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Spyros K

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Ponte della Maddalena

Borgo a Mozzano, Italy

Ponte della Maddalena

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The grotto

Sperlonga, Italy

Villa of Tiberius

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

An alley in Turin's fake medieval village.

Turin, Italy

Medieval Village

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Looking out onto la Civita, the city center, from an ancient grotto in Sassi di Matera.

Matera, Italy

Sassi di Matera

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

The eternal lovers of Valdaro.

Mantua, Italy

Lovers of Valdaro

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Tunnel and vintage cars.

Naples, Italy

Bourbon Tunnel

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

(Flickr/Elizabeth Thomsen)

Alberobello, Italy

Alberobello

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Santa Maria dell'Isola seen from Via Indipendenza - Tropea, Italy.

Tropea, Italy

Santa Maria dell’Isola Monastery

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno

Genoa, Italy

Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

Venice, Italy

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

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

Joseph Heintz, "Competition on the Ponte dei Pugni in Venice" (1673)

Venice, Italy

Ponte dei Pugni (Bridge of Fists)

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Ear of Dionysius

Syracuse, Italy

Ear of Dionysius

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Pompeii, Italy

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Ruins of Galeria

Rome, Italy

Natural Monument of Galeria Antica

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Marmore Falls.

Marmore, Italy

Cascata delle Marmore (Marmore Falls)

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Inside the temple

Pramarzo, Italy

Temple of Damanhur

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

The Arch of Gallienus, the Church of Saints Vito and Modesti on the left

Rome, Italy

Arch of Gallienus

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Vasari Corridor

Florence, Italy

Vasari Corridor

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Inside the giant whale fountain (Flickr/Jorden rundt og hjem igen)

Collodi, Italy

Pinocchio Park

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

Ninfeo di Villa Litta

Lainate, Italy

Ninfeo di Villa Litta

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology

Turin, Italy

Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra

Volterra, Italy

Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

Rome, Italy

Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

A building ruin

Canale Monterano, Italy

The Ghost City of Monterano

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

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