Places revans Wants to Go

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

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

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

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

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

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

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

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