Palermo, Italy
Arabic Inscription of Palermo Cathedral
Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.
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Palermo, Italy
Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.
Sciacca, Italy
A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.
Palermo, Italy
Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Borgo Grotta Gigante, Italy
One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Melendugno, Italy
Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.
Palermo, Italy
This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Turin, Italy
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
Venice, Italy
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
Calcata Vecchia, Italy
Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Volterra, Italy
This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
Rome, Italy
The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.