Hidden Rome & Crypts

We will visit the Bones Capuchin Crypts. Six Crypts decorated with the Bones of almost 4000 monks. Art and symbols of Christianity made from Human Bones. You will see works by Caravaggio and learn the intricacies of religious burial rights. Next we will walk past the Colosseum and the Ludus Magnus where the Gladiators trained, before going 4 levels underground to the Basilica of S. Clemente – a 12th century Basilica built on top of a 4th century Basilica, built on top of a 2nd century Temple of Mithras, on top of a 1st century Roman apartment block.