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The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

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