Crypt of the Capuchins Rome
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How can this lead to the pits of hell? These monks were good men. Their holy bones have been used to build a house of God, what better place is there to Rest in peace other than a church.
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It's not that they want to preserve their material body. They wanted to show us that our beautiful body will become just a bunch of bones so it's a way to remember how weak is life.
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and they invented cappucino's
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what can you expect to a false religion like catholic church? for those who will contest, try thinking for yourself if a Godly religion can allow this demonic thing to happen in their church..
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yep the capucin catacombs is really beautiful it's not as scary as those of paris as there's light an there's no risk of getting lost
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@spectoriate I was at this location back in 2001. It's very close by the Barberini Metro station. It's located in Rome and it's not for those with a weak countinence.
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thats insane... making art out of the dead
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Creepy and cool at the same time
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@spectoriate not sure, this place is in Rome at the side of the Capuchin church. There is another place in Palmero Sicily which is famous for its mummies
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At the end there is a plack that says what you are now we used to be what we are know you will be. after a prpy amarican girl read that she started to cry it was so funny :)
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@expendablecitizen what or who is the bird man ??
I've read that photography is not allowed but I don't really know how you could've made this video if it wasn't allowed to take pictures. Do they mind if it's flash photography? We plan on going there next week but it'd be a bummer if we wouldn't be able to take pictures or record a video in there.
DQueensoul 2 years ago
@DQueensoul There are signs up saying no photography.But I think you would get away with it .
JIMM1965 2 years ago
Visited there thirty years ago. Creepy. And the living monks tending the place were even creepier than the dead ones.
The story is when the church was built (13th century) they brought in dirt from the Holy Land to bury the monks in. When they ran out of room, they took the oldest bones and used them to decorate the walls so those monks could still be considered to be buried in dirt from the Holy Land, as long as they were still in those crypts. Very eerie place.
humbugfoto1 2 years ago
Don't think it has changed much since you were there. There are quiet a few bone churches around Europe I think its to remind us that we're only here for a short time!
JIMM1965 2 years ago