Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

The charred, dead skeleton of an oak tree is said to have consoled a dying 16th-century Italian poet.

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

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

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

One of Rome's most picturesque and original bridges was also a popular choice for Grand Tour artists.

A colossal aqueduct from the second century B.C., deeply hidden in a gorge on the outskirts of Rome.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

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

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.