Italy
An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.
Rome, Italy
Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.
Rome, Italy
Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Rome, Italy
This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.
San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy
A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.