This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

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

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

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.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The middle finger of modernity.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

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

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A cone-shaped top and cylindrical body set this 900-year-old structure apart from other Italian bell towers.

A rare example of an octagonal Catholic church.