The Atlas Obscura Guide To Modena

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

Updated February 21, 2025

Unusual Attractions in Modena

Modena, Italy

San Cataldo Cemetery

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

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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.

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Modena Synagogue

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

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.

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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.

4 miles from Modena

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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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