Syracuse, Italy
Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo
Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.
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Syracuse, Italy
Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.
Schwerin, Germany
Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
The skull of this patron saint is kept in a shrine located in his hometown.
Sirmione, Italy
One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
São Paulo, Brazil
The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.
Nice, France
The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Paris, France
The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.
Berlin, Germany
Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.