100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

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

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

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

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.

In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.

These hut foundations are believed to be the residence of Romulus, founder of Rome.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

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

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

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

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.