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A聽columbarium is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of聽funerary urns聽holding聽cremains聽of the dead
A聽columbarium聽(pl.聽columbaria) is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of聽funerary urns聽holding聽cremains聽of the dead. The term comes from the聽Latin聽columba聽(dove) and originally solely referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and… Read more.
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San Bernardino alle Ossa, Milan
San Bernardino alle Ossa is a church in Milan, northern Italy, best known for its ossuary, a small side chapel decorated with numerous human skulls and bones. In 1210, when an adjacent cemetery… Read more.
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The聽Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (also Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins) are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. Today they provide a somewhat macabre tourist attraction as well as an extraordinary historical record. Historical background Palermo’s Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in… Read more.
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The聽Sedlec Ossuary (Czech Republic)
The聽Sedlec Ossuary聽(Czech:聽Kostnice v Sedlci;聽German:聽Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a聽Roman Catholic聽chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech:聽H艡bitovn铆 kostel V拧ech Svat媒ch), part of the former聽Sedlec Abbey聽in Sedlec, a suburb of聽Kutn谩 Hora聽in the聽Czech… Read more.
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Catacombs of San Gennaro in聽Naples,聽Italy
The聽Catacombs of San Gennaro聽are underground聽paleo-Christian聽burial and worship sites in聽Naples,聽Italy, carved out of聽tuff, a porous stone. They are situated in the northern part of the city, on the slope leading up… Read more.
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Fontanelle cemetery聽in聽Naples
The聽Fontanelle cemetery聽in聽Naples聽is a聽charnel house, an聽ossuary, located in a cave in the聽tuff聽hillside in the Materdei section of the city. It is associated with a chapter in the folklore of the city.… Read more.
