The mausoleum at 12:10. Maria Giulio Colonna, Duchess of Atri. She was the mistress of King Joseph I Bonaparte of Spain. She had two illegitimate children with him.
Just as he was showing us the glass coffin, the video switched to an advertisement, which start off saying, "How do you like your steak." Showing a piece of steak on a wooden cutting board. Now that's what I call good timing!
This cemetery is astounding. It seems that you have "streets and neighborhoods" that are clean and well maintained, and turn the corner and you are in the slums. Be safe.
I have a feeling the glass coffin contains the young girl in the picture on the altar in the back, especially considering all the offerings of lights and decorations on the coffin, which I can see a parent's never ending love bringing faithfully
Yes, I think you are correct. Maybe the family picked the glass coffin out of some romantic idea of losing a young person and not being ready to say goodbye.
You can taste death as well as smell it. Do you have Vicks Vapor Rub or a methol product to put under your nose. It helps get rid of lingering smell. My uncle was a ME (medical examiner, coroner). I have been seeing the dead in all manner of decomp since I was at least 5 years old. Not for the faint of heart. Breathing in that is not good for you my friend. Take Good Care!
I’ve never seen so many mausoleums. And a lot of wealthy families too. Look after that hayfever good sir. Maybe wear a mask along with Vicks Vapor rub to help deter smells. And be extra careful of the mould spores which are not good for allergies. Enjoyed the video till you mentioned the smell and taste of death. And those mausoleums are sooo old. They are beautiful. The bird song is gorgeous. Shame about the mozzies too. Please take care of yourself when roaming these graveyards. God bless.
Wow, I've never seen anything like this! Thank you for sharing. I have to say, the bust next to the glass coffin scared me more than the glass coffin! Lol. Hope you get well soon!
There's a local mausoleum near me that I like to visit. It's very modern. long halls with electric lighting, carpet, lots of places to sit. I've found a small area that will just reek of death now and then. The staff do what they can to try to keep it from happening but ...well...the walls are literally full of dead bodies. I guess places like this will smell at times. Strange with such seemingly old interments, though. You'd think the purification for many of them would be long gone. Maybe not all of them are so old. Absolutely agree about how it sticks to the roof of your mouth. There's no mistaking it when you smell it, either. Thank you for sharing!
Most likely a widow. In that time, preserving and keeping the body was important. So, a widow most likely sat in the crypt from time to time (probably Sunday and holidays) to “visit”. Not uncommon.
One possibility is that they're considered a candidate for sainthood. Apparently one of the "miraculous" signs of sainthood accepted by the Roman Catholic Church (and also Eastern Orthodox sects) are mortal remains that are "incorrupt", or in a remarkable state of preservation without embalming.
Hi Dan, love your videos, and especially the pictures of the departed, love the sweet birdsong. I hope that you feel better soon, and looking forward to more videos, have a blessed rest of the week, from Virginia ❤ 🇺🇸
Hi Dan, This Cemetery is really cool. Please be safe. The Mob is not something you want to mess with at all, Keep these videos coming. Jean Crosby Nashville TN USA
0:21 bless you, lol The open crypt around 19 minutes in had water in it, likely the breeding ground for the mosquitos. The scent of death is caused by two sulphur based compounds, cadaverine, and putrescine. I've found that the scent of coffee (another sulphur based cent) is a good smell to clear bad smells out of the sinuses. Burt's bees lip balm with menthol to the upper lip is another good way to get a bad scent out of the sinuses.
Cadaverine, where we get cadaver from. That’s interesting, thank you. I think pathologists/crime scene investigators put Vicks under their noses, or I may have watched too many crime shows
@@myriadhues457 Cadaverine & putrescine huh? How appropriately named those 2 sulphur based compounds are huh? Lovely nomenclature! Ergh! Yes, I remember the scene of which you speak, in the 'Silence of the lambs' movie. I always wondered what that stuff was they dabbed just under their noses in the autopsy scene. Vicks vapor rub makes a whole lotta sense with its strong, aromatic camphor & menthol smell. Ideal for masking the stench of decaying human remains.
@@WitchyBlueMoonlight I'm taking a guess here. Maybe the highly concentrated stink, which is held within each coffin, slowly exits through small openings & cracks that develop over time. Maybe it permeates the inner walls of each mauseleum. I guess it may take a century or more for this process to complete. Maybe some coffins aren't sealed as well as others. With so many remains in the one area, the sum total of a tiny smell from each just adds up. I also heard somewhere that the human nose is very sensitive to even low levels of this putriscene & cadaverine. That's my guess anyway.
I'm a forensic pathologist (retired!). If we entered an area, of which we knew there were a lot of dead bodies, as in cemeteries like these, we had little (kinda) gasmasks on! You should buy one! It is very bad for your health, breathing in that air! Those flies and muscito's...for me is a sign that there is still decomposing going on!!
