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Likewise, an inconspicuous and not at all exciting object or structure can become a wonder if it finds itself in the right place at the right time - even a jail.

There are precious few physical structures that exist in a gray area between reality and imagination...

There are probably entire blocks and even some villages receiving less letters on any given day than that rather inconspicuous house. All those letters are addressed to “Juliet, in Verona”.

When it comes to Italy, almost every town there was a capital!

It's hard to imagine someone creating a Wonder despite their intentions rather than in accordance with them, and yet…

Pope Paul V's nephew, Cardinal Scipione Borghese had a small problem...

One would think that a 28-centuries-old city has a lot to offer, and it does...in a rather quirky way.

Two wonders on the same square is already an overkill. Three? That would be beyond description...

As if the Gothic Wonder wasn't enough to turn the Cathedral Square in Milan into one of the most remarkable places on Earth, a galleria was built right next to the cathedral in the third quarter of the 19th century.