Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo
This small church, set back off the square, is popular with pet owners who bring their animals to be blessed on St Anthony’s feast day (17 January).
Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo
This small church, set back off the square, is popular with pet owners who bring their animals to be blessed on St Anthony’s feast day (17 January).
Vatican City, Borgo & Prati
This vast landmark palazzo, built to a neo-baroque style between 1888 and 1911, is the seat of Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation.
Olbia
Worth a look is the 18th-century granite Chiesa di San Paolo, spectacularly topped by a Valencian-style multicoloured tiled dome (added after WWII).
San Gimignano
Occupying a decommissioned 16th-century church, this modest museum has a mournful collection of stuffed birds that dates back to 1886 and looks it.
Isola Maddalena
You could pass half an hour or so inspecting the religious bits and bobs at this museum in the back of the modern Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena.
Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale
The western length of Piazza Santi Apostoli is dominated by the 17th-century facade of Palazzo Odescalchi, spilt into apartments today.
Livorno
This Neo-Gothic Protestant church was built in 1864 for the use of Livorno's Dutch-German community. It's now permanently closed.
Eastern Sardinia
Signposted along the Dorgali–Ponte Sa Barva road, this ancient nuraghic tomb is reached by stepping stones across the river.
Northeastern Sardinia
Built in Pisan Romanesque style, this church in the town centre dates to the time of Spanish domination of the island.
Panarea
The smallest of Panarea's offshore islands, Lisca Nera is nothing more than a speck of rock protruding from the sea.
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Murano's white lighthouse only dates to 1934, but it's a distinctive island landmark. It's not open to the public.
Central Sicily
Closed to the public at the time of writing, this church sits down a side street off the scalinata.
San Polo & Santa Croce
Flanking the Grand Canal, this porticoed complex was designed by Jacopo Sansovino in the mid-16th century.
Ancient Rome
About 250m down from the Colosseum, this is the main entrance/exit for the Palatino (Palatine Hill).
Elba
The dimly lit, 17th-century Chiesa della Misericordia is home to Napoleon's death mask.
Ancient Rome
The main entrance/exit for the Roman Forum is just off Via dei Fori Imperiali.
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
A restored 19th-century Austrian fort, sometimes used for art exhibitions.
Roman Forum & Palatino Entrance
Ancient Rome
This entrance gives access to both the Roman Forum and Palatino.