Discover Santuario di Santa Rosalia in Palermo, Italy: Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.
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Scrovegni Chapel
Discover Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy: Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.
Bologna Zoological Museum
Discover Bologna Zoological Museum in Bologna, Italy: This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.
Monte Busca Volcano
Discover Monte Busca Volcano in Villaggio Monte Busca, Italy: This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.
Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower)
Discover Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower) in Lucca, Italy: Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
Necropolis of the Banditaccia
Discover Necropolis of the Banditaccia in Cerveteri, Italy: Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Cappella Palatina
Discover Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Italy: Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.
Sacrario Militare del Monte Grappa
Discover Sacrario Militare del Monte Grappa in Crespano del Grappa, Italy: This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.
Italy’s Free Wine Fountain
Discover Cammino di San Tommaso Fountain of Wine in Villa Caldari, Italy: An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.
Unlike Their Egyptian Counterparts, the Pyramids of Zone Are Naturally Occuring
Discover Pyramids of Zone in Cislano, Italy: A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.
Ossuary Chapel of the Cathedral of Otranto
Discover Ossuary Chapel of the Cathedral of Otranto in Otranto, Italy: A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
The Hidden Royal Waiting Room in Milan’s Central Station
Discover Royal Pavilion at Stazione Centrale in Milan, Italy: An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
Pozzo di San Patrizio
Discover Pozzo di San Patrizio in Orvieto, Italy: Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.
Cascate del Serio
Discover Cascate del Serio in Pianlivere, Italy: The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Discover Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy: One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
The Sweating Cenotaph at the Archbasilica San Giovanni in Laterano
Discover The Sweating Cenotaph at the Archbasilica San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome, Italy: Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.
Ceramic Steps of Caltagirone
Discover Ceramic Steps of Caltagirone in Caltagirone, Italy: 142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.
Sojo Art and Nature Park
Discover Sojo Art and Nature Park in Lusiana, Italy: Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.
Leonardo’s Horse – Il Cavallo dello Sforza
Discover Leonardo's Horse – Il Cavallo dello Sforza in Milan, Italy: Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.
Pietra Di Bismantova
Discover Pietra Di Bismantova in Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy: An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.