One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

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

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

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

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

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

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

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.