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Claire Polders's avatar

I visited the Capuchin crypt in Palermo, which was creepy enough, but am now keen to discover this structure of bones, too.

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Domenica Marchetti's avatar

This chapel was a favorite childhood “haunt” of mine. I was mesmerized by the intricate decorations created with all the bones, the walls of skulls, the hooded friars. The one that got me most, though, was the bones of a young princess adorning one of the chapel ceilings. In those days there were only a few people who visited. I took my kids one year when they were young but by then it was teeming with tourists, you had to pay to get in, and you were allotted only a few minutes to go through it. It kind of ruined the experience!

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