@@Olivetti39 He puts the mask on because of decomposing bodies. The mosquitoes are a sign of it… Geez how dumb do you have to be to not understand that?
This cemetery is sure interesting, it is so higglety-pigglety, no plan for the layout of the place it seems, just random, but fascinating, thanks for this !
Niente e casuale nei cimiteri italiani è sempre tutto catalogato controllato e conteggiato,vi appare confuso perché non siete abituati a questo genere di cimiteri
Incredible! I'm going to have to watch this quite a few times to take it all in. Unlike anything I've seen, and to check out the previous vids you made.
The glass coffins seen often in Naples cemeteries were often used in combination with different preservation methods, such as mummification. The mummification process involved treating the body with chemicals and wrapping it in fabric to prevent decay. The glass coffin provided an additional layer of protection, helping to maintain the body’s appearance and prevent it from decomposing. Maybe they found wood coffins problematic for some mausoleums? The people in the area believed it slowed decay. Maybe if a person was a priest, a local politician of importance - maybe that too is why they were encased in a glass-sided coffin.
Hard to say, but still, it remains to be seen. (sorry, couldn't resist that joke. But I'm a very morbid person anyway.) Jokes aside, that really IS a beautiful cemetery. Maybe it's because my father died when I was still a baby, but I've always had a fascination with graveyards and cemeteries. Especially those with "raised" headstones. I think it made those who raised me kinda worried, but it's not like I ever did anything evil, or even disrespectful..... I just feel peaceful in those places.
The fancier the tomb, the broader my smile. So very, very important in life. Twenty minutes later, no one has any idea who you were. But there’s that monument.
On my mom's side of the family, my great grandfather was born in Milano, Italy. When his first child, a daughter, died after contracting tetanus from a dental procedure at age 15 years, he was devastated. He apparently put her in an airtight glass coffin and kept her at home for more than a week. She is underground now so I never saw it first hand. I wonder if it is a cultural thing for Italians to do? Interesting! ❤
There is an Indonesian culture that lives with their dead and care for them . They could be in their home for years until they save for a bit funeral. Then once a year they dig them up again to change their clothes and stuff
Assolutamente no non è una pratica italiana tenere i morti in casa , chissà xchè lui ha avuto il bisogno di farlo forse xchè non accettava la morte della figlia ed a quei tempi le autorità non erano così severe e la sanità non svolgeva il suo ruolo a dovere.comunque assolutamente no ,nessuno terrebbe un morto in casa!!!!
@@Sunnybrook-69 i'm Italian living in Rome. Nope... It was used in the past the glass coffin, especially in Usa and England. We don't use open casket for the funeral, and our coffins are always totally closed. You can see the deceased before the funeral, in the house or in the hospital, before they close the coffin for the funeral.
There’s a Woman in Portland Oregon who lost her Son and he is in a glass casket in her living room with special lights and when you drive down the street you can see inside her living room and see the casket
Many cemetaries in Italy have the caretaker's house in them. Did you notice the one with the address plate? Completely surrounded by graves. When my father was a boy in Italy he went to visit his mother's cousin who was the caretaker living in the cemetary. He was roasting chestnuts in the fireplace on a cold winter day. When my father saw that he was using an chopped up old wood coffin for firewood, he declined eating the chestnuts.
Wow, you are spot on with your commentary! The glass coffin had a priest? I saw the white collar and I could only think it was a religious person. The wires I thought were for an alarm system are lights?? The voltage must be low, as the connector block was exposed to the weather, which would be bad for regular house current. I will never get used to having lights in a graveyard or mausoleum. They are just too inappropriate for such use. But you see it more and more often. I have never been in a place with so many burials and interments! I can smell the death smell you speak of, and I am glad for you, that it isn't the smell of burnt bodies. For me, the smell of burnt or burning bodies is the worst! Well, it was a good video! Thanks for doing this place! I would of had a hard time believing this if you were just talking about it!
Normalmente quell' odore che si sente e dovuto al marcire dei fiori e dell' acqua stagnante dei loro contenitori.non e possibile percepire la odore della decomposizione umana! Le bare sono sigillate se poste nei muri altrimenti sotto tre metri di terra e sempre e comunque sigillate per cui mi sembra impossibile!!!!!
10:03 coffins like that makes me think that the family couldn’t fully accept the death of their loved one just yet that’s why they put them in a glass coffin so they could still see them. Cause I noticed most of them are children. You could never fully accept the death of a child let alone your own child. I’m saying this because there was this other glass coffin that I saw in a RUclips video and in it was a little girl who died of a disease I guess. It’s so sad the fact that you could see them decomposing.
It’s a stunningly beautiful place to wander and explore. ……but it’s eerily similar to a Labyrinth. Almost like a symbol of purgatory. Will you go up or down, left or right ~ which path will you choose? Hauntingly mysterious but beautiful and peaceful. Thank you for letting us experience this with you.
