Gardens of Bomarzo, Italy

Join us for a spooky trip to a small Italian town just approximately 68 kilometres northwest of Rome. We’re taking you to Bomarzo, where a once-forgotten 16th-century garden holds monstrous sculptures that are meant to evoke anything but pleasure. In our photo, the mouth of Orcus, a Roman god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths, gives visitors the feeling of being swallowed into the abyss.
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