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Langhirano, Italy

Museum of Prosciutto di Parma

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Turin, Italy

Medieval Village

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
Annalisa Added by Annalisa
Matera, Italy

Sassi di Matera

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
GFire Added by GFire
Alberobello, Italy

Alberobello

Southern Italy's spinning top village.
serflac Added by serflac
Venice, Italy

Ponte dei Pugni (Bridge of Fists)

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Schnals, Italy

Campanile di Curon

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
emanuelemannocci Added by emanuelemannocci
Pompeii, Italy

The Brothels of Pompeii

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Tremosine, Italy

Strada della Forra

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.
Added by inuyasha7475
Florence, Italy

Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
Annalisa Added by Annalisa
Florence, Italy

Il Porcellino

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Melendugno, Italy

Torre Sant'Andrea

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.
EleFaith Added by EleFaith
Florence, Italy

L’importuno di Michelangelo

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
kiddevil Added by kiddevil
Triora, Italy

The Town Of Witches

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
Cozzarius Added by Cozzarius
Calcata Vecchia, Italy

Calcata

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.
masqueofanarchy Added by masqueofanarchy
Naples, Italy

Naples Underground

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Ravenna, Italy

Flooded Crypt of San Francesco

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Added by Nikel
Rome, Italy

The Protestant Cemetery

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Added by Spacedlaw
Riola, Italy

Rocchetta Mattei

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Rome, Italy

Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
CadaverFormosus Added by CadaverFormosus
Florence, Italy

Galileo's Middle Finger

The middle finger of modernity.
michelle Added by michelle
Palermo, Italy

Capuchin Monastery Catacombs

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Added by CPilgrim
Ercolano, Italy

Herculaneum

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Venice, Italy

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Added by laurajok
Rome, Italy

Quartiere Coppedè

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.
Added by athomio