Syracuse, Italy
Ear of Dionysius
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
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Syracuse, Italy
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Rome, Italy
The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.
Venice, Italy
Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Rome, Italy
Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
Rome, Italy
This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.
Rome, Italy
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Rome, Italy
This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Venice, Italy
A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
Rome, Italy
A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.