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.
Novara, Italy
This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.
Milan, Italy
Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.
Ischia di Castro, Italy
A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.
Caprarola, Italy
A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.
Muraglione, Italy
Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.
Cassino, Italy
This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.
Crespano del Grappa, Italy
This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.
Cesena, Italy
A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.
Innichen, Italy
Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.
Padua, Italy
The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."
Italy
A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.
Vilminore di Scalve, Italy
The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Fregene, Italy
This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Pramarzo, Italy
Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
La Maddalena, Italy
Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.
Ravenna, Italy
Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.