Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.

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

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

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

A monument to the migrants who cross the dangerous waters between North Africa and a tiny Italian island.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.

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

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.