It also radiates peace and tranquility as most cemeteries do also you could be right about the chair in the mausoleum there could have been someone watching you as all cemeteries have guardian spirits and elemental guardians too
Interessanti tuoi video, complimenti Veramente la foto post mortem è difficile di trovare in Italia. Sei stato fortunato a trovare un sepolcro con la foto post mortem, fotografie comparse sempre nell' epoca vittoriana come la bara di vetro, brevettata nel 1899, è una delle bare di sicurezza (salvo i santificati, eroi, monaci, ecc) di epoca vittoriana quando è nata la paura di essere sepolto da vivo....nel caso in cui la persona non fosse morta, il vetro poteva essere rotto e faceva entrare dell’aria, nella speranza che qualcuno sentisse il baccano dal di fuori… poi c'è la bara di Fisk cosiddetto sarcofago ad atmosfera controllato ma in Europa non è stata nemmeno una rinvenuta
Wow. That makes sense about the glass. They would also attach a string to a bell which was placed so if they were buried alive they could pull the string which would alert people by the ringing of the bell. Creepy to think about but also quite interesting.
What a fantastic necropolis! The empty one had family that moved them to a better resting place perhaps. Sad to see so much neglect, I think of dissolute old families that have nobody left to look after them. Time erases everything.
The linked hands represent spouses. Most often found when one spouse departed before the other. This represents their love reaching across the boundary of death. There are Victorian variations of the same symbol. I have also seen one set of graves where one spouse was Catholic and one Protestant. Since the Protestant spouse could not be buried in a Catholic cemetary (consecrated ground), they were buried on the boundary of the cemetary. The hands reached across the boundary of the Catholic cemetary to the Protestant spouse in unconsecrated ground.
Im surprised that they have just metal gates and glass windows where you can see right into the crypt. Here in Australia, the doors must be solid and any glass must be completely black. The law here is that No one should be able to look inside another familys Vault.
My sister in law 's mother came from Naples. After 1 year of her Grandfather dying, her mothers family removed his bones and washed them. Apparently that's what some Italians do.
The memorials are astounding! I've never seen anything so magnificent that isn't some ancient tomb. They really care about their deceased. Too bad so much has fallen into ruin.
Hey Dan. Wow. With the building falling like that. That's a shame. OSHA. Our safety inspection place here in the states would have failed that cemetery in a heartbeat. Plus another incorrupt body. How amazing. I bet you are close to Rome. Rome is a spiritual area. You really outdid yourself. You are an amazing dude. I love watching you. Keep making me and America and around the world with your videos buddy. You're doing a great job. Your videos keeps getting better and better every time.
I wonder what OSHA thinks about all those Mausoleums in the US that are in a state of decay. Where coffins and human remains are scattered all around. And all that about a hundred meters from busy streets.
Very interesting cemetery, lots of tombs to explore. In Italy they tend to place the body in a zinc liner which is hermetically sealed, then placed in a timber coffin. This preserves the body to a certain point but mostly prevents odours and bodily fluids from leaking out! The glass coffin is unusual, it could have been someone very holy, like a priest or monk who is revered.
So big! So interesting! Each country takes care of their dead a little differently. That’s a hell of a lot of dead people Dan! Looking forward to #8 😎✌🏼
Das ist ja ein ganzes Dorf als Friedhof mit Häusern, hier in Deutschland gibt es zwar auch Mausoleum aber die meisten werden Erdbestattung machen. Oder neuerdings sehr viele Feuerbestattungen da geht hier der Trent zu hin. Auch sehr beliebt sind Wälder wo unter Bäumen bestattet wird.
I wonder why some of the mausoleums are so well-kept, but others are in ruins. Is the upkeep the families' responsibility or the city's? And can you imagine how BEYOND spooky this place must be at night??
My worst nightmare would be getting totally lost in this place. A veritable maze. I always thought mausoleums were exempt from odors, but apparently not. The mausoleums overall are beautiful via their architecture.
Respectfully: Why a glass coffin? I'm very, very impressed by the cemetery! Beautiful and....very interesting! So no one is 'alone' there...(if this make sense)❤
I have only ever seen glass coffins mainly for Saints when they are displayed in Holy places, and a little girl who was embalmed and placed in the Museum of the Capuchin Monks in Palermo - to this day she looks as if she is asleep. That cemetery looks quite well kept in general. Just for information, by Italian law, people who pass away have to be buried within 3 days.
From what I can find out, glass coffins started to pop up in 1859, and were a sales item by the 1920s. Earlier, in the 1850s, glass windows were used to detect breath condensation in case someone was buried alive. So it all long predates the popular Disney film of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was released in 1937. The original story of Snow White was written by the Brothers Grimm, December 20, 1812. In that story, she was placed in glass coffin. The idea of glass coffins have been for at least over 200 years. Glass coffins are rarely used today.
