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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.
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These “lovers” turned out to be both male.

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Lovers of Modena

Archeologists can't decide if these two hand-holding skeletons were brothers or lovers.
NoviPark Roman Amphorae

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NoviPark Roman Amphorae

Hundreds of Roman amphorae are stored in an ususpecting underground parking lot.
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Abandoned Bugatti Factory

Once built to revive one of the world's most legendary car brands, this futuristic factory in Italy now stands abandoned as a striking monument to Bugatti's short-lived 1990s comeback.
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Mud volcano erupts its "lava"

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Salse di Nirano

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