Bacoli, Italy
Casina Vanvitelliana
The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.
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Bacoli, Italy
The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Naples, Italy
This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Pozzuoli, Italy
A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.
Naples, Italy
This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Naples, Italy
This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Maddaloni, Italy
A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.
Rome, Italy
This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.
Rome, Italy
A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.
Rome, Italy
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Rome, Italy
A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.
Rome, Italy
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
Rome, Italy
Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Rome, Italy
Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.
Rome, Italy
A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.
Rome, Italy
Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.
Rome, Italy
This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.
Rome, Italy
This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.