Vrielinkie's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

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Bordighera, Italy

Marcello Cammi's Sculpture Garden

A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.

serflac

Added by serflac

Anatomical Theatre at the University of Pavia

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

Dylan

Fetta di Polenta

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

Added by maquid

The House of Cavaliere

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

serflac

Added by serflac

Santa Maria delle Grazie

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

Allison

Added by Allison

Horned Madonna of Portinari Chapel

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Added by Giorgio

House of the Shells

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

leiris

Added by leiris

Leonardo's Horse - Il Cavallo dello Sforza

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Milan's Hidden Bomb Shelters

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

atimian

Added by atimian

Zermatt, Switzerland

Solvay Hut

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Josh

Florence, Italy

The Bull of Santa Maria del Fiore

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

ruggero

Added by ruggero

Bosco Verticale

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

oriana

Added by oriana

Sojo Art and Nature Park

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

Morlin

Added by Morlin

Cerveteri, Italy

Necropolis of the Banditaccia

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

Added by radicalmatters

Botanical Garden of Padua - Orto botanico di Padova

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Ettore Guatelli Museum

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Vincent City

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Milan's Duomo "Dinosaur"

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Added by Giorgio

The Bronze Ear of Casa Sola-Busca

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

woodruff

Added by woodruff

Montecristo

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

Added by Caesar

Nughedu Santa Vittoria, Italy

Domus de Janas Tombs

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

Allison

Added by Allison

Goats of the Cingino Dam

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Josh

Pozzo di San Patrizio

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

Added by Mariano

Il Castello Incantato

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

serflac

Added by serflac