Rome, Italy
Sculpture of Giovanni Paolo II
A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rome, Italy
The Wax-Encased Remains of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi
The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.
Bacoli, Italy
Upside-Down Fig Tree
A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.
Albano Laziale, Italy
The Uphill-Downhill Road of Ariccia
Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.
Minori, Italy
Villa Romana e Antiquarium
A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.
Rome, Italy
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Rome, Italy
Saint Catherine Russian Orthodox Church
The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.
Ravello, Italy
Terrace of Infinity at Villa Cimbrone
Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.
Rome, Italy
The Museum of Roman Ships at Fiumicino
Roman-era ships unearthed...
Permanently Closed
Rome, Italy
'Mi Sono Perso' ('I Am Lost')
An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.
Ercolano, Italy
Osservatorio Vesuviano (Vesuvius Observatory)
The oldest volcanology research center in the world.
Rome, Italy
Rome's Gladiator School
This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.
Rome, Italy
The Martyr Murals at Santo Stefano Rotondo
Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.
Rome, Italy
The "Little London"
A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.
Rome, Italy
Santa Francesca Romana
St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.
Rome, Italy
The Sweating Cenotaph at the Archbasilica San Giovanni in Laterano
Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.
Cerveteri, Italy
Necropolis of the Banditaccia
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Florence, Italy
La Specola Zoological Museum
An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.
Rome, Italy
Cloaca Maxima
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Rome, Italy
Centrale Montemartini
Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.
Capri, Italy
Villa Jovis
The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.
Bologna, Italy
Bologna Zoological Museum
This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.
Rome, Italy
Cinecittà
The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.
Rome, Italy
Monte Testaccio
This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.
