Fregona, Italy
Caglieron Caves
These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.
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Naples, Italy
Il Giardino di Babuk
A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.
Cervara di Roma, Italy
Cervara di Roma
The second-highest village in Lazio has attracted artists for 400 years and is now a spectacular open-air art gallery.
Viggianello, Italy
Italus
The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.
Isola di Ponza, Italy
Grotte di Pilato
These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.
Genoa, Italy
Monteverde Angel
The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.
Genoa, Italy
Civic Museum of Natural History Giacomo Doria
Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.
Dolceacqua, Italy
Dolceacqua's Ponte Vecchio
Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.
Parma, Italy
Cattedrale di Parma (Parma Cathedral)
The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.
Codrongianos, Italy
Church of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia
A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.
Salerno, Italy
Salerno Medieval Aqueduct
According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.
Mantua, Italy
Sala dei Giganti (Chamber of the Giants)
A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.
Santa Venere, Italy
Temple of Hera II
Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.
Ravenna, Italy
Baptistery of Neon
Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.
Turin, Italy
The Dome of San Lorenzo
The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."
Formia, Italy
Eremo di San Michele Arcangelo (Hermitage of Saint Michael the Archangel)
Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.
Ravenna, Italy
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.
Cittadella, Italy
Cittadella City Walls
Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.
Grimaldi, Italy
Cavillon Cave at Grimaldi
A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.
Rome, Italy
Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso
This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.
Palermo, Italy
Santa Maria dello Spasimo
This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.
Capri, Italy
Arco Naturale (Natural Arch)
This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.
Anagni, Italy
Cripta di San Magno
The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.
Clusone, Italy
The Triumph of Death
A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.
