Gardone Riviera, Italy
Vittoriale Degli Italiani (Victory Shrine of the Italians)
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
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Gardone Riviera, Italy
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
Astura, Italy
A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.
Genoa, Italy
The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.
Modena, Italy
This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.
Rasiglia, Italy
This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."
Brallo di Pregola, Italy
An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.
Ravenna, Italy
An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.
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.
Formia, Italy
Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.
Turin, Italy
When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.
Clusone, Italy
A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.
Milan, Italy
A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.
Cittadella, Italy
Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.
Turin, Italy
The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."
Rome, Italy
The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.
Le Castella, Italy
This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.
Gubbio, Italy
Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.
Nardò, Italy
A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.
Cropani, Italy
The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
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The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.
Pisa, Italy
A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.
Venice, Italy
Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.
Noli, Italy
The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.