Incorpora, Giuseppe (1834-1914) - Catacombe dei Cappuccini a Palermo 2
Summary
Italiano: Giuseppe Incorpora (1834-1914), "Catacombe dei Cappuccini a Palermo".
English: Giuseppe Incorpora (1834-1914), "Catacombs of the Capuchines in Palermo".
Necropolis of Palermo in Sicily, where the remains of more than eight thousand people - local elite and prominent citizens: clergy, aristocracy and representatives of various professions - rest in the open air. It is one of the most famous exhibitions of mummies - skeletonised, mummified, embalmed bodies of the deceased lying, standing, hanging, forming compositions.
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Date
1860 - 1900
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