Vatican City
Domus Sanctae Marthae
These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.
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Vatican City
These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.
Vatican City
If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Vatican City
This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.
Vatican City
A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.
Vatican City
The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Rome, Italy
A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.
Rome, Italy
This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.
Rome, Italy
This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.
Rome, Italy
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Rome, Italy
Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.
Rome, Italy
Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.
Rome, Italy
Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.
Rome, Italy
A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.
Rome, Italy
Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.
Rome, Italy
The Pope’s secret escape route.
Rome, Italy
This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Rome, Italy
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
Rome, Italy
One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.
Leuven, Belgium
Though they might seem like arbitrary scratches in the wall, these were once official measures of length.