Mantua, Italy
Lovers of Valdaro
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
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Mantua, Italy
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Rome, Italy
Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.
Florence, Italy
An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Rome, Italy
This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.
Consonno, Italy
This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.
Riomaggiore, Italy
A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.
Milan, Italy
Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.
Vilminore di Scalve, Italy
The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.
Canale Monterano, Italy
The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.
Sperlonga, Italy
The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.
Tremosine, Italy
This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Borgo Grotta Gigante, Italy
One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.