February 6, 2012

When I was in Rome with my family a few summers ago, our guide took us to this place he prefaced with the statement: “I don’t usually bring my visitors here, but I figured you could handle it.” He knew me too well! The Cimitero dei Cappuccini is a crypt below the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione that has been adorned with the bones and skeletal remains of 4,000 Capuchin monks. Probably one of the most beautifully macabre sights I have ever seen. A plaque in the chapel reads: “What you are now, we used to be. What we are now, you will be.” 

(Source: stuckwithpins)

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    i’ve been here…it’s beautiful and really eerie
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    Morbidly beautiful.
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    This is amazing. I would love to see it with my own eyes one day.
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    I saw this, it is incredible