2000-year-old tombs underneath St Peters Basilica. St. Peter was (said to be crucified) in Rome in 64 C.E., at the…
La Recoleta Cemetery is located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder…
The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people in a small part of a tunnel…
The Mummies of Guanajuato are several naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak around Guanajuato, Mexico in 1833. The…
The Capuchins were an austere group of monks established in 1529. To ensure a proper resurrection, they saved everything including…
The world's most visited graveyard, it opened in 1804 and out of 800.000 people buried here, there are 69,000 ornate,…
Until the 1800s most burials had taken place in church graveyards, but by the 1820s, these had become so overcrowded…
I am glad I made the big detour to this Benedictine monastery consecrated as recently as 1957. The entire inside…
There are many great cathedrals in England: Salisbury, Ely, York Minster, Lincoln, and Durham, but I chose Norwich. This magnificent…
The Rosario Oratory of Santa Cita is an oratory located in the historic centre of Palermo. It is located in…