THE ruins of the Italian capital can be brought to life for kids studying the Romans at school or make for a brilliant adults-only city break. Here’s how to tackle Rome with – or without – ...

In Rome, the Crypt of the Capuchin Friars features chapels decorated in bones from more than 3,700 long-dead friars. Remains were excavated from graves by friar brethren and turned into funerary art.

It was moved to a Capuchin monastery 30 miles away, where it was hidden for 11 years. Then, in 1957, Italian Prime Minister Adone Zoli turned Mussolini’s bones over to his widow. She buried her ...

View of mausoleums in the Habsburg crypt in the Capuchin Church in Vienna. Credit: Hackman / depositphotos.com The Habsburgs were originally from the Swiss canton of Aargau, with the family founded by ...

The Capuchin Friars of Ireland can trace their history to the Capuchin community at Charleville, France. Francis Nugent was born in 1569 near Mullingar, and after his education in Paris and ...

They've launched a benefit t-shirt to help with the costs. "Unfortunately, Crypt Sermon must announce our withdrawals from @up_the_hammers_festival and @hellsheroes," wrote Crypt Sermon of the ...

Aiste Karpyte In the crypts of a Lithuanian cathedral, researchers have discovered a trove of royal treasure: crowns, jewelry and a scepter that belonged to several Lithuanian-Polish monarchs from ...

The complete route of the 2025 Giro d’Italia has been revealed, with the first Grand Tour of the year starting in Albania before another spectacular Rome finale. It is the first time Albania ...

To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest burial underground tunnels in the world. "Hundreds of kilometers of catacombs run underneath the town and its outskirts," says ...

In a discovery that has stunned historians, a trove of royal artefacts has been uncovered in the crypts beneath Vilnius Cathedral in Lithuania. Hidden since the outbreak of World War II ...