Discover Villa Jovis in Capri, Italy: The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.
Year: 2014
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.
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.
Biblioteca Malatestiana
Discover Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena, Italy: A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.
Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio
Discover Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio in Bologna, Italy: In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.
Palazzo del Bo Anatomical Theater
Discover Palazzo del Bo Anatomical Theater in Padua, Italy: The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living.".
San Giorgio in Alga
Discover San Giorgio in Alga in Venice, Italy: This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.
The Bronze Ear of Casa Sola-Busca
Discover The Bronze Ear of Casa Sola-Busca in Milan, Italy: Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.
Cinecittà
Discover Cinecittà in Rome, Italy: The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.
The Brothels of Pompeii
Discover The Brothels of Pompeii in Pompeii, Italy: Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
The Ghost City of Monterano
Discover The Ghost City of Monterano in Canale Monterano, Italy: The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.
Road of 52 Tunnels
Discover Road of 52 Tunnels in Italy: This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra
Discover Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra in Volterra, Italy: This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
Monte Testaccio
Discover Monte Testaccio in Rome, Italy: This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.
Mamertine Prison
Discover Mamertine Prison in Rome, Italy: This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.
Tempietto at San Pietro in Montorio
Discover Tempietto at San Pietro in Montorio in Rome, Italy: More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.
Vasari Corridor
Discover Vasari Corridor in Florence, Italy: This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Flooded Crypt of San Francesco
Discover Flooded Crypt of San Francesco in Ravenna, Italy: Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
L’importuno di Michelangelo
Discover L’importuno di Michelangelo in Florence, Italy: The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Campo de Fiori
Discover Campo de Fiori in Rome, Italy: This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.