Catacombs, Convento dei Cappucini, Palermo, Eugenio Interguglielmi, ca. 1895

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Catacombs, Convento dei Cappucini, Palermo, ca. 1895, Albumen silver print from glass negative, x cm (7 5/16 x 9 15/16 in. ), Photographs, Eugenio Interguglielmi (Italian, Palermo 1850–1911 Palermo), More than eight thousand embalmed corpses line the walls of the capuchin convent in Palermo, Sicily. They are organized by gender, age, and even profession, according to the same class and social hierarchies that shaped their lives

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Size: 5111px × 3962px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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