I hope this isn't bad to say, but your voice and accent remind me of The Beatles! Or The Beets, if you know that reference. Anyway, interesting video. Very scenic cemetery. Very "old world," as you'd expect in Italy. Thanks for taking us along.
Why anyone would put a dear deceased loved one on display in a glass coffin to publicly rot is way beyond me. I would be absolutely traumatized to see my loved one(s) in such a condition! Horrific and disgusting! 🤢🤮
Lot of these older mausoleums are family or even community ones. Where at some places not all you’d pay to rent the upper portion and once the body has decomposed the bones will be removed and interned underneath the mausoleum. The one where the floor had a deep hole in it is one of those rooms. The name would then go on a family epitaph.
I LOVE seeing what they looked like Alive….LOTS of Money went into these Graves it like ART for a Graveyard…..I also loving seeing the Year They passed away in….That’s the 1 thing We ALL will do is DIE….I lost My Dad 4 yrs ago it’s been the WORST PAIN I found Him and it’s Still like yesterday….It’s hard not to see him anymore….At least for Now but We do not know for Sure…. Watching from Virginia 🇺🇸
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I have been really enjoying your videos on the cemeteries in Italy. They are truly cities of the dead.
The mausoleum at 12:10. Maria Giulio Colonna, Duchess of Atri. She was the mistress of King Joseph I Bonaparte of Spain. She had two illegitimate children with him.
that's super cool!!
@@PurlingQueen I try to search it but i couldnt find it . Just curious what she looks like and what life she have before dead .
@@brey.y The date on the mausoleum is when it was built, not her death year.
@@PurlingQueen Neat. Thanks for the info. Very interesting.
@@brey.y I found a photo. Just copy and paste this search on Google, including the quotes: "wikitree + Maria Giulia Colonna Image"
Just as he was showing us the glass coffin, the video switched to an advertisement, which start off saying, "How do you like your steak." Showing a piece of steak on a wooden cutting board. Now that's what I call good timing!
This cemetery is astounding. It seems that you have "streets and neighborhoods" that are clean and well maintained, and turn the corner and you are in the slums. Be safe.
I have a feeling the glass coffin contains the young girl in the picture on the altar in the back, especially considering all the offerings of lights and decorations on the coffin, which I can see a parent's never ending love bringing faithfully
I was thinking exactly the same.
Yes, I think you are correct. Maybe the family picked the glass coffin out of some romantic idea of losing a young person and not being ready to say goodbye.
I was thinking the same.
Ik dacht dat ook
You have to imagine that even if it had to do with never saying goodbye, that seeing the body decay would be more traumatic than sealing her in stone.
You can taste death as well as smell it. Do you have Vicks Vapor Rub or a methol product to put under your nose. It helps get rid of lingering smell. My uncle was a ME (medical examiner, coroner). I have been seeing the dead in all manner of decomp since I was at least 5 years old. Not for the faint of heart. Breathing in that is not good for you my friend. Take Good Care!
Interesting! Thanks for sharing your story!
@@mikki3961 Yes Vicks placed under the nose or just inside the nose works well
it does catch your breath, like it's thick in the air.
Trust me, that's one smell you'll never forget. Over 20 years later after encountering it and I still retch when I think about it.
So mausoleums aren’t healthy? Is this why it’s better to be buried underground?
I’ve never seen so many mausoleums. And a lot of wealthy families too.
Look after that hayfever good sir. Maybe wear a mask along with Vicks Vapor rub to help deter smells. And be extra careful of the mould spores which are not good for allergies.
Enjoyed the video till you mentioned the smell and taste of death. And those mausoleums are sooo old. They are beautiful. The bird song is gorgeous. Shame about the mozzies too. Please take care of yourself when roaming these graveyards. God bless.
I'm amazed at how huge this cemetery is. Most of this area seems to be in great condition. That glass coffin is creepy for sure.
Love the birdsong 🌹🇦🇺
Cant have been easy bringing the departed in to rest in these areas with all the stairs and twists and turns to navigate.
Es un camino que se hace solamente una vez 😢
Thanks Dan. It's deffo a very interesting site. So much there. Liked the holding hands monument. 👍
Thanks Ian, hope you've got your suncream on with this weather.
This is the biggest grave yard I've ever seen
@@deadgoodwalks I have Dan. Plus a very lightweight jacket😁👍
One in Paris France is larger. Saw that on another channel. @@seanbucher
WOW i am absolutely loving this series,, Thank you so much for taking us with you
Wow, I've never seen anything like this! Thank you for sharing. I have to say, the bust next to the glass coffin scared me more than the glass coffin! Lol. Hope you get well soon!
There's a local mausoleum near me that I like to visit. It's very modern. long halls with electric lighting, carpet, lots of places to sit. I've found a small area that will just reek of death now and then. The staff do what they can to try to keep it from happening but ...well...the walls are literally full of dead bodies. I guess places like this will smell at times. Strange with such seemingly old interments, though. You'd think the purification for many of them would be long gone. Maybe not all of them are so old. Absolutely agree about how it sticks to the roof of your mouth. There's no mistaking it when you smell it, either. Thank you for sharing!
