What do you call a place with the bones of over 4000 monks? A graveyard? No. Rome.
From outside, the Capuchin Church looks like any other in this Catholic city, yet its design is somewhat unique. Within its six-roomed crypt, bones are heaped in piles or delicately arranged into crosses, flowers and arches.
It’s thought the Capuchin monks were trying to mimic Parisian catacombs when they created this macabre display. However, this tomb boasts carcass displays of a more philosophical nature than those in Paris: for example a large clock is composed of vertebrae, fingers and toes representing that time has no beginning and no end.
An altar of children’s skulls, lampshades of vertebrae and thousands of other bones make this one Italian church you won’t forget in a hurry.
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