In addition to palaces and museums, there is one landmark in Palermo, which is not recommended to visit the nervous and impressionable. Twilight and a special atmosphere in this place only add sharpness to sensations. Speech about the famous catacombs of cappuchins, peculiar Museum Museum of the Dead Under the Kapuchin Monastery in the suburb of Palermo (Italy).

A bit of history

The first cabins appeared in Sicily in 1534 and settled near Palermo, west of the city. They were transferred to possession small Church of Normanov's era - Chapel Santa Maria Della Pace.

Next to her, the monks over time rebuilt the monastery and chapel, and most of Finance for construction came from citizens, as donations. In 1565, the church was decided to reconstruct, completely changing its outlines and structure. Repair work For a number of reasons stretched for several decades.

As the monastery grows and the numerical increase in the fraternity in front of the monks arose about a decent place for the burial of the dead brothers. The first burials appeared here in 1599, namely - in the monastery crypt. There were also the bodies of monks who died over the year or two before. Gradually free space It was becoming less and the monks were forced to expand the grave room, reject a number of tunnels and corridors.

The Church of Santa Maria della Pshaza is acquires its current species in 1934, when the reconstruction of church premises was carried out. In the interiors of the Church, the objects of church utensils and the art of the XVI-XVIII centuries are preserved.

Description and photos

The funeral catacombs are crypt with burial more than 8 thousand people - A variety of corridors, along which they stand, lie, sit numerous mummified bodies of long-stayed people. Some mummies are buried in coffins - from simple to the exquisite, some in the niches in the wall.

The location of the burial has its own feature - here buried not all in a rowFor each of the dead, a separate corridor was intended.

Two corridors, the longest and disputable parallel to each other - this corridor of men and corridor of professionals. In the latter, "people of art" - poets, artists, sculptors, architects were buried. There is even a legend, according to which Diego Velasquez himself, the famous Spanish painter, is buried in this corridor.

The corridor of men is also impressive with dimensions. Here buried first influential impends and clergy representativesAnd then noble and rich citizens (especially those who sacrificed considerable amounts per parish). Decision on burial in Kripte until 1739 issued only the Archbishops or leaders of the Kapuchin Order. Being buried in underground crypt was considered among the citizens very prestigious.

Perpendicular to these corridors go women's Corridor, Corridor Monks, Corridor Virgins, Corridor Children and Infants. The women's corridor turned out to be the only one who was subjected to bombardment in 1943. Many mummies turned out to be destroyed entirely, and those that remained were laid in a niche and shelves. And sharply contrast almost destroyed faces and bright, well-preserved clothing of different eras ...

Separately there is a corridor of priests, where tourists are not always allowed. There are closed rooms where the highest church ranks are buried.

The peculiarity of the atmosphere in the catacombs is that it prevents the decomposition of the tel. All mummies due to the special temperature of the crypt preserved quite well: Some have been preserved entirely and completely, you can even consider the outfit of that era in detail, which belonged to the mummy - from the dress of an ordinary citizen to the luxurious outfit of noble venomazh.

Moreover over clothes happened small incidents. The famous citizens who won herself in Kripte were given special instructions on how many times a year they need to change their outfits ...

In this video you can see the mummy of the Museum of the Dead - Capuchin Capuchins in Palermo (carefully, it is not for the faint of heart!):

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Secrets of the Little Rosalia Lombardo

There is another mystery, one secret, for which tourists visit this place for which tourists.

In the chapel of Saint Rosalia, a small coffin is installed, and in it the body of a two-year-old resident of Palermo - Rosalia Lombardo buried here in 1920. She died of inflammation of the lungs, and suddenly, and the luckless father could not understand that his beloved daughter died.

The father of the baby turned to a well-known Balmoger Alfred Salafia with a request to keep the body of the baby with nonplus. After the persuasion, Alfred agreed and executed the will of Signora Lombardo.

