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The largest and best preserved necropolis in the Western Mediterranean.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

Beautifully carved tombstones fill this unmarked graveyard, uniquely situated near the village's famous stone wine cellars.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

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

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

The cave of a 12th-century hermit is still visited and venerated today.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.