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4000 Bones Under Via Veneto

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"We were what you are, and what we are you'll be"  are the words written at the entrance of the  Crypt in the Church of S Maria della Concezione.


The images inside the crypt are made with 4000 bones of the Capuchin friars died many centuries ago and symbolize the supremacy of the soul over the body  

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It is located in Rome, Via Veneto 27


Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, or Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins, is a church in Rome, Italy, commissioned in 1626 by Pope Urban VIII, whose brother, Antonio Barberini, was a Capuchin friar... more on Wikipedia
 

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4000 Bones Under Via Veneto in Rome

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