The secret of his magical composition Alfredo Salafia did not open anyone, so it remains a mystery as the girl's body for many decades was not subject to any changes. - Not only soft fabrics, but also eyeballs, hair and eyelashes remained unscathed.

Tourists entering the chapel seems that the baby simply fell asleep, and the residents of Palermo themselves call Rosalia Lombardo "Our Sleeping Beauty" ...

Suggested that the baby is in lethargic sleepor she is generally a doll. But results x-ray studyconducted by a group of scientists in 2009, confirmed that this is a real deceased childwhose body was not subject to any changes.

However, even after the study, scientists had another task: impassive technique recorded two weak electromagnetic pulses of the child's brain, as if Rosalia was in a state of sleep.

Schedule servants argue that sometimes a weak fragrance of Lavender comes from the body. Explain this phenomenon scientists are still no power, but deeply religious people consider Rosalia "Bezrior of God".

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Rosalia Lombardo was born on December 13, 1918 in Palermo - and on December 6, 1920 she was no longer. But the famous girl who died from inflammation of the lungs, became only after death. Rosalia's father, heavily worried her death, turned to the famous balsam driver to Dr. Alfredo Salafia with a request to keep the body of his daughter from the tension. Rosalia Lombardo's burial has become one of the latter in the history of Capuchins in Palermo.

The body of the girl since 1920 rests in a small church in Palermo. But the most surprising is not at all, but the fact that after his death Rosalia ... not changed at all. Thanks to the smelting technique of Salafia - or something else - her body exposed in a glazed coffin on a marble pedestal in the middle of the chapel of St. Rosalia (the last paragraph of the tourist route on the catacombs of Kapuchin), preserved until the XXI century almost in primeval form. The skin of Rosalia did not lose the natural color, the child seemed not dead, and sleeping, why Mummy Lombardo received the nickname "Sleeping Beauty".

Some argue that there is no miracle in this at all - but the thing is that the unique technology of combing allowed the body of Rosalia to remain as it was at the time of death.

The description of the embodiment developed by Salafia was found in his handwritten archive with Paleopathologist from Messina Dario Pjombino Maskali. Salafia replaced the blood of Rosalia Lombardo with a liquid composition of disinfectant formalin, alcohol that promotes the rapid drying of the body, glycerol, which protects the mummia from complete dehydration, antifungal salicylic acid and zinc salts that have fed hardness. Formula Formula: 1 part of glycerol, 1 part of a saturated formalin solution of zinc mud and zinc chloride, 1 part of a saturated alcohol solution of salicylic acid. After that, the girl's body was placed in a glass coffin.

However, modern scientists argue that neither the composition nor the procedures produced by Salafia do not explain this conservation of the Body Rosalia - for 83 years the girl's body has been so well preserved that even Rosalie's light hairpins have practically changed. There is absolutely all - eyelashes, soft body fabrics and even eyeballs of bluish color, which is almost completely impossible. This phenomenon attracts tourists from all over the world.

Since even scientists consider it an incredible miracle, all this time the body of the deceased Rosaly was supervised. Specialists argue that weak electric pulses emanating from the brain of the girl were recorded. The computer recorded two outbreaks lasting 33 and 12 seconds. This is possible only if the person is alive, such flashes can be expected in sleeping, but not a dead girl.

The monks tell that around the mysterious room, in which a girl is lying in the glass coffin, some miracles constantly occur. In particular, the key is disappeared from a wooden grid closing the entrance.

"35 years ago, the local caretaker was prevented by reason," says father Donatello. "He argued that he saw Rosalia opened his eyes. It lasted everything half a minute. After the body, scientists were investigated and confirmed: something is wrong here." Local residents They argue that they saw trembling eyelids and witnesses who heard that Rosalia sighed. Although from a medical point of view, the girl is dead.

The same monks argue that Rosalia's Taurus sometimes exudes the smell of wildflowers, lavender in particular. There is no explanation to these facts, neither of the priests.

Experts say that this is simple, not a mystical explanation. "It's just optical illusion, produced by the light falling on the face of the mummy at different angles in different hours, "explained Catacomb Dario Pombino-masked.

