A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.