Brallo di Pregola, Italy
Ghost Town of Rovaiolo Vecchio
An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.
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Brallo di Pregola, Italy
An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.
S'Archittu, Italy
The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.
Grimaldi, Italy
A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.
Luras, Italy
At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.
Salerno, Italy
According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.
Rimini, Italy
One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.
Vernazza, Italy
This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.
Formia, Italy
Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.
Santa Venere, Italy
Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.
Calascio, Italy
What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.
Chiavari, Italy
This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.
Lucca, Italy
This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.
Osimo, Italy
A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.
Labante, Italy
South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.
Gallicano nel Lazio, Italy
A colossal aqueduct from the second century B.C., deeply hidden in a gorge on the outskirts of Rome.
Naples, Italy
Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.
Cittadella, Italy
Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.
Sirmione, Italy
On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.
Naples, Italy
This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.
Ercolano, Italy
For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
Venice, Italy
This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.
Nughedu Santa Vittoria, Italy
Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."
Italy
The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.
Capo Testa, Italy
Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.