A woman leans on the entrance to one of Bordighera’s gardens in Italy, 1928.Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic Creative

Pope John Paul II carries Holy Communion before Mass on Holy Thursday in Rome, 1985. Photograph by James L. Stanfield, National Geographic Creative

Motorists pass people on a scenic road atop a cliff overlooking a bay near Trieste, Italy, 1956.Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic Creative

Two balls dropped from the tower in Pisa replay Galileo’s experiment, November 1974.Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic

Seen from Castello Brown, Portofino, Italy, hugs the shoreline, February 1965.Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic