Rome, Italy
Torquato Tasso's Oak Tree
The charred, dead skeleton of an oak tree is said to have consoled a dying 16th-century Italian poet.
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Rome, Italy
The charred, dead skeleton of an oak tree is said to have consoled a dying 16th-century Italian poet.
Rome, Italy
The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.
Rome, Italy
An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.
Rome, Italy
This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Paris, France
The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.
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An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.