The hilltop town of Segni was once home to an ancient Roman colony and garrison.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.