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Giant skeleton sculpture.

Foligno, Italy

Calamita Cosmica

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

San Bernardino alle Ossa

Milan, Italy

San Bernardino alle Ossa

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The Faceless Nuns

Torba, Italy

Faceless Nuns of the Torba Monastery

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

Sacra di San Michele

Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy

Sacra di San Michele

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Goats of Cingino Dam

Noasca, Italy

Goats of the Cingino Dam

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Giant Pink Bunny
Permanently Closed

Artesina, Italy

Giant Pink Bunny

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

Il Gigante

Monterosso al Mare, Italy

Il Gigante

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Ponte della Maddalena

Borgo a Mozzano, Italy

Ponte della Maddalena

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

View of the Torre Guinigi from the rooftops

Lucca, Italy

Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower)

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

(Flickr/walbrasky)

Vaglia, Italy

The Colossus of Villa Demidoff

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Massa Marittima Mural

Massa Marittima, Italy

Massa Marittima Mural

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

Towers of San Gimignano

San Gimignano, Italy

Towers of San Gimignano

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

Head of St. Catherine of Siena

Siena, Italy

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

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

Il Giardino dei Tarocchi

Capalbio, Italy

Il Giardino dei Tarocchi

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Burial mounds in the necropolis (Flickr/ortygia)

Cerveteri, Italy

Necropolis of the Banditaccia

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

The view from the bottom of the well.

Orvieto, Italy

Pozzo di San Patrizio

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

Dining Table at Villa Lante

Viterbo, Italy

Dining Table at Villa Lante

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Quartiere Coppedè

Rome, Italy

Quartiere Coppedè

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

This owl never sleeps and keeps his eyes on the main entrance door

Rome, Italy

Casina delle Civette

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

The gallery of maps, showing the ceiling

Vatican City

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Mithras slaying the bull - Context Travel

Rome, Italy

The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Pyramid of Cestius.

Rome, Italy

Pyramid of Cestius

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Basilica di San Clemente

Rome, Italy

Basilica di San Clemente

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

(WikiCommons)

Rome, Italy

Via Appia

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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