Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.

Numerous stone coffins from different centuries, lined up in a sixth century basilica.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

A British Commonwealth cemetery in the heart of Milan, with 421 allied soldiers died during World War II.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

This uniquely designed bridge served as the city gate for Comacchio.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.

Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

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