The front of the Italian Naval Base in Venice.  I'm guessing this is one of the more choice assignments as a naval officer; if nothing else one could soak in the culture whilst defending the ancient city.  

A funicular is, essentially, a super-steep railroad.  Which can be useful if you don't have the real estate to snake a regular train back and forth up a steep grade.  The old city of Bergamo has two of them, and in addition to being a novelty they are quite useful if one doesn't want to make the hike on foot. 

I don't normally advocate intermingling with pigeons, but these are essentially domesticated ones who suffer the vanities of the persons intent upon feeding them free food, in exchange for a photo.   And since there are more than enough tourists every single day of the year in the Piazza, the fact that the pigeons might not be so great at finding food any other way doesn't present itself as much of a problem.  Liam (and Stewart joined in as well). 

One of the tallest waterfalls in Italy.  Some time ago the Italians put a dam at the head of the falls, and so nixed the presence of a continuous flow of water.  But the upshot is that several times a year they open the flood gates, and droves of people come to watch the spectacle of large volumes of water cascading down the mountainside.  

The REAL David, in Forence.  I try to avoid looking like an obvious tourist everywhere I go, but stood there and snapped photos like everyone else.  And by no means was this the only incredible sculpture there.  

This was in Milan's Duomo, strangely.  It wasn't uncommon to find pieces like this, that didn't quite fit the official Catholic narrative.  

The famous Milan Mall.  Hundreds of years old.  

Cemetery in Genoa.  Went on forever, and literally hundreds of intricate statuaries adorning the gravesides.