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Rome Catacombs Gallery

Photography is not allowed inside the sites, so these are the pictures worth having: the galleries, the painted chambers, the bone chapels of the Capuchin Crypt and the entrances out on the Appian Way.

A lamplit gallery in the Rome Catacombs, its loculi cut in stacked rows into the tufa
A lamplit gallery in the Rome Catacombs, its loculi cut in stacked rows into the tufa
Early Christian wall painting on a catacomb ceiling, orant figures in red and green pigment
Early Christian wall painting on a catacomb ceiling, orant figures in red and green pigment
The Capuchin Crypt bone chapel, robed friars standing against walls of arranged skulls
The Capuchin Crypt bone chapel, robed friars standing against walls of arranged skulls
Bones and skulls arranged into an arch and a coat of arms in the Capuchin Crypt
Bones and skulls arranged into an arch and a coat of arms in the Capuchin Crypt
A painted figure of Christ preserved on a pillar in the Rome Catacombs
A painted figure of Christ preserved on a pillar in the Rome Catacombs
The green Meeting Point canopy at the entrance to Catacombe di San Callisto
The green Meeting Point canopy at the entrance to Catacombe di San Callisto
A bone-decorated chapel vault in the Museum and Crypt of the Capuchin Friars
A bone-decorated chapel vault in the Museum and Crypt of the Capuchin Friars
The carved and gilded interior vault of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura
The carved and gilded interior vault of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura
The entrance courtyard at the Catacombs of San Sebastiano on the Appian Way
The entrance courtyard at the Catacombs of San Sebastiano on the Appian Way
The welcome sign at Catacombe di San Callisto, Via Appia Antica
The welcome sign at Catacombe di San Callisto, Via Appia Antica
Signage at the Catacombs of San Sebastiano naming the site on the Appian Way
Signage at the Catacombs of San Sebastiano naming the site on the Appian Way
A stone marker for the Catacombe di San Callisto beside the Appian Way
A stone marker for the Catacombe di San Callisto beside the Appian Way

Seeing them is better. Rome Catacombs Tours lists the guided departures that reach the painted chambers, what to expect underground explains why the niches in these photographs are empty, and the catacombs one by one identifies which site each picture was taken in.