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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IveyStyle" data-source="post: 8152869" data-attributes="member: 300727">In 1599, Capuchin monks discovered that their catacombs contained a mysterious preservative that helped mummify the dead. As a result, more than 8,000 Sicilians from all walks of life chose to be  buried here.    The corpses range in date from the late 1500s to 1920 and most were embalmed before their display. Giuseppe Tommasi, prince of Lampedusa and author of the famous Sicilian work The Leopard, was buried  in the cemetery next to the catacombs in 1957.       Location:  Palermo, Italy Status:      Museum        What to See   Visitors can wander through the catacombs' dank corridors among the mummified bodies. The halls are divided into categories that include: Men, Women, Virgins, Children, Priests, Monks, and Professors (including the famous painter Velasquez).       The corpses are dressed in splendid clothes, now  somewhat decayed, and occupy their own individual niches according to  their social status. Many of the deceased wrote wills that specified the  clothes in which to bury them, and some even asked to have their  clothes changed over a period of time.       Many corpses are still remarkably preserved and some give the  impression of enjoying a joke with their deceased friends. Others are  not in such good shape, with horribly contorted, creepy   faces and   missing parts like jaws and hands.       The last corpse to be buried here was that of 2-year-old Rosalia  Lombaro, who died in 1920. She is so well-preserved, she has been  nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty." <a href="http://img52.imageshack.us/i/38931861.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9173/38931861.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img137.imageshack.us/i/38897901.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5291/38897901.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img820.imageshack.us/i/97763301.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8483/97763301.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img821.imageshack.us/i/57727770.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6426/57727770.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img822.imageshack.us/i/39696093.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4915/39696093.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img820.imageshack.us/i/43136395.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/493/43136395.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>                               The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, by Ruby In 1599, local priests of Palermo, Sicily,  mummified one of their recently deceased brothers, a holy monk named  Silvestro of Gubbio, and interred him inside the catacombs so that they  could continue to pray for him following his death. This was the  beginning of what was to become a most macabre museum. Priests   <img src="http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x284/Pattyhap1863/catacombspriests.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Subsequently, the catacombs became filled with dead friars. But this was  to set a trend whereby the local people wanted their own relatives  mummified. Such was the desire for this unorthodox practice, that wills  were written to include a choice of attire; some expressing a wish to  have a change of clothing after a given period. It wasn't long before there were hundreds of mummies contained in the  catacombs. Today, eight thousand mummified corpses line the walls like a  3D catalogue of death.   The catacombs are vast and the corpses are displayed in a variety of  ways. Some are in closed coffins, some of which have had a side panel  removed in which to view the body. But most are coffinless and are  displayed on full view to the public. The relatives would pay donations  for the upkeep of the catacombs, and whilst payments were received their  loved ones corpse was given its own position, where many were posed in a  lifelike fashion. However, once donations stopped, the corpse would be  relegated to eternity on a shelf! Mummy shelves   <img src="http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x284/Pattyhap1863/catacombsshelves.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Although most are so old that little remains but a dressed skeleton.  Some still have skin and hair, and in a few cases they still have their  eyes! Time and gravity has taken its toll, distorting a lot of the corpses,  creating a gruesome image where the mummies appear to be screaming in an  eternal agony.    Red haired boy   <img src="http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x284/Pattyhap1863/catacombsredhairedboy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Perhaps the saddest sight is that of the babies and children. A few of  which hardly seem to have altered since death; their beauty and  innocence suspended in time, creating an image not unlike a long  forgotten doll, abandoned in a musty attic. Children <img src="http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x284/Pattyhap1863/catacombschildren.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The most famed of the children is Rosalia Lombardo. Nicknamed the  Sleeping Beauty,  she almost appears at sleep in her open coffin, and  looks as perfect as any sleeping child. She died of pneumonia in 1920  aged 2, and was embalmed by a secret method invented by Dr Solafia of  Palermo. It is now known that the method consisted of using formalin to  kill bacteria, alcohol to dry the body, glycerin to stop the body from  becoming over dry, salicylic acid to kill fungi, and zinc salts to give  the body rigidity. Rosalia's family are said to have visited her body  often. Rosalia Lombardo   <img src="http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7540/catacombsrosalia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://img834.imageshack.us/i/40672755.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9697/40672755.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img840.imageshack.us/i/88917092.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7369/88917092.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img825.imageshack.us/i/49344729.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/58/49344729.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img829.imageshack.us/i/83531355.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9094/83531355.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img685.imageshack.us/i/21101122.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5945/21101122.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img836.imageshack.us/i/69829857.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2061/69829857.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img836.imageshack.us/i/50560739.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/7264/50560739.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img203.imageshack.us/i/40076245.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4858/40076245.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img814.imageshack.us/i/96337500.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/8065/96337500.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img836.imageshack.us/i/30076957.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2310/30076957.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img801.imageshack.us/i/81365007.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3783/81365007.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://img822.imageshack.us/i/63283439.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4229/63283439.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" />If You Like The Thread Please Leave A Comment<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /> And Some Reps <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/wink.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> [YOUTUBE]pj8ZWFU3uOI&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] </blockquote>

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