In Sicily, the city of Palermo’s Capuchin Monastery is the world’s biggest museum of corpses. 8,000 corpses. These corpses are pinned to the walls, sitting on benches and shelves and tucked away in open coffins are dressed in their Sunday best. It is an extraordinary historical record and one of the tourist attraction.
The catacombs contain about 8,000 corpses and 1,252 mummies that line the walls. The halls are divided by category: men, women, virgins, children, priests, monks, and professionals. Some bodies are better preserved than others. Some are set in poses; for example, two children are sitting together in a rocking chair. The coffins were accessible to the families of the deceased so that on certain days the family, including the deceased, could join their hands in prayer.
Many famous people are buried in the catacombs which include judges,colonel, sculptor, painters and surgeon.

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