They need to upgrade the venting system. That will take care of the odor.
@@Lovescoffee-zo2btOh there going to get wright on it , after they have some Expresso
@@RavenousMedicine Decomp is slower in that environment than out in the open so it can carry on for decades.
@@rlt9492 Ah, I see. That makes sense
What an amazing place. Can't imagine trying to carry a coffin thru all those stairs. Thank you for sharing.
Why on earth would anyone want to be buried in a glass coffin who'd want to watch their loved ones rot
Most likely a widow. In that time, preserving and keeping the body was important. So, a widow most likely sat in the crypt from time to time (probably Sunday and holidays) to “visit”. Not uncommon.
Simple reason
" They wanted too ! "
One possibility is that they're considered a candidate for sainthood. Apparently one of the "miraculous" signs of sainthood accepted by the Roman Catholic Church (and also Eastern Orthodox sects) are mortal remains that are "incorrupt", or in a remarkable state of preservation without embalming.
Some airtight coffins were supposed to preserve embalmed bodies. Rosalia Lombardo is a great example.
@@anonz975 That embalming was excellent. The family was so grieved they wanted the best there was.
Hi Dan, love your videos, and especially the pictures of the departed, love the sweet birdsong. I hope that you feel better soon, and looking forward to more videos, have a blessed rest of the week, from Virginia ❤ 🇺🇸
Hi Dan, This Cemetery is really cool. Please be safe. The Mob is not something you want to mess with at all, Keep these videos coming. Jean Crosby Nashville TN USA
The bird sounds are awesome
mainly why I watch!
Wonder who gets to put batteries in them lights??? Spooky job as far as the infrastructure there!!!
Looks like an old fish tank!!! Lol!!!!! Great sens of humor!!!!!🤣😂🤣😂
0:21 bless you, lol
The open crypt around 19 minutes in had water in it, likely the breeding ground for the mosquitos.
The scent of death is caused by two sulphur based compounds, cadaverine, and putrescine. I've found that the scent of coffee (another sulphur based cent) is a good smell to clear bad smells out of the sinuses. Burt's bees lip balm with menthol to the upper lip is another good way to get a bad scent out of the sinuses.
Cadaverine, where we get cadaver from. That’s interesting, thank you. I think pathologists/crime scene investigators put Vicks under their noses, or I may have watched too many crime shows
@@shirleyn546 The autopsy scene in The SIlence of the Lambs. There they do it. They are still overwhelmed by sight and smell.
@@myriadhues457 Cadaverine & putrescine huh? How appropriately named those 2 sulphur based compounds are huh? Lovely nomenclature! Ergh!
Yes, I remember the scene of which you speak, in the 'Silence of the lambs' movie. I always wondered what that stuff was they dabbed just under their noses in the autopsy scene. Vicks vapor rub makes a whole lotta sense with its strong, aromatic camphor & menthol smell. Ideal for masking the stench of decaying human remains.
how can they still stink after such a long time?
@@WitchyBlueMoonlight I'm taking a guess here. Maybe the highly concentrated stink, which is held within each coffin, slowly exits through small openings & cracks that develop over time.
Maybe it permeates the inner walls of each mauseleum. I guess it may take a century or more for this process to complete. Maybe some coffins aren't sealed as well as others. With so many remains in the one area, the sum total of a tiny smell from each just adds up.
I also heard somewhere that the human nose is very sensitive to even low levels of this putriscene & cadaverine. That's my guess anyway.
Like a city of the dead quite literally. The place is huge! Fantastic content Dan, so very interesting sights
I'm a forensic pathologist (retired!). If we entered an area, of which we knew there were a lot of dead bodies, as in cemeteries like these, we had little (kinda) gasmasks on! You should buy one! It is very bad for your health, breathing in that air! Those flies and muscito's...for me is a sign that there is still decomposing going on!!
you put a gasmask on every time you enter a cemetery because there are mosquitos?
@@Olivetti39 I was mainly referring to the flies!
@@Olivetti39 He puts the mask on because of decomposing bodies. The mosquitoes are a sign of it… Geez how dumb do you have to be to not understand that?
"Muscitos"?
How does one become a forensic pathologist but can't spell mosquito?! 😅😅😅😅
@@PleasantGrove-y5w My thought exactly! Not to mention the apostrophe! 🙄
This cemetery is sure interesting, it is so higglety-pigglety, no plan for the layout of the place it seems, just random, but fascinating, thanks for this !
Niente e casuale nei cimiteri italiani è sempre tutto catalogato controllato e conteggiato,vi appare confuso perché non siete abituati a questo genere di cimiteri
Yet more beautiful wonderful monuments Dan. 👏👏👏
Such a privilege to walk there kev, happy to show you around
@@deadgoodwalks we all really appreciate it Dan. 👏👏
Incredible! I'm going to have to watch this quite a few times to take it all in. Unlike anything I've seen, and to check out the previous vids you made.
