The original catacombs are a network of underground burial galleries beneath San Sebastiano fuori le mura, in Rome. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Burial, also called interment and inhumation, is the act of placing a person or object into the ground San Sebastiano fuori le mura (Saint Sebastian outside the walls or San Sebastiano ad Catacumbas (Saint Sebastian at the Catacombs is a Basilica in Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The derivation of the word itself is disputed and it remains unclear if it ultimately derives from the cemetery itself or from the locality in which it is found. There is no doubt however that the San Sebastiano catacombs are the first to be referred to as such.
The word now refers 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. A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific
Famous examples include:
- Catacombs of Rome in Rome, Italy. The Catacombs of Rome are ancient Catacombs or underground Burial places under or near Rome, Italy, of which there are at least forty some discovered Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
- Catacombs of Paris in Paris, France. The Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris are a famous underground ossuary in Paris, France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
- Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (or Kom al Sukkfa, Shuqafa, etc. The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (meaning 'Mound of shards' or 'Potsherds' is a historical archaeological site located in Alexandria, Egypt. ), in Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes in Rabat, Malta. This article is about the Maltese village For the capital city of Morocco, see Rabat. This article is about the Maltese village For the capital city of Morocco, see Rabat. [1]
- Catacombs of Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. Sacromonte is a neighbourhood of Granada, in Spain. It derives its name from the nearby Sacromonte Abbey, which was founded in 1600 on the hill of Valparaiso Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain.
- Capuchin catacombs of Palermo, in Palermo, Italy. The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (also Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins are burial Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in
- Catacombs of the Convento de San Francisco in Lima, Peru. Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers on a coast overlooking
- Catacombs of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. St Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom is the Mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
- Catacombs of St. Mary's Knockbeg College in Carlow, Ireland. St Mary's Knockbeg College is a Roman Catholic, all-boys secondary school located on the Laois / Carlow border approximately 2 Carlow ( is an inland Town in the south-east of Ireland in County Carlow, 84 km from Dublin.
There are also catacomb-like burial chambers in Anatolia, Turkey; in Susa, North Africa; in Naples, Italy; in Syracuse, Italy; Trier, Germany; Kiev, Ukraine. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Susa ( Biblical שושן ( Shushan) also Greek: Σοῦσα Transliterated as Sousa; Latin Susa) Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Syracuse (Siracusa Sicilian: Sarausa, Classical Greek: / transliterated Syrakousai) is a historic City in Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Trier (Trèves Luxembourgish: Tréier; Augusta Treverorum is a City in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Capuchin catacombs of Palermo, Sicily were used as late as 1920s. The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin ( OFM Cap; in England and Ireland, O Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Catacombs were popular in England in the 19th Century, and can be seen in many of the grand cemeteries of the time, such as Sheffield General Cemetery.
In Ukraine and Russia, catacomb (used in the local languages' plural katakomby) also refers to the network of abandoned caves and tunnels earlier used to mine stone, especially limestone. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 Such catacombs are situated in Crimea and the Black Sea coast of these two countries. Crimea (kraɪˈmiːə or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Крим Автономна Республіка Крим Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Крым The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey The most famous are catacombs beneath Odessa and Ajimushkay, Crimea, Ukraine. ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates In the early days of Christianity, believers conducted secret worship services in these burial caves for safety and reverence for the dead. Later, they served as bases for Soviet World War II guerrillas (see also Great Patriotic War). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc The term Great Patriotic War (Великая Отечественная война Velikaya Otechestvennaya Vojna) is used in Russia and some other Ajimushkay catacombs hosted about 10,000 fighters and refugees. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Many of them died and were buried there, and memorials and museums were later established (it is now a territory of Kerch city). Kerch (Керч Керчь Keriç Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ Ancient Greek: Pantikapaion) is a city (2001 pop 157000 on the Kerch Peninsula
References
- ^ Maltese Catacomb Complexes. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Retrieved on 2008-04-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
See also
External links
- The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
- Catacombs
- The Catacombs of Saint Callist
- Catacombs in Sheffield General Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. In terms of European architecture a crypt (from the Latin crypta and the Greek κρυπτη, kryptē) is a stone chamber or A necropolis (plural necropoleis or necropoles) is a large Cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "city of the dead" Urban exploration (often shortened as urbex or UE) is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities
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