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St. Agatha's Historical Complex and Catacombs
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Martin
June 17, 2016
St. Agatha's crypt and catacombs is amazing. The museum upstairs is quirky, but the crypt is fabulous. The history is fascinating and the frescoes are a must see.
Justine
August 29, 2021
St.Agatha's Crypt, Catacombs and Museum. The Maltese Catacombs were never meant to be hiding places during persecutions or as living quarters. They were underground cemeteries dug in the globigerina limestone, consisting of long narrow corridors with tombs on each side and vaults. Some of the tombs are even decorated with reliefs and frescoes. In St Agatha's, there are over 500 graves of several types, the majority of children. There are sections for pagans and Jews, as well as for Christians.Most of the tombs were used for the internment of two people. Sometimes a double tomb has a thin wall separating one from the other. At times they are put side by side, and not only two, but even three, four or five persons were buried in the same grave. In almost all graves there is found the head rest, a sort of rock pillow. In each grave there is a semicircular cavity where the head of the deceased person is rested in its position. These cavities denote how many people were buried in each grave. Another interesting feature in the Maltese Catacombs is the Agape Table, probably used as a table for the final farewell repast. This is a round table hewn out of the live rock about 60cm or more above ground level.Generally these tables are about 75cm. The different types of tombs are another feature that distinguishes the Maltese Catacombs.Very frequently, one can notice many small niches cut in the side walls.These were used to hold an oil lamp to light the whereabouts. Many niches still bear soot marks. Two of the tombs at St. Agatha's Catacombs are decorated with mural paintings.
St.Agatha's Crypt, Catacombs and Museum. The Maltese Catacombs were never meant to be hiding places during persecutions or as living quarters. They were underground cemeteries dug in the globigerina limestone, consisting of long narrow corridors with tombs on each side and vaults. Some of the tombs…
A. George
August 15, 2017
The underground chapel of St. Agatha (The Ctypt) has unique frescoes, that were painted in 1200. Other 29 frescoes were painted in 1480. The main altar of the Crypt was built over another rock altar in 1666. The catacombs are underground cemeteries to the 2nd and 3rd century AD! Here you can see the different types of graves, some time with the real skeletons. In the catacombs, you can see also two graves with frescoes that date back to the 4th century AD. And there is the earliest rock-cut church in Malta. This is chapel with the freeze all around, with pillars and capital
The underground chapel of St. Agatha (The Ctypt) has unique frescoes, that were painted in 1200. Other 29 frescoes were painted in 1480. The main altar of the Crypt was built over another rock altar in 1666. The catacombs are underground cemeteries to the 2nd and 3rd century AD! Here you can see th…
Pierre
January 22, 2016
St. Agatha's Historical Complex and Catacombs
Audrienne
June 9, 2022
St Agatha's Catacombs Malta is one of the prominent places where people used to be buried in catacombs. In Rabat Malta, there are two adjacent catacombs to each other, named after St. Paul’s and St. Agatha’s. Above St. Agatha’s catacombs there is a small museum where you can find early Roman and Phoenician artifacts. They are an incredible attraction showing how the people of the third century AD could construct such subterranean tombs with many corridors and chambers. They are the earliest archaeological evidence of Christianity in Malta.
St Agatha's Catacombs Malta is one of the prominent places where people used to be buried in catacombs. In Rabat Malta, there are two adjacent catacombs to each other, named after St. Paul’s and St. Agatha’s. Above St. Agatha’s catacombs there is a small museum where you can find early Roman and Ph…
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