This was an awesome video I did not want it to end!
It's an amazing place, like a village that is abandoned.
And, Find a Grave it lists 129 burials. There are THOUSANDS of burial in there.
The glass coffins seen often in Naples cemeteries were often used in combination with different preservation methods, such as mummification. The mummification process involved treating the body with chemicals and wrapping it in fabric to prevent decay. The glass coffin provided an additional layer of protection, helping to maintain the body’s appearance and prevent it from decomposing. Maybe they found wood coffins problematic for some mausoleums? The people in the area believed it slowed decay. Maybe if a person was a priest, a local politician of importance - maybe that too is why they were encased in a glass-sided coffin.
I, too, wondered if this was perhaps a priest.
Hard to say, but still, it remains to be seen.
(sorry, couldn't resist that joke. But I'm a very morbid person anyway.)
Jokes aside, that really IS a beautiful cemetery.
Maybe it's because my father died when I was still a baby, but I've always had a fascination with graveyards and cemeteries. Especially those with "raised" headstones. I think it made those who raised me kinda worried, but it's not like I ever did anything evil, or even disrespectful..... I just feel peaceful in those places.
This series has been awesome! Thank you Sir!
There doesn’t seem to be any sort of organization to this pkace, it’s wonderful and lovely and chaotic, I’d probably get lost
Legendary phrase of this year for me. Shes got sunglasses on. Great vid my friend.
The girl in the death photo is beautiful and so young. Heartbreaking 🌹 🌹 🌹
Where???
The fancier the tomb, the broader my smile. So very, very important in life. Twenty minutes later, no one has any idea who you were. But there’s that monument.
Well this is a nice surprise Dan God bless you
Another great clip thanks Dan, no thanks to glass coffin, the place seems enormous
Great video! Very cool take of the glass coffin.
On my mom's side of the family, my great grandfather was born in Milano, Italy. When his first child, a daughter, died after contracting tetanus from a dental procedure at age 15 years, he was devastated. He apparently put her in an airtight glass coffin and kept her at home for more than a week. She is underground now so I never saw it first hand. I wonder if it is a cultural thing for Italians to do? Interesting! ❤
There is an Indonesian culture that lives with their dead and care for them . They could be in their home for years until they save for a bit funeral. Then once a year they dig them up again to change their clothes and stuff
@@devdawg22 That is really very cool! Thank you for sharing!
Assolutamente no non è una pratica italiana tenere i morti in casa , chissà xchè lui ha avuto il bisogno di farlo forse xchè non accettava la morte della figlia ed a quei tempi le autorità non erano così severe e la sanità non svolgeva il suo ruolo a dovere.comunque assolutamente no ,nessuno terrebbe un morto in casa!!!!
@@Sunnybrook-69 i'm Italian living in Rome. Nope... It was used in the past the glass coffin, especially in Usa and England.
We don't use open casket for the funeral, and our coffins are always totally closed.
You can see the deceased before the funeral, in the house or in the hospital, before they close the coffin for the funeral.
There’s a Woman in Portland Oregon who lost her Son and he is in a glass casket in her living room with special lights and when you drive down the street you can see inside her living room and see the casket
Wow, fascinating thanks for sharing. I couldn’t help but chuckle at the ‘fish tank’ remark
That was awesome. Great find.
Thank you for this. I don't know if I'll ever make it there in my lifetime and it was very interesting.
Its so interesting to see different cultures view on death. Enjoying these videos. Thank you.
Many cemetaries in Italy have the caretaker's house in them. Did you notice the one with the address plate? Completely surrounded by graves. When my father was a boy in Italy he went to visit his mother's cousin who was the caretaker living in the cemetary. He was roasting chestnuts in the fireplace on a cold winter day. When my father saw that he was using an chopped up old wood coffin for firewood, he declined eating the chestnuts.
This was absolutely fasinating…your camera quality is amazing
Wow, you are spot on with your commentary!
The glass coffin had a priest? I saw the white collar and I could only think it was a religious person.
The wires I thought were for an alarm system are lights?? The voltage must be low, as the connector block was exposed to the weather, which would be bad for regular house current. I will never get used to having lights in a graveyard or mausoleum. They are just too inappropriate for such use. But you see it more and more often.
I have never been in a place with so many burials and interments! I can smell the death smell you speak of, and I am glad for you, that it isn't the smell of burnt bodies. For me, the smell of burnt or burning bodies is the worst!
Well, it was a good video! Thanks for doing this place! I would of had a hard time believing this if you were just talking about it!
Normalmente quell' odore che si sente e dovuto al marcire dei fiori e dell' acqua stagnante dei loro contenitori.non e possibile percepire la odore della decomposizione umana! Le bare sono sigillate se poste nei muri altrimenti sotto tre metri di terra e sempre e comunque sigillate per cui mi sembra impossibile!!!!!
