My Travel Italy

The tour of Underground Rome full of crypts and important places for early Christianity. One of the first Christian churches in Rome, and one of the most intryguing chapel filled to the top with bones of dead monks.

The walking tour starts from Piazza Barberini and the first stop is the Baroque church of Santa Maria della Concezione.
The Capuchin Monks, who came here in 17th century filled five underground chapels with bones of 4000 humans. Some of the bones and skulls are pilled up, but many of them are arranged in simple Christina symbols. The display,somehow shocking is to draw attention to vanity of common life on the earth. As the motto above the way out goes ‘ We were like you are, you will be like we are’.
The Capuchin crypt when open gathers crowds of visitors, so this tour allows to skip the line and visit the chapel in private. The number of the people in the group does not exceed 25. The tour is lead by an english-speaking guide.

Next are the Christian catacombs along Via Appia Antica , you can read more about their history here.

You will visit Catacombs of Domitilla, with layered recesses ( loculi ) here the bodies wrapped with shoud were stored.

The last stop on the tour is the Basilica of S.Clementus.You will see the interiorof the church, jet more interesting, again, will be the crypts underneath. The church has been founded in 4th century, and rebuilt after damages in 12th. To see are the walls of the first church, decorative Medieval frescoes and mosaics.

The tour ends at San Clemente Basilica, located 300 meters from the Colosseum.

Duration:

3 hours (approx.)

Tour Commences:
Mon,Wed,Fri,Sat,Sun

2:30pm

Price:

From $78.44 $80.04

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Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour

From $: 71.08

Avoid the queues and crowds with an exclusive private viewing of the Capuchin Crypt and Catacombs. By pre-booking this tour you'll skip the lines and crowds at the Capuchin Crypt, which is very small and crowded when open to the general public. The tours are conducted in small group of maximum 25 people so you can appreciate "underground Rome" in a relaxed environment.

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[photo courtesy of Adam Comerford]