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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Modena

6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Modena, Italy

Updated February 21, 2025

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San Cataldo Cemetery

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.
The Modena Archivolt.

Modena, Italy

Modena Archivolt

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.
The outside of the synagogue in Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini.

Modena, Italy

Modena Synagogue

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.
NoviPark Roman Amphorae

Modena, Italy

NoviPark Roman Amphorae

Hundreds of Roman amphorae are stored in an ususpecting underground parking lot.
These “lovers” turned out to be both male.

Modena, Italy

Lovers of Modena

Archeologists can't decide if these two hand-holding skeletons were brothers or lovers.
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Nautilus Antiques and Old Oddities

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Mud volcano erupts its “lava”

Fiorano modenese, Italy

Salse di Nirano

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.
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