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This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

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

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

This ancient Roman bridge was a key feature of the ancient Via Salaria road.

This tiny chapel atop a sea stack is dedicated to the patron saint of Ponza, Saint Silverius.

This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

This Roman theater was crafted into the local tuff rock and was rediscovered during the 19th-century.

This abandoned semaphore station hearkens back to the days of the optical telegraph.

This lake was sacred to the Sabine people who constructed a temple here on a floating island.

An enormous sinkhole that local lore attributes to the anger of the Virgin Mary.

Italy's only urban waterfall has enchanted artists and travelers for centuries.

This caldera was once associated with the Etruscan god of the underworld.

This megalithic tomb was crafted by a mysterious civilization that settled the island of Pantelleria.

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

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

The eerie ruins of this feudal fortress witnessed the execution of 60 conspirators in 1387.

This iconic rock hermitage was once the abode of a future pope.

A fairy-tale-like forest that was sacred to Jupiter and Saint Anthony.

The ruins of this temple were later chosen by Pope Celestine V to found an abbey and a hermitage.

In Majella National Park, these stone dwellings harken back to the region's pastoral history.

This lesser-known leaning tower is all that remains of the medieval castle of Vernazzano.

You can only access this hermitage by crawling under a ledge suspended above an overhang.

Amalfi's pre-industrial history is slowly being engulfed by the lush vegetation of the Ferriere Valley.