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

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

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

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

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

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

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

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.