A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

The enigmatic sculpture hides above an escalator in a Milan metro station.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

Auguste Maïcon, a pioneer in French aviation, was born in this house in 1891.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.