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A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The middle finger of modernity.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.