Shoot in the dungeon where mummies are stored, not allowed. Therefore, took pictures from the network.
Rested on Sicily Island and decided to visit the Museum of the Dead, Capuchin Catacombs.
Strange spectacle. In fact, it's just open graves.
Noble people started a fashion not buried in the earth. For the 16th century, almost 8,000 mums are resting here.

In those days, they also noticed that in the air of the catacomb of the monastery there is some kind of preservative, in which the body rotting slows down.
And the clothes are very well preserved. Esniently observe especially female outfits.
Already exposed to flesh, almost skeleton, and in a cape, with Ryuschkov. Well, a very strange spectacle.
But like everyone, I was just struck by a little girl. It is also called sleeping beauty. Lombardo, which died during the flu epidemic at the beginning of the 20th century. "Mind from grief. Her father also loved her insanely and asked to glorify the famous Italian doctor. The embarrassment was almost disclosed in our time.
The composition of formalin (mainly. There were still substances, for example, glycerin) was introduced in artery under pressure.
Baby as if sleeping.
I am most struck by her beautiful, shiny red hair. Even cilia on the eyes turned around, and almost 90 years have passed!
Some scientists made X-ray mummies, TC thought that MB Rosalia was in lethargic sleep, and MB and doll. But no, the non-replacement body of the girl is the present!
There is a legend and about the local monk, who has closed the mind after he saw the allegedly open eyes of the girl-mummy.
Another photos of Mumiya

Halls are divided into burials of monks, children, women, virgins, politicians.

Clothes on mummy is also well preserved and it is possible to consider the jabs of vintage, ties ..

Amazingly preserved dress

Mother with their children

Contemporaries belong to this place as a cemetery, albeit open. And visit their ancestors

Mortal smile

Photo and video is prohibited, but several channels managed to replace the documentary

The unprecedented mummy of a two-year-old girl who died in the Sicilian city of Palermo in the 20th year of the last century, is considered to be one of the most beautiful mummies of the world, it is also called sleeping beauty from Palermo. Rosalia Lombardo is absolutely not touched by decomposition and looks like Bud - it just died, and not almost a century ago, some people who saw her even doubt whether her doll was not replaced. Of all the Sicilian mummies, it is the most perfect.

Photos Rosalia during life, like other facts, was not found, there is a version that her father is General Lombardo. It is just known that the child did not live to his biennium for a week, dares from pneumonia, and Kroashki's killed grief turned to a well-known not only in Sicily, but also far beyond her master of embarrassment Alfredo Salafia, who created this masterpiece.

Salafia was a real master of his business, starting his experiments on animal embezzlement, he managed to invent the formula of the grooming substance, with the help of which he made a mummy even his own brother. He visited his experiments in the United States and acquired world glory. In Italy, he was trusted to balsamize the body of prominent political and religious leaders. Palermo Mummy American Consul - also stored in the catacombach is also his hands.

The secret of his success was in the formula of the substance, which was replaced by the blood of the deceased, all internal organs They remained in place and also were embarrassed. This substance was sold, but his composition was lost with the death of the author. Already today, scientists - researchers found relatives Alfredo Salafia, fortunately, their personal records have been preserved in which the composition of the miraculous means was indicated.

• formalin - destroys microorganisms and revenge,
• alcohol - dries,
• glycyrin - does not allow you to lose too much moisture,
• zinc salt - make the body of the deceased tough.

In the case of Rosalia, Lombardo, Salafia did not limit himself to the preparation of the body, he paid special attention to the coffin that was made of wood, the walls inside the trough of lead foil, the girl's head rests on a wooden pillow. From above, the coffin is closed with double glass and sealed with wax. In this form, the body of the baby was exhibited in the chapel of St. Rosalia, patroness Palermo. The burial of this girl is one of the latter in Capuchin catacombs.

Secrets of mummy.

As with all others, with Mumia Rosalia Lombardo associated with several strange stories.

