Another short stroll from the Colosseum, beneath the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, completed in 1631, the six-room Cripta dei Frati Cappuccini is adorned with the bones of some 3,700 Capuchin monks arranged in intricate designs. The idea is not to be gratuitously macabre but as a reminder of human mortality, and bony Catholic crypts and chapels known as ossuaries can be found elsewhere, too – especially in the rest of Europe.
Read more in my post 8 Interesting, Off-the-Beaten-Path Attractions of Rome.
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