Rome, Italy
Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
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Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Ravenna, Italy
This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.
Ravenna, Italy
An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.
Ravenna, Italy
The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.
Comacchio, Italy
This uniquely designed bridge served as the city gate for Comacchio.
Athens, Greece
One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.
Athens, Greece
This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.
Athens, Greece
A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.
Athens, Greece
The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Sparta, Greece
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Argolis, Greece
This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.
Nafplio, Greece
This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.
Nafplio, Greece
This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Klagenfurt, Austria
The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.
Seychelles
A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.