In two thousand ninth year, traces of decomposition appeared, so the grude with a child was placed in a nitrogen capsule. Rosalia itself at this time would be ninety years.

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Sleeping Rosalia, Princess and Tattoo and other mysterious mummies from different parts of the world

When it comes to mumers, most people immediately represent Egypt. However, people for thousands of years found ways to maintain the bodies of their dead on all continents. And if you add to this number of people who were "randomly" mummified naturally after death, it will suddenly be found that mummy can be found almost everywhere, and not just in the pyramids. We give examples of similar mummies, which are not talking about almost anywhere.

1. Mummy spiritual cave

The so-called "Mummy of the Spiritual Cave" was discovered in a spiritual cave near the town of Fallon in Nevada. In 1940, Sydney and Georgia Wieler studied and slipped dry caves in the area when an unpleasant incident led to a successful discovery. Sydney damaged the ankle, surprised from the rattle snake, and the couple hid in the next cave. Inside, they found not only 67 artifacts, but also two bodies wrapped in rugs from the root.

One body is well preserved in the cave. It belonged to a man about 45-55 years old, which died about 1500 years ago. Only in 1994 with modern technologies Could accurately determine the age of mummy. And he turned out to be no one and a half thousand, but as many as 9,415 years. Incredible, but the sequence of the Mummy genome proved that this man was closely connected with modern indigenous Americans.

2. Man from Tollund

The next naturally formed mummy, known as "a man from Tolutanda," was discovered in Denmark in the 1950s. It was assumed that the dead was about 40 years. Its corpse dug up in a peat swamp, where the acidic and deoxygenic medium saved the body and internal organs in good condition. It was originally believed that it was a corpse of someone from the local who became a victim of criminals. However, it turned out later that "a tolling man" died more than 2,000 years ago.

Man out of Tolutanda

Most researchers believe that the cause of death determined at the opening in the 1950s was correct: the tollyund was hanged. On his neck, traces of the rope were discovered, and in 2002, the forensic medical examination found that his tongue sticks out and swollen, which is the usual phenomenon during death from hanging or suffocation. Although the body decomposed after it was removed from the swamp, the head was carefully saved. Its and now can be seen attached to a copy of the body in the Silkeborg Museum.

3. Xin Zhuy

Mummified remains of Xin Zhui (aka lady give) belonged to the nobility of the Han dynasty in ancient China. She died in 163 BC. Aged about 50 years. Her grave was discovered in 1971 during the digging of the tunnel by Chinese military near Changshi. It was discovered in a complex burial chamber with more than 1000 precious objects inside it.

Opening Xin Zhui is extremely important because it is one of the most well-preserved mummies ever found in China. In fact, her skin is still elastic, and the muscles are in such good condition that the joints are still capable of bending. The main organs and blood circulation system are also in excellent condition. Scientists were even able to extract a small amount of Blood from Vienna Mummy and identify her blood group: Group A. Incredibly, but even eyelashes and hair in the nose remained intact, and Xin Zhuju still have distinct fingerprints. For this reason, Corpse Xin Zhuju is still explored in the Hunan Museum, where they are trying to find the perfect way to keep human bodies.

4. La Doncella

In 1999, at the top of the mountain Lewlyillo in Argentina found a beautifully preserved body of a teenage girl. Known as La Doncella ("Virgo"), the girl was discovered nearby with the bodies of two children younger age, girl and boy. Their bodies are among the most preserved mummies who have ever been found. This is explained by the fact that they were frozen in ice on the top of the mountain. It is believed that "Virgo" died 500 years ago, and she was sacrificed in the ink.

Sometimes children sacrificed during various rituals, leaving them on the mountain peaks, where they frozen to death. No matter how terrible sounds like, it was considered an honor that only children from the most noble families could be honored. The shape of La Donachella's head suggests that it was truly noble, since the shape of her skull was changed by traditional head wrappers. Its organism was also found great amount Alcohol and Koki leaves.

5. Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in January 1924, and his body is still in a pyramidal mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow. No first year there are disputes, what to do with the Mummy the leader of the proletariat - to bury or continue to exhibit.

Vladimir Lenin in Mausoleum.

Now the corpse, followed by scientists, is contained at perfect temperatures and humidity in a hermetic glass container to prevent its decomposition. The exact method used to preserve the body of Lenin is considered a state secret. However, foreign scientists have found that this process includes the removal of all body organs, injection of the groove fluid in veins and soaking the body in the grooves fluid for about six months.

6. Rosalia Lombardo

Perhaps this is one of the most sad stories In this list. Rosalia Lombardo, which was only 2 years old, died in Palermo in 1920, becoming a victim of pneumonia. Her father Mario Lombardo was so shocked that he turned to the famous Alfred Salafia Blasser with a request to preserve a tiny corpse. The body has been preserved so well that Rosalie is often called "sleeping beauty."

Baby Rosalia Lombardo.

Her body is stored in a glass coffin in Capuchin catacombs in Palermo. Mummy Rosalia gained a terrible reputation, as observers argued that at different points of the day her eyes open and closed. They even say that the bright blue pigmentation is still preserved at the iris. However, this frightening statement was divorced when it was found that the effect was caused by the variable light passing through the windows of the catacomb, since its eyes are actually in a constant half-closed state.

7. Tattooed Princess

"Princess of Ukoka", which lived in the V century of our era, proves that tattoos remain with a person not only for life, but after her. Its remains were discovered in the burial, closed in the ice layer in Siberia. Although it may not be a real princess, "Ukoka" almost certainly was a man of high status, since it was buried next to six horses. Also near her corpse were found food and decorations, and some witnesses say that there was even a container with cannabis.

Tattooed princess of docking.

Although her internal organs have long broke, bones and part of the skin are preserved. Incredible, but perfectly preserved intricate tattoos on both hands of a woman. They are visible complex images of animals and mythical beings. It is believed that these tattoos were an important part of people's personalities, demonstrating family connections. They could also be useful after death, helping people find each other in afterlife.

8. John Torington

Poor John Torington is another example of how the conditions in which a person is buried can turn it into perfect mummia completely randomly. He was the usual fireman in Franklin's expedition to North polar circular. John died from lead poisoning at the age of only 22 years and was buried together with three comrades in the ice conditions of the tundra. In the 1980s, scientists who decided to exege the body to determine the cause of death were shocked.

John Torington.

When they opened the coffin, they saw the blocks of ice. Carefully casting ice, scientists saw the perfectly preserved faces of John Torrington and his ill-fated satellites that looked right on them. The only degradation of the state of the corpse was a slight compression of lips and eyelids. Although the partially of John's face was blue, it happened not because of freezing. His skin was painted by the pigment of the blanket, in which he was buried.

9. Holy Bernadetta

Another relatively modern mummy, Holy Bernadett rose in France in Victorian times. Being a teenager, Bernadetta Subira argued that she repeatedly had a vision of the Virgin Mary. In place where these vision were (in the grotto) built a shrine, and the series began wonderful healingattributed to the spring in this grotto. Although many of these miracles have since been debunking, a number of people to this day claim that they managed to cure thanks to the water in Lourdes.

Holy Bernadetta

Bernadetta herself died in 1879 from tuberculosis, and she couldnonized her posthumously. Her body was exhumed at least three times and was declared the Church of "Enlenged." In other words, it was quite well mummy, although some areas of decomposition were observed. This certainly contributed to the wrong handling of her body during exhumations. For this reason, it was decided to cover the face and hands with a layer of wax to hide the decomposition. Mumia can be seen in the chapel of St. Guildar in the Nevera.

10. Mummy "Alien" from Atakama

Perhaps the most fancyful of all mummies in this list, the tiny mummy of "Alien" from Atakama has one of the most tragic stories. The amount of residues that were found in the Chilean desert of the Atakam, only 15 centimeters in length.

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