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After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

The history of Greece is illustrated through banknotes.

A spectacular Neoclassical palace is home more than 15,000 artifacts and works of art.

This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Wedged between streets and buildings, this ancient Roman theatre could seat 7000 spectators.

A monumental private palace behind an unassuming facade, with astonishing interiors including a rococo ballroom.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

It took more than 300 years to build this church, which is home to two sacred vessels believed to hold the blood of Christ.

A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

These megalithic tombs contain some of the largest stones ever moved in prehistory.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

This medieval synagogue survived the Inquisition as a hospital and church.

Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.