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heading "Post from the past" Catacombs of the Capuchins (Italian
Catacombe dei Cappuccini) - burial catacombs located in the city of Palermo in
Sicily, in which the clear remains of more than eight thousand people, most of
the local elite and prominent citizens - the clergy , the aristocracy and the
representatives of various professions. This is one of the most
famous exhibits of mummies - skeletonized, mummified, embalmed body
of the dead lie, stand, hang, form a composition.
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By the end of
the XVI century, the monks of the Capuchin monastery has increased
significantly, and there was a need for decent, spacious and versatile cemetery
for the brethren. For this purpose we adapted the crypt under the
monastery church. In 1599, there was buried brother Silvestro of Gubbio,
and then the remains were moved here several previously deceased monks. In
the future, the crypt space was cramped and the Capuchins gradually dug a long
corridor in which up to 1871 placed the body of the dead monks.
