Rome Sights

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Concezione

#245 of 963 things to do in Rome

#7244 of 49054 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Via Vittorio Veneto 27, admission by donation
  • Transport
    • Barberini
  • Phone
    • 06 487 11 85
  • Hours
    • 9am-noon & 3-6pm Fri-Wed

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Lonely Planet review for Chiesa di Santa Maria della Concezione

There’s nothing special about this 17th-century church but dip into the Capuchin cemetery below and you’ll be gobsmacked. Everything from the picture frames to the light fittings is made of human bones. Between 1528 and 1870 the resident Capuchin monks used the bones of 4000 of their departed brothers to create the mesmerising and macabre display. There’s an arch crafted from hundreds of skulls, vertebrae used as fleurs-de-lys, and light fixtures made of femurs.

 

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