Museo e Cripta dei Cappuccini
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If you like gothic and alternative, quiet and isolating places, this museum is such a great one to visit! I still cry when I remember this magical experience and the beauty of thousands of people's bones, making such beautiful compositions. For me, places like this aren't scary, they show how death is a part of life but "never the end" as said by the guide. This place cleared my mind, made me feel pure, motivated and rebooted. The crypt wasn't the first and only thing to experience though, the tour starts with several rooms filled with paintings and artworks, books, things, made by or owned by capuchins throughout the history and I definitely encourage you to listen to the audio guide to understand the story behind the capuchins, their way of thinking and living, their connection with spirituality, discipline, art and science! It's so interesting and it is also good to just feel the whole experience close to your heart. After the museum rooms you suddenly stand by and the arch opening the first room with capuchins bone compositions and the beauty of ceiling and arch decorations is just breathtaking! My heart dropped, when I felt the quietness and the isolating beauty of the crypt. Rooms of the crypt are small, each has its own theme and is different from the others, decorated with different kinds of bones (pelvises room, skull room and etc) belonging to thousands of capuchins, while hallways are connecting this whole beauty with transitional compositions on the ceiling of arches and the walls. Not only the beauty and quietness, but the audio tour guide's last words were mind blowing, I cried and the idea was: "Even if there is no hope and you are on the rock bottom, believe that there is a superior plan of your life so you still can stand back on track". I am not a very religious person but this phrase was so encouraging and symbolic, especially while looking at Lazarus resurrection room, I still have the chills and feel motivated while accepting that "death is a sister from whom we can never escape" (I loved how death was referenced at the entrance) On the exit they have a nice shop, took some jewelry for memories. These memories are forever to stay here with me and every euro was worth paying.
Natia Bekauri
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Located at Via Vittorio Veneto, 27, 00187 Rome RM, Italy 🇮🇹 This was a thought provoking experience. It’s a small space comprising several tiny chapels beneath the church. It contains the skeletal remains of 3,700 bodies believed to be Capuchin friars buried by their order. The order insists that the display is not meant to be macabre, but a silent reminder of the swift passage of life on Earth and mortality. There are six total rooms in the crypt, five featuring a unique display of human bones believed to have been taken from the bodies of friars who died between 1528 and 1870. Each room has a function eg 1. Crypt of the Resurrection 2. The Mass Chapel 3. Crypt of the Skulls 4. Crypt of the Pelvises 5. Crypt of the Keg Bones and Thigh Bones 6. Crypt of the Three Skeletons It certainly brought our mortality to the front and centre. You couldn’t escape it. It wasn’t the happiest place on earth but I am glad I went. The full price tickets are €10 plus audio guide. The audio guide was a big help. I understood a little more afterwards. Tickets for guided tours must be purchased on site, not on line. Reservations are mandatory. The complete visit is about a hour and a half. Don’t just visit the Crypt, visit the museum and church. Would definitely recommend. Very Interesting. Thumbs up!!! 👍👍👍
Nerine Cummins
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So you find yourself in Rome, gelato in hand, and you decide to go see a bunch of skeletons arranged like a Pinterest goth wedding board. Enter The Capuchin Crypt. Let’s rewind. The Capuchin monks, a branch of the Franciscan order known for simplicity, humility, and apparently, now, very creative bone usage, were given this space under the Santa Maria della Concezione church back in the 1600s. Instead of a basic crypt where bodies go to rest in peace, they went full Tim Burton and made six chapels decorated entirely with the bones of their fellow friars. Not just stacked neatly, no. We’re talking chandeliers made of vertebrae. Wall mosaics of skulls. Pelvis patterns. It’s like if Donatella Versace met a cemetery and just said screw it, let’s make it fashion. And yes, these are real bones. Of real monks. Who used to have, you know, faces and be people. Kinda creepy if you ask me. I mean, did Brother Angelo think his femur would become part of a decorative arch? And another thought, should I be taking pictures of this? No judgment, though I guess. Death is inevitable. Skeleton chic? This is your spot.
