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Rabid_Kiwi t1_iydjs71 wrote

I kind of want this on my bedroom ceiling…

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striderwhite t1_iydkrol wrote

This is "memento mori" gone too far!

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Pharaeux t1_iydugk0 wrote

There are signs everywhere inside there that no photography is allowed out of respect for the dead.

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NaSMaXXL t1_iydv8r9 wrote

I wonder if at any point the one of the guys doing this was like:

"Jean?"

"Yes, Louis?"

"This...this is kinda fucked up..."

"...meh, got do something with all these plague bodies..."

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nikshdev t1_iye1tv8 wrote

As I remember, taking photos is strictly prohibited there.

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Stickz99 t1_iye2st7 wrote

Replying to Pharaeux (#816,218)

🤓

Edit: damn I made some people mad with this comment. I thought it was appropriate since the other comment pointing out that turning their skeletons into an arts and crafts project isn’t particularly respectful, was a pretty valid point. And it’s pretty silly to get all “UHM ACKTUALLY” about taking a picture of it for that reason.

But ok then I guess

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Mistoku t1_iye4ljb wrote

This looks lile a beach visited by hungry hungry seagulls.

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thesmellofiron t1_iye6ork wrote

Really liked the sign in there that said, "What you are now we once were, what we are now will become you.".

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daisybunny t1_iye8ddo wrote

The Crypt of the Capuchin is a wild place lol. All of the bones are from friars who lived there in the years leading up to its creation. They were buried in the sacred dirt and then they would run out of space, so they would remove bones so other friars could be buried in the sacred dirt post death. Thus lots of extra bones! There are varying stories about the friar who made the crypts, and his creative genius. It’s actually pretty impressive - he was talented that’s for sure. There are a number of rooms, such as “the room of the pelvis”.

The stewards of the Crypt insist it is not supposed to be macabre, but a representation of our mortality!

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lokifrog1 t1_iye8hbv wrote

Looks like the westworld intro

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Kevjamwal t1_iyeau8i wrote

it's really hard to tell, but what are the circles? all vertebrae?

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Garmgarmgarmgarm t1_iyei6nw wrote

It's not a cappuccini unless you steam and foam the bones

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gabbercharles t1_iyei8km wrote

Fun fact, the famous Italian coffee beverage 'Cappuccino' is named after Capuchin Friars, who sport robes of similar colours.

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FinancialTea4 t1_iyenhg7 wrote

Replying to Pharaeux (#816,218)

That is fucking hilarious.

I don't think they'll mind if you take photos of the fun designs that have been made of their only bones. I think the point of offense has long been crossed on that.

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Stellanetti t1_iyewzxs wrote

Just visited this September! Was awesome!

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FAUST_VII t1_iyey0id wrote

And if i do it ppl call me weird

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miliduh t1_iyeyphx wrote

Sill better use of dead people than a graveyard.

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EmpireOfBits t1_iyf2q0b wrote

Replying to NaSMaXXL (#816,478)

>The pope's brother, Cardinal Antonio Barberini, who was of the Capuchin Order, in 1631 ordered the remains of thousands of Capuchin friars exhumed and transferred from the friary on the Via dei Lucchesi to the crypt. The bones were arranged along the walls in varied designs, and the friars began to bury their own dead here, as well as the bodies of poor Romans whose tomb was under the floor of the present Mass chapel. Here the Capuchins would come to pray and reflect each evening before retiring for the night.

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wombatsareawesome t1_iyfahqj wrote

This was the only place I've ever just noped the hell out of. The smell of the place just freaked me out.

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rblue t1_iyfamis wrote

Been to Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora. Highly suggest this, that, or any of these places. It is goddamn crazy. 😍

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Bitter_Frosting_1597 t1_iyfb0re wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#824,731)

You’re right, lots of boring, small minded midwesterners here… death is a universally shared concept, is it really so strange to think that people of different cultures and time periods have different ways of respecting it?

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Oberlatz t1_iyfdn1n wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#824,731)

I don't know what to tell you about what the cultural-lensed perceptions of fleshlights will be by our great grandkids, but what I can say with absolute certainty is that if you think your opinion on something of this matter is more developed and mature than others, you aren't as far along the path of enlightenment as you think you are.

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