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Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

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

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.