The Capuchin Catacombs are home to thousands of mummified bodies, dressed in their finest clothes and displayed along narrow corridors, frozen in time. What began as a burial place for monks evolved into a status symbol for the wealthy and powerful, with families maintaining their deceased relatives long after death.

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