A mixture of modern and ancient...

What I found truly interesting was a mixture of modern and ancient. Walking down the street and looking down an alley and seeing columns and archaeology just thrown in for good measure...very jarring but also very interesting and cool.

Ruins intermixed with modern...quite well preserved. History...made palpable and ready for consumption. Many of the Italian cities have their medieval walls still intact or the towers are still standing on the main thoroughfares...

These walls were erected for protection of their cities