Capuchin Catacombs

Capuchin Catacombs are located in Palermo. These famous funerary catacombs became famous for the fact that the bodies here are kept in open and free access. More than eight thousand aristocrats, monks and representatives of elite families are buried here. As the founders of the burial correctly noted, the peculiarities of the soil and atmosphere of the catacombs prevent the decomposition of bodies.

For increased safety, the bodies were dried in a special room for eight months, then rubbed with vinegar, dressed in clothes and hung on the walls of the catacombs, or (in rare cases) placed in a coffin. Over the years, the catacombs expanded, new corridors appeared. The main ones are the corridor of monks, the corridor of men, the cube of children, the corridor of women, the cube of virgins, the corridor of professionals, the corridor of priests.