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Venice's "Island of the Mad."

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

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

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

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

This historic line is a remnant of an ambitious and unconventional project that today provides panoramic views of the Ligurian mountains.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.