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

This Renaissance palace features a unique architectural design and is now home to the Ferrara National Art Gallery.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.