Capuchin Crypt Tickets

Avoid the lines to the Capuchin Crypt in Rome and skip the crowds with this entry ticket as you discover the crypt at your very own speed.

Begin your visit to the Capuchin Museums to discover the place’s culture and spirituality. Continue towards the Crypt of the Three Bones, the only location where the human bones can be seen in their basic whole.

Next, see the Crypt of the Leg Bones and also Thigh Bones. Appreciate the Crypt of the Pelvises, which consists of 2 Capuchins serenely reclining in a curved setting. Take a look at the crosses on the ground, which note the tombs of the 7 Capuchins. Stroll via the Crypt of the Skulls and look into its renowned hourglass.

About Capuchin Crypt

Also known as the S. Maria Della Concezione, this Barberini church provides one of the more macabre experiences in Rome for visitors who like that sort of thing. Five underground chapels are neatly decorated with the skulls and bones of more than 4000 Friars plus a few sons of noble families who died in childhood.

The earth in which they were interred before being reassembled as wall decorations were brought here from the Holy Land. Some of the monks’ skeletons are on display complete with a hooded cowl. Very ghoulish! In the last century, the church became notorious because of a certain Friar Pacifico who was believed to have foreknowledge of the winning numbers in the National Lottery. He was sent out of Rome by the Pope, but he gave a final set of winning numbers to his large following of pious punters. Metropolitana Barberini.