Rome: Capuchin Crypts Skip-the-Line Ticket and Guided Tour

Rome: Capuchin Crypts Skip-the-Line Ticket and Guided Tour

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Skip the lines for Capuchin Crypts in Rome and avoid the crowds. Explore the Capuchin Crypts, Museum, and learn the site's history with an English-speaking guide in a group of a maximum of 10 participants.

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Highlights

Visit the fascinating Capuchin Museum
Stroll through the Crypt of the Three Skeletons
Explore the Crypt of the Skulls, Crypt of the Resurrection, and more
Admire the Mass Chapel
Enjoy a small group with a maximum of 10 participants

Description

Explore the Capuchin Crypt in Rome using a skip-the-line entry ticket on this walking tour. Follow a guide through the underground chambers containing the bones of some 4,000 people amassed over 5 centuries. Start your visit at the Capuchin Museums to learn about the place's culture and spirituality. Continue towards the Crypt of the Three Skeletons, the only area where the human skeleton can be seen in its unadorned entirety. Next, visit the Crypt of the Leg Bones and Thigh Bones. Admire the Crypt of Pelvises, which contains 2 Capuchins serenely reclining in an arched position. Look at the crosses on the ground, which mark the graves of the 7 Capuchins. Stroll through the Crypt of the Skulls and check out its famous hourglass. Learn about how, when the Capuchins left their old friary near the Trevi Fountain, they decided to transfer the bones of friars who had been buried under the Church of Saint Bonaventure. In accordance with Capuchin law, which did not allow burials to take place within the churches, an underground cemetery was designed. Here, they deposited the bones brought from the old friary. Since then, the crypt has been the burial place of the Capuchins.