Joel Cusumano's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Joel Cusumano

A writer, musician, and globetrotting dilettante, Joel can at various times be found reading Mediterranean history, eating ricotta-based pastries, and producing definitive rankings of Blue Öyster Cult albums.

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Places visited in Pozzuoli, Italy

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Padua Astronomical Clock

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

St. Anthony's Tongue

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Allison

Added by Allison

The Flooded Crypt of San Zaccaria

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Added by zackofalltrades

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman Bird Palaces

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Mausoleum of Theoderic

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Basilica of San Vitale

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

deepbluehue

Added by deepbluehue

Dante's Tomb

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Added by lastpearl

Relics in the Basilica of San Domenico

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Allison

Added by Allison

Saint Catherine of Bologna

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

michelle

Added by michelle

Fountain of Neptune

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

talkinmonkey

Added by talkinmonkey

Selçuk, Turkey

Brothel Advertisement at Ephesus

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

merhutch

Added by merhutch

Libreria Acqua Alta

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Added by zackofalltrades

San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico

Hierve El Agua

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

Alicia Bones

Added by Alicia Bones

San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico

Column of Death

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Santa María del Tule, Mexico

El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree)

The stoutest tree in the world.

Selçuk, Turkey

Basilica of St. John

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Joel Cusumano

Added by Joel Cusumano

Cuilapam de Guerrero, Mexico

Princess Donají Tomb

This abandoned convent keeps the tomb of a legendary beheaded princess.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Sisinnius Fresco in the Basilica San Clemente

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

LatiumMirabile

Added by LatiumMirabile

Viñales Mural de la Prehistoria

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

serflac

Added by serflac

Chichen Itza, Mexico

Chichen Itza Chirp

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Chicxulub, Mexico

Chicxulub Crater

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Chichen Itza, Mexico

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

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