Capuchin Catacombs
Guide
Photo: Sibeaster · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$9MuseumAllow 30–45 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Corridors under a friary lined with around 8,000 mummified bodies in their clothes. Unsettling; not for everyone, and no photos.
A brief history
Friars began preserving their dead here in 1599; later wealthy families paid to join them, the last in 1920.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning
- Cost
- About €5 (check)
- Allow
- 30–45 min
- Hours
- Usually open daily, closed at lunch (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- Zisa and Cappuccini: West of the old town: the Arab-Norman Zisa palace and the catacombs.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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