Cemetery of a Capuchin convert, near Palermo

Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily consists of a large subterranean space, clean and airy, divided into galleries, surrounded with nichies after the bodies were dehydrated on the racks of ceramic pipes in the catacombs and sometimes later washed with vinegar

1833 Cappuccini Capuchin Catacombs Cemeteries Coffins Convert Mummified Palermo Sicilian

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