This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

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

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

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

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

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

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.