Sara Govero
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If you’ve ever looked at a pile of human bones and thought, “Wow, this could really use some artistic flair,” then welcome to the Cappuccini Crypts, where monks turned skeletons into interior design. The museum upstairs is chill — lots of robes, religious artifacts, and enough Capuchin monk trivia to make you feel spiritually informed. But let’s be real: everyone’s here for the crypt. And oh boy, the crypt delivers. You walk in and it hits you: walls and chandeliers made entirely of bones. Like, actual human femurs just casually forming patterns while skulls are stacked like spooky Legos. It’s gothic. It’s macabre. It’s somehow beautiful in a “Netflix true-crime doc meets Renaissance art” kind of way. Also, there’s a sign that says: “What you are now, we once were; what we are now, you shall be.” Nothing like a little poetic existential crisis with your sightseeing. Would I recommend? Yes — if you want a break from the usual fountains and ruins and don’t mind being stared at by thousands of artistically arranged skulls.
Floww
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Una tappa imperdibile per turisti e non solo, per vari motivi. Primo, si trova in pieno centro, ai piedi della culla della "Dolce vita" e a due passi dalla metro Barberini. Secondo, unisce il sacro al profano, laddove al misticismo e alla fede che pregnano tutto il percorso di visita si unisce un certo gusto per il macabro e il misterioso. Terzo perché è uno dei migliori allestimenti museali della Capitale, che unisce l'iconografia dell'ordine monastico alla celebrazione del trapasso come momento di unione tra vita terrena e ultraterrena, con un'attenzione alla morte che da sempre è presente nella vita di questi religiosi. Il museo che precede la cripta è un gioiello e racchiude molti tesori e molto ben raccontati (a prescindere dal quadro che fino ieri era attribuito al Caravaggio e che qualcuno invece comincia a mettere in discussione, NdR). Il pauperismo dei frati è presente in ogni piccolo oggetto, anche quelli che sembrano più sfarzosi (mi ha colpito il piccolo appunto con la ricetta casalinga per il sapone). Ovviamente tutti si concentrano sulla parte finale, quella della cosiddetta cripta e che attraverso le ossa di circa 3700 frati, composte in maniera artistica, ripropone in sei locali un percorso di celebrazione della morte (oltre alla cappella per la messa, che si svolge almeno una volta l'anno, ci sono le cappelle dei tre scheletri, delle tibie e femori, dei bacini, dei teschi e della resurrezione, a seconda dell'elemento maggiormente valorizzato). Non si sa chi sia l'autore di queste vere e proprie opere artistiche ma nonostante gli adulti possano restare a bocca aperta e siano presenti dei bambini, sconsiglio la visita ai più suggestionabili. Lo spazio a disposizione per il passaggio davanti le cappelle è poco e potreste trovare affollamento (è un complesso museale molto apprezzato quindi molto frequentato, ricordatevene anche se consiglio di non prendere i biglietti altrove e di acquistarli all'ingresso del museo). Personale gentile e disponibile, con qualche tocco naif verso la parte finale dove si vendono gadget: il museo ha da poco un giovane direttore che sicuramente saprà imprimere una nuova svolta alle iniziative, sempre e comunque nel rispetto della sacralità del luogo e della fede che traspare da ogni singolo pezzo esposto. Non sappiamo se la terra sulla quale la cripta venne costruita provenga o meno dalla Palestina ma la visita lascerà un'aura di misticità anche nei visitatori non credenti. Un must da mettere in conto, assieme alla Chiesa che sorge sopra e dando un'occhiata al cd "Palazzo parlante" di Coppedé che sorge a fianco. Utili info? Allora lasciate un like e guardate le altre recensioni fatte su Roma
Roberto Cecchini
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A very interesting place. Amazing to see all those skeletal remains of 3700 bodies believed to be the Capuchin friars. The exhumed skeleton part were then added to the decorative motifs. Honestly, I find its strange to see coming to this place but its good to pay honest respect to the dead. This is a solemn place worship and reflection. So, be quiet once your're inside. If anyone whose afraid of death and skeletons I would recommend skipping the visit. I was enjoying watching the painting of the crypt of resurrection depecting Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. There are around six small chambers within the crypt and all of them are very interesting. This place is located in Via Vittorio Veneto near Plaza Barberini in Rome the crypt lies beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione.
Joshua Formentera
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