On September 11, 1599 , Beatrice Cenci, her stepmother Lucrezia and her brother Giacomo were executed right outside Castel Sant'Angelo, they had been found guilty of killing Francesco Cenci, Beatrice's father a noble man who was known to be a sexual predator ande murder. The family was wiped out so publicly, in spite of a few being minors, because the Pope of the time, Clement V111, was after their properties. ( Some of them still being visible to this day by Jewish Ghetto)
The outrage was unlike anything seen before or since, with most of the population siding with the victim of the abuses-Beatrice.
The outrage was unlike anything seen before or since, with most of the population siding with the victim of the abuses-Beatrice.
One of the best spooky place in Rome is the Capuchin Crypt in Sant Maria della Concezione Church on Via Veneto, which is entirely decorated with skulls and bones of over 4,000 capuchin friars buried there.
At the crypt entrance the memento " Quello che voi siete noi eravamo; quello che noi siamo voi sarete'( what you are, we were; what we are, you will be)
At the crypt entrance the memento " Quello che voi siete noi eravamo; quello che noi siamo voi sarete'( what you are, we were; what we are, you will be)
Rome catacombs with their long, dark meandering underground tunnels are more than a little bit scary, especially if you don't like small spaces and for children.