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A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

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

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

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

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.