Saturday, September 7, 2013

Rome, Day 6 ( 4 Sept ) continued.

Can't believe I almost forgot to mention that we visited the Crypt of the Capuchin monks! The museum covers the history of the order, and was very good. And then you get to walk through the crypt which is very unusual, because it's been decorated with the bones of the monks. There's a number of stories of how the practice started, but eventually you would have been buried for a while, and then your bones would have been retrieved and added.

It's beautifully done, and not as macarb as you'd expect.

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