Catacombs
The word
catacomb comes from Greek
kata kumbas, "near the low place" and originally it meant a certain burial district in
Rome. It can refer to any network of
caves, grottos, or subterranean place that is used for the burial of the
dead, or it can refer to a specific underground burial place.
Famous examples are:
There are also catacomb-like burial chambers in
Anatolia,
Turkey; in
Susa, North Africa; in
Naples, Italy; in
Syracuse,
Italy; and
Trier,
Germany.
Capuchin catacombs of
Palermo, Sicily were used as late as
1920s.
See also: Burial mounds, Cemetery and Necropolis
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