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Catacombe dei Cappuccini

  • Address: Piazza Cappuccini off Via Cappuccini, near Palazzo Reale, Palermo, 90129
  • Phone: 091/212117

Fodor's Review:

The spookiest sight in all of Sicily, this 16th-century catacomb houses more than 8,000 corpses of men, women, and young children, some in tombs but many mummified and preserved, hanging in rows on the walls. Many of the fully clothed corpses wear priests' smocks (most of the dead were Capuchin monks). The Capuchins were founders and proprietors of the bizarre establishment from 1559 to 1880. It's memorable, but not for the faint of heart; children might be frightened or disturbed.

  • Cost: EUR 1.50
  • Open: Late Oct.-Mar., daily 9-12:30 and 3-5:30; Apr.-late Oct, daily 9-noon and 4-6.
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