Rome Capuchins Crypt

Capuchins Crypt

Rome Capuchins Crypt Experience

A guided tour in English of the mysterious and fascinating Capuchins’ Crypt, the beautiful Capuchins’ Church and the Museum together with an intense live concert performing Gregorian chant and sacred polyphonic music. 

St Francis in Meditation, Caravaggio
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From the spirituality of Caravaggio’s painting The Meditation of Saint Francis to the choir, from the creepy walk through the 4000 bones of the Crypt to the sacred music that perfectly resonates in the Church- 
you will definitely cross through the unique experience!


Duration: 60 min.
Venue: Museum and church of Capuchins Via Veneto 27, Rome

Museum And Church Of Capuchins

Santa Maria Immacolata

Santa Maria Immacolata, or Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins, is a church in Rome, Italy, commissioned in 1626 by Pope Urban VIII, whose brother, Antonio Barberini, was a Capuchin friar. 

It is located at Via Veneto, close to Piazza Barberini. 

The church was designed by Antonio Casoni and built between 1626 and 1631. It comprises a small nave and several side chapels.

The Crypt is located just under the church. Cardinal Antonio Barberini, who was a member of the Capuchin order, in 1631 ordered the remains of thousands of Capuchin friars exhumed and transferred from the friary Via dei Lucchesi to the crypt. 

The bones were arranged along the walls, and the friars began to bury their own dead here, as well as the bodies of poor Romans, whose tomb was under the floor of the present Mass chapel.

St. Michael the Archangel, Guido Reni

The first chapel has a dramatic altarpiece of St. Michael the Archangel (c.1635) by Guido Reni, and Gherardo delle Notti's Christ Mocked. 



















The second chapel has a Mario Balassis' Transfiguration, and a Nativity (c. 1632) by Lanfranco. 

The third chapel has a Saint Francis receives stigmata by Domenichino. The fourth chapel houses a Prayer in the Gesthemane (c. 1632) by Baccio Ciarpi. 

In the fifth chapel is a Saint Anthony by Sacchi, who also painted the Apparition of the Virgin (1645) to Saint Bonaventure in the fifth chapel on the left. 

The tomb monument for Alexander Sobieski was sculpted by Camillo Rusconi. The third chapel has a Deposition by Andrea Camassei and a Stigmatization of Saint Francis (c. 1570) by Girolamo Muziano. 

Saint Paul restores vision 

The second chapel has a Santa Felice da Cantalice by Alessandro Turchi, while the first has a painting of Saint Paul restores vision (c. 1631) by Pietro da Cortona.













Key words: Rome, Capuchins Crypt, Art, Church, Museum, Caravaggio,St Francis, Santa Maria Immacolata, Via Veneto, Piazza Barberini, St. Michael the Archangel, Guido Reni, Gherardo delle Notti,Mario Balass, Domenichino, Saint Anthony,Sacchi, Apparition of the Virgin, Alexander Sobieski, Andrea Camassei, Santa Felice da Cantalice,Alessandro Turchi, Pietro da Cortona.