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Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy

Amphitheatre of Capua

This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.

StepYoshi

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Pietra del Vituperio (Stone of Shame)

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

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Basilica of San Vitale

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

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Florence, Italy

Fresco of John Hawkwood

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Annetta Black

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Villa dei Misteri

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

StepYoshi

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Montecassino Abbey

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

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Florence, Italy

Bronze Replica of Michelangelo’s David

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.

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Stone Phalluses of Pompeii

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

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Piraeus Lion

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

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St. Anthony's Tongue

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

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Leonardo's Horse - Il Cavallo dello Sforza

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Annetta Black

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Padua Astronomical Clock

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

StepYoshi

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St. Mark's Lost Third Column

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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Scrovegni Chapel

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

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Villa Jovis

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

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Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower)

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Annetta Black

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The Alpine Wall

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

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Tomb of Antonio Canova

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

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Dante's Tomb

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

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Sassi di Matera

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

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Pozzuoli, Italy

Phlegraean Fields

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Annetta Black

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Alberobello, Italy

Alberobello

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

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Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

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Florence, Italy

Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents)

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

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