Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

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

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

A 15th-century monumental Latin inscription on this house celebrates Lorenzo Manilio's love for Rome.