If someone told you that he has entered a pyramid whilst visiting the city of Rome, would you have believed him?
Outstanding Gothic masterpieces, these funerary tombs were built in order to celebrate the Della Scala family, rulers of Verona during the…
Situated in a historical convent from the 13th century, this is the place where, supposedly, the lovers of the Shakespeare's play died…
This inconspicuous church was built in the 15th century. Most people know it because of the small tomb, called Tempietto, which is hidden in…
These catacombs belong among the largest and oldest in Rome. They spread over 17 kilometers of underground tunnels, and it is estimated that…
The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a Late Antique Roman building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450.
The Mausoleum of Augustus is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BCE on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy.
The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is a mausoleum located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia.
The Chiesa di Santa Margherita de' Cerchi is a 13th-century, Roman Catholic church dedicated to Margaret the Virgin in the centre of…
Anthony or Antony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order.
The Necropolis of Pantalica is a collection of cemeteries with rock-cut chamber tombs in southeast Sicily, Italy.
Domenico Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Lanza was an Italian politician and the eighth prime minister of Italy from 1869 to 1873.
Curzio Malaparte, born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat.
Leonardo Bistolfi was an Italian sculptor and an important exponent of Italian Symbolism.
The Monteverde Angel or Angel of the Resurrection is a masterpiece of neo-classical religious sculpture, created in marble in 1882 by the…