Really liked this tour!
This is the second video I've seen with a glass coffin! Very unique. Imagine visiting your relations grave every month and watch them rot...!
Whilst this cemetery is a little overgrown and most likely overcrowded too it still radiates beauty
This is amazing, It really is a village for the dead.
😮 ❤ loving your channel & love peaceful graveyards day or night ❤
Bless you
Absolutely an amazing place. Fascinating 🙏⚰️🪦
Love the vintage portraits pictures.
10:03 coffins like that makes me think that the family couldn’t fully accept the death of their loved one just yet that’s why they put them in a glass coffin so they could still see them. Cause I noticed most of them are children. You could never fully accept the death of a child let alone your own child. I’m saying this because there was this other glass coffin that I saw in a RUclips video and in it was a little girl who died of a disease I guess. It’s so sad the fact that you could see them decomposing.
It’s a stunningly beautiful place to wander and explore. ……but it’s eerily similar to a Labyrinth. Almost like a symbol of purgatory. Will you go up or down, left or right ~ which path will you choose? Hauntingly mysterious but beautiful and peaceful.
Thank you for letting us experience this with you.
It also radiates peace and tranquility as most cemeteries do also you could be right about the chair in the mausoleum there could have been someone watching you as all cemeteries have guardian spirits and elemental guardians too
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I wish the camera would linger longer so we can see in more detail inside the mausoleum(s). It's too fast and if one blinks, you missed it. 😕
Previously I always thought the mausoleums at Highgate and Argentina were impressive. But your vids at Paris and Naples is quite jaw dropping too
Interessanti tuoi video, complimenti Veramente la foto post mortem è difficile di trovare in Italia. Sei stato fortunato a trovare un sepolcro con la foto post mortem, fotografie comparse sempre nell' epoca vittoriana come la bara di vetro, brevettata nel 1899, è una delle bare di sicurezza (salvo i santificati, eroi, monaci, ecc) di epoca vittoriana quando è nata la paura di essere sepolto da vivo....nel caso in cui la persona non fosse morta, il vetro poteva essere rotto e faceva entrare dell’aria, nella speranza che qualcuno sentisse il baccano dal di fuori… poi c'è la bara di Fisk cosiddetto sarcofago ad atmosfera controllato ma in Europa non è stata nemmeno una rinvenuta
Wow. That makes sense about the glass.
They would also attach a string to a bell which was placed so if they were buried alive they could pull the string which would alert people by the ringing of the bell. Creepy to think about but also quite interesting.
Si, ho letto molto della storia di barra con campanello... alla fine penso che nessuno vuole essere sepolto dal vivo !
Un abbraccio forte forte ❤️
@@pyrettablaze0414 at the beginning there were strings coming out to the front with a bell on them.
@@Davidautofull Ooo, didn’t see that. Ty. 😉let’s hope it wasn’t ringing with no one to hear.
What a fantastic necropolis! The empty one had family that moved them to a better resting place perhaps. Sad to see so much neglect, I think of dissolute old families that have nobody left to look after them. Time erases everything.
The linked hands represent spouses. Most often found when one spouse departed before the other. This represents their love reaching across the boundary of death.
There are Victorian variations of the same symbol. I have also seen one set of graves where one spouse was Catholic and one Protestant. Since the Protestant spouse could not be buried in a Catholic cemetary (consecrated ground), they were buried on the boundary of the cemetary. The hands reached across the boundary of the Catholic cemetary to the Protestant spouse in unconsecrated ground.
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Im surprised that they have just metal gates and glass windows where you can see right into the crypt.
Here in Australia, the doors must be solid and any glass must be completely black. The law here is that No one should be able to look inside another familys Vault.
My sister in law 's mother came from Naples. After 1 year of her Grandfather dying, her mothers family removed his bones and washed them. Apparently that's what some Italians do.
Fascinating! This is like nothing I've seen before.
The memorials are astounding! I've never seen anything so magnificent that isn't some ancient tomb. They really care about their deceased. Too bad so much has fallen into ruin.
Hey Dan. Wow. With the building falling like that. That's a shame. OSHA. Our safety inspection place here in the states would have failed that cemetery in a heartbeat. Plus another incorrupt body. How amazing. I bet you are close to Rome. Rome is a spiritual area. You really outdid yourself. You are an amazing dude. I love watching you. Keep making me and America and around the world with your videos buddy. You're doing a great job. Your videos keeps getting better and better every time.
I wonder what OSHA thinks about all those Mausoleums in the US that are in a state of decay. Where coffins and human remains are scattered all around. And all that about a hundred meters from busy streets.
Probably the same way seen here with the ones here. That's What I'm wondering.
