Lodi, Italy
Museo Paolo Gorini
A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.
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Lodi, Italy
A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.
Turin, Italy
One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.
Santa Venere, Italy
Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.
Clusone, Italy
A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.
Nughedu Santa Vittoria, Italy
Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."
Monopoli, Italy
Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.
Verona, Italy
A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.
Cerveteri, Italy
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Acquapendente, Italy
A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.
Ischia di Castro, Italy
A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.
Milan, Italy
This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.
Naples, Italy
An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.
Naples, Italy
An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Urbania, Italy
Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.
Pisa, Italy
Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Rome, Italy
A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.
San Gimignano, Italy
Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.