Experts' Choice Award Catacombe dei Cappuccini
What the experts agree on
Palermo's Catacombe dei Cappuccini displays thousands of well-preserved mummies and skeletal remains from the 1500s-1920s, arranged by social status and age in a genuinely unsettling but historically significant underground labyrinth.
“Houses nearly 9,000 corpses of men, women, and young children—some in tombs but many mummified and preserved—hanging in rows on the walls, divided by social caste, age, or gender. ”
– Fodor's
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"The catacombs are a fascinatingly macabre labyrinth of corridors, where two thousand mummies dressed from head to toe are displayed." Full review
Afar Magazine "The catacombs contain skeletons and mumified bodies of various citizens of Palermo. The earliest go back to the 1500s, the last was in 1920." Full review
Afar Magazine "At street level, the Capuchin monastery might seem like many other historic churches in Palermo." Full review
Atlas Obscura "Catacombs with thousands of well-dressed mummies. " Full review
Frommer's "Viewing these chambers where the corpses of some 8,000 souls in various stages of preservation hang from walls and recline in open caskets might require some attitude adjustment." Full review
Rough Guide "Beyond visiting the city's top attractions — among them the Catacombe dei Cappuccini and the Cattedrale di Palermo — Palermo is a great base for exploring the wider island"
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