Like the Capuchin Crypt in Rome, many such places were constructed by religious orders in reverence of those passed. Others, like the famous Catacombs in Paris, were built strictly out of necessity.

Rome may be the Eternal City, but popes are mere mortal men. The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes over the past 1,961 years are buried in Rome, in dozens of crypts, catacombs, and ...

The catacombs of Rome contain Christian art of both beauty and complexity. This work was drawn on a ceiling near the Crypts of Lucina and has been interpreted as an image of Daniel (at center ...

Petrarch, in his many letters about Rome, dwells often on the sacredncss of the soil within the city, in whose crypts and churches so many saints and martyrs lie buried, hut hardly refers to the ...

The Catacombs of Rome In Rome, the Vatican maintains the Christian catacombs and offers tours to the public . Tight control by the Papacy has meant that exploration has not been as extensive as ...

Rome is the city of antiquity, where the ruins of the Colosseum and the Forum remind us of the glories and the geeks (Nero and Caligula come to mind) of the Roman Empire. As one of the early center… ...

Spooky crypts & catacombs Bone up on Roman history with City Wonders’ Crypt and Catacomb tour. City Wonder. Rome is known as the Eternal City for many reasons — not least of which is the ...

Adorning the crypts hidden among Rome’s catacombs are frescoes which reveal 1,600 year-old history, as well as the life of early Christians, which are regaining vividness through new technology.

CHRISTIAN ART began in the catacombs. Under ground, by the feeble light of lanterns, upon the ceilings of crypts, or in the semicircular spaces left above some of the more conspicuous graves, the ...