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Musings of an artist carved into a rural stonewall.

Jesus turns into vines inside this chapel.

Acrosticism and palindromes on this randomly placed stone.

Hundreds of plague victims were buried beneath this small, rural church.

Statues portraying anatomical deformities were placed in this garden to foster ethical behavior.

These 500-year-old frescoes depict the city in its glory days.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

Hike along an abandoned railway up to a popular pilgrimage site.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

This historic line is a remnant of an ambitious and unconventional project that today provides panoramic views of the Ligurian mountains.

This Gothic revival structure has been a family home, a military base, a gymnastics center, and is now owned by one of the largest auction houses in Italy.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.

Seven centuries ago, its holy door opened for a forgiveness procession ritual that was later "copied" by the formal Catholic Jubilee.

The walls of this tiny Italian church are entirely covered with frescoes.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

Some say this small Italian church holds a gate to Heaven.

The other, lesser-known, Sistine Chapel, sits over 500km away from the Vatican City in an Italian port City.