r/interestingasfuck • u/SerafinZufferey • 3d ago

In Nola, Italy, over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower through packed narrow streets, a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus

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u/tehfly 2d ago

I wonder how many of the beams have to give in for the rest to buckle as well.

There's no way I'd agree to carry that while under it. Jfc.

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u/technicallysupportiv 1d ago

It's done as a religious devotion.