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This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Just one of the Italian corridors vying for the title of the country's narrowest.

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

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

A Roman temple perched over an Italian town, forgotten several times over.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

The ruins of this medieval castle overlook the lake of Piediluco in what was once a sacred forest.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

This unusually shaped fortress houses a blend of centuries-old frescoes and modern art.

The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.