Very interesting cemetery, lots of tombs to explore. In Italy they tend to place the body in a zinc liner which is hermetically sealed, then placed in a timber coffin. This preserves the body to a certain point but mostly prevents odours and bodily fluids from leaking out! The glass coffin is unusual, it could have been someone very holy, like a priest or monk who is revered.
So big! So interesting! Each country takes care of their dead a little differently. That’s a hell of a lot of dead people Dan! Looking forward to #8 😎✌🏼
Looking at the condition of this cemetery, it makes me want to start cleaning it up. I'm surprised it isn't better kept.
Sorry, is the date of Raffaele Scognamiglio on 9:08 switched?
Never a truer Dan-ism: ". . . like an old fish tank." -- LOL! 🤣😂
9:01 Whats the point of a glass coffin if it is not air tight and mold can grow in it?
it will explode anyway if the gasses are building up inside an airtight coffin.
@@chocolatnoir1108 Good point.
The cemetery that just keeps on giving
Bless you.
Wow, what a great huge cemetery. The glass coffin is so awesome, too bad I`ll never get to travel there. Thanks for uploading!
Such a unique cemetery set up. Curious to know why most are above ground, if they are caskets, urns, or just commemorative plaques?
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Das ist ja ein ganzes Dorf als Friedhof mit Häusern, hier in Deutschland gibt es zwar auch Mausoleum aber die meisten werden Erdbestattung machen. Oder neuerdings sehr viele Feuerbestattungen da geht hier der Trent zu hin. Auch sehr beliebt sind Wälder wo unter Bäumen bestattet wird.
I'm from Naples! ❤
Holy crap, they’re everywhere! Beautiful in its own way.
Wow!! That place is huge! Amazing how other cultures care for their dead. We’ve got nothing like this in the USA.
New Orleans has a similar tradition, but I imagine with fairly different cultural inputs.
@@Fragrantbeard Yes, it is very different from what was shown in the video.
Thank you for touring the final destination 🙏
It could be a priest in the glass coffin.
Thanks, Dan.
Aren't priests buried on church grounds?
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What beautiful coffin 😊
I wonder why some of the mausoleums are so well-kept, but others are in ruins. Is the upkeep the families' responsibility or the city's? And can you imagine how BEYOND spooky this place must be at night??
The family usually keeps it clean but then they all die
Fascinating.
My worst nightmare would be getting totally lost in this place. A veritable maze. I always thought mausoleums were exempt from odors, but apparently not. The mausoleums overall are beautiful via their architecture.
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The monuments are stunning but it's got be the most claustrophobic place I've ever seen
Respectfully: Why a glass coffin? I'm very, very impressed by the cemetery! Beautiful and....very interesting! So no one is 'alone' there...(if this make sense)❤
Glass coffin 9:05
I have only ever seen glass coffins mainly for Saints when they are displayed in Holy places, and a little girl who was embalmed and placed in the Museum of the Capuchin Monks in Palermo - to this day she looks as if she is asleep. That cemetery looks quite well kept in general. Just for information, by Italian law, people who pass away have to be buried within 3 days.
Very cool find 😎🤟 nice lil adrenaline rush too ❤
The idea of glass coffins l was told are from the film Snow White.
It’s huge there be afraid in getting lost in there. Well done in sharing the video
From what I can find out, glass coffins started to pop up in 1859, and were a sales item by the 1920s. Earlier, in the 1850s, glass windows were used to detect breath condensation in case someone was buried alive. So it all long predates the popular Disney film of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was released in 1937. The original story of Snow White was written by the Brothers Grimm, December 20, 1812. In that story, she was placed in glass coffin. The idea of glass coffins have been for at least over 200 years. Glass coffins are rarely used today.
@@NightBazaar that makes much more sense - thank you
@NightBazaar wow that's cool to know 😊
I hope this isn't bad to say, but your voice and accent remind me of The Beatles! Or The Beets, if you know that reference. Anyway, interesting video. Very scenic cemetery. Very "old world," as you'd expect in Italy. Thanks for taking us along.
Why anyone would put a dear deceased loved one on display in a glass coffin to publicly rot is way beyond me. I would be absolutely traumatized to see my loved one(s) in such a condition! Horrific and disgusting! 🤢🤮
Lots of possible housing for the homeless population there mate 😊😊
Lot of these older mausoleums are family or even community ones. Where at some places not all you’d pay to rent the upper portion and once the body has decomposed the bones will be removed and interned underneath the mausoleum. The one where the floor had a deep hole in it is one of those rooms. The name would then go on a family epitaph.
I LOVE seeing what they looked like Alive….LOTS of Money went into these Graves it like ART for a Graveyard…..I also loving seeing the Year
They passed away in….That’s the 1 thing We ALL will do is DIE….I lost My Dad 4 yrs ago it’s been the WORST PAIN I found Him and it’s
Still like yesterday….It’s hard not to see him anymore….At least for Now but We do not know for Sure….
Watching from Virginia 🇺🇸