One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This artistic temple brings together multiple architecture styles, but is only an example of one.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

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

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.