Florence, Italy
The Relic of St. Antoninus
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
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Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Venice, Italy
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
Rome, Italy
The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Rome, Italy
A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
San Gimignano, Italy
Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.
Palermo, Italy
This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Florence, Italy
An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Borgo Grotta Gigante, Italy
One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Rome, Italy
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Turin, Italy
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Rome, Italy
A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Rome, Italy
This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.