Rome List 1

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Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Dylan

Porta Alchemica

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Added by athomio

Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Mouth of Truth

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

Vatican Necropolis

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

danielrthorne

Added by danielrthorne

Carciofi alla Giudia

Gastro Obscura

Carciofi alla Giudia

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

Gastro Obscura

Susan Van Allen

Added by Susan Van Allen

The Aventine Keyhole

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Catacombs of San Sebastian

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

atimian

Added by atimian

Papal Hearts at Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

The Head of St. John the Baptist at San Silvestro in Capite

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

Campo de Fiori

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

ThomLaB

Added by ThomLaB

Mamertine Prison

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

alleywaykid

Added by alleywaykid

Tempietto at San Pietro in Montorio

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

The F

La Resurrezione

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser