The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. Today they provide a somewhat macabre tourist attraction as well as an extraordinary historical record.
"Professionals' Corridor" in the Capuchin Catacombs
Rosalia Lombardo, who died in 1920, as she appeared in 1982
New Corridor
Monks' Corridor
Catacombs are man-made underground passages primarily used for religious purposes, particularly for burial. Any chamber used as a burial place is considered a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire.
A procession in the San Callistus catacombs in Rome, painted by Alberto Pisa.
Grave niches in the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome.
Paris Catacombs.
Jesus and his twelve apostles, fresco with the Chi-Rho symbol ☧, Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome.