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A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.

During World War II, the Shroud of Turin was secreted to this remote southern Italian complex.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Amalfi's pre-industrial history is slowly being engulfed by the lush vegetation of the Ferriere Valley.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

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

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

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

Before the more famous Royal Palace of Caserta, the king of Naples first commissioned this overlooked residence.