A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

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

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.