A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

This historic floating crane became an unlikely symbol of the port of Trieste.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A cone-shaped top and cylindrical body set this 900-year-old structure apart from other Italian bell towers.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The chimney of a shuttered power station in the Po Delta is the second-tallest structure in Italy.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

A rare example of an octagonal Catholic church.

All that is left of this medieval castle is two towers, both of which now display a visible tilt.

Inside this medieval defense tower stands a modern residential building.