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

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

Once the hunting reserve of a noble family, this is one of the few remnants of Pleistocene planitial forest in northern Italy that still stands.

The origins of a large, medieval castle are shrouded in mystery, but now it's a delightful garden.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

This Italian museum is a one-of-a-kind celebration of printing and type.

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

Two bronze wolves atop this large rock honor the "Wolves of Tuscany" brigade of World War I.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

Visit a secretive crypt before it crumbles to dust.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.