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"Taut leathery skin hangs like a tabard over the torsos of the best-preserved Urbania mummies, & loosely over the legs & arms like an ageing elephant’s." I visited the Chiesa dei Morti and wrote about death, life and suchlike over on substack. (it's free!) danigaravelli.substack.com/p/la-chiesa-...
La Chiesa Dei Morti
“Have you ever seen anything like this?” our guide, Michele, asks, as he leads us into the crypt behind the altar of the Chiesa Dei Morti — Church of the Dead — in the town of Urbania in Le Marche.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
"Taut leathery skin hangs like a tabard over the torsos of the best-preserved Urbania mummies, & loosely over the legs & arms like an ageing elephant’s." I visited the Chiesa dei Morti and wrote about death, life and suchlike over on substack. (it's free!) danigaravelli.substack.com/p/la-chiesa-...
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