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2000-year-old tombs underneath St Peters Basilica.  St. Peter was (said to be crucified) in Rome in 64 C.E., at the orders of the Emperor Nero. (Peter asked to be crucified upside-down because he did not think he was worthy of … Continue reading →

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 of the Argentine Navy, and a granddaughter of Napoleon. In 2011, the BBC hailed it as one of the world’s best cemeteries, and in 2013, … Continue reading →

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 network built to consolidate Paris’ ancient stone mines. Extending south from the Barrière d’Enfer (“Gate of Hell”) former city gate, … Continue reading →

The Mummies of Guanajuato are several naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak around Guanajuato, Mexico in 1833. The human bodies appear to have been disinterred between 1870 and 1958. During that time, a local tax required a fee … Continue reading →

The Capuchins were an austere group of monks established in 1529. To ensure a proper resurrection, they saved everything including the bones of 4000 monks when they died, and until 1870, decorated four small crypt chapels to construct Rome’s strangest … Continue reading →

The world’s most visited graveyard, it opened in 1804 and out of 800.000 people buried here, there are 69,000 ornate, often ostentatious tombs in a 44-hectare open-air sculpture garden. Some of the famous buried here are Chopin, the playwright Moliere, … Continue reading →

Until the 1800s most burials had taken place in church graveyards, but by the 1820s, these had become so overcrowded and unsanitary that a new solution had to be found. Outbreaks of cholera and typhoid made action more urgent. People … Continue reading →

I am glad I made the big detour to this Benedictine monastery consecrated as recently as 1957. The entire inside was painted over 7 years by Greek artists (all the script is in Greek). The nave is Old Testament with … Continue reading →

There are many great cathedrals in England: Salisbury, Ely, York Minster, Lincoln, and Durham, but I chose Norwich. This magnificent Anglican cathedral’s spire is higher than any in England except Salisbury’s and its cloisters must be the largest. The church … Continue reading →

The Rosario Oratory of Santa Cita is an oratory located in the historic centre of Palermo. It is located in Via Valverde in the La Loggia district, adjacent to the church of Santa Cita. The 17th-century building was founded by … Continue reading →