Cloud Winchester's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Cloud Winchester

I am an archeology student who loves history and mysteries, I love to travel and touch the most important places on the planet, I study in particular Greek and Byzantine culture. I have my little studio in the Eternal City and from here I plan my travels in the history of the world.

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Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos (Panagia Speliotissa)

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

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Tzistarakis Mosque

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

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Panathenaic Stadium Passage

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

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Caves of Filopappou Hill

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

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Zappeion

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

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Agia Dynamis

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

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Theatre of Dionysus

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

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The Olive Tree of the Acropolis

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

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Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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Lycabettus Funicular

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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Antikythera Mechanism

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

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Ossuary Chapel of the Cathedral of Otranto

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

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Montecassino Abbey

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

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Calascio, Italy

Rocca Calascio

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

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Torre Astura

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

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Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

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Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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Vatican City Walls

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

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The Protestant Cemetery

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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'Il Babuino' ('The Baboon')

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

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Arch of Gallienus

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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Palazzo Naiadi Roman Baths

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

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Lisbon, Portugal

Santa Justa Lift

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

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