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Catacombs are man-made underground passages primarily used for religious purposes, particularly for burial. Any chamber used as a burial place is considered a ...
The Via Anapo catacombs are a set of catacombs on the via Salaria in Rome, first built in the 3rd-4th centuries and rich in wall paintings, inscriptions and sarcophagus fragments. They were discovered on 31 May 1578 when some workers digging for pozzolana witnessed a landslide, only for the complex to be lost in another landslide and ...
The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation ⓘ) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people. [2] Built to consolidate Paris's ancient stone quarries , they extend south from the Barrière d'Enfer ("Gate of Hell") former city gate; the ossuary was created as part of ...
Close to the Catacombs of San Callisto are the large and impressive Catacombs of Domitilla [14] (named after Saint Domitilla), spread over 17 kilometres (11 miles) of caves. In the beginning of 2009, [ 15 ] at the request of the Vatican, the Divine Word Missionaries , a Roman Catholic Society of priests and Brothers, assumed responsibility as ...
The basilica and Catacombs of Sant' Alessandro is a single-level catacomb, located in the Sant'Alessandro area of Municipio IV on the outskirts of Rome. [1] It was first built in the 7th century on the via Nomentana .
Nicolò Semitecolo, Saints Marcus, Marcellianus and Sebastian) before the Judges.. The Catacomb of Santi Marco e Marcelliano is a catacomb between the ancient via Appia antica and via Ardeatina in what is now the Ardeatino district of Rome.
The Catacomb of Saint Castulus (Italian - catacomba di San Castulo ) is one of the catacombs of Rome, the first cemetery beyond Porta Maggiore along the ancient via Labicana (now via Casilina). It is sited on via San Castulo near the old via Casilina, in the Tuscolano quarter. It is now in a poor condition and inaccessible.
The catacombs are characterised by spaciousness, a smaller extent than those found in other countries, similar in types of tombs to others found around the Mediterranean, but having their own particular type of decorations. Decorations, nevertheless, are rare, which may indicate that with the exception of a few families who had their own ...