Italy is famous for its delicious food, art, architecture, literature, fashion, natural beauty, and more. However, a user named “Mambo Italiano” shared some pictures of Italy on platform X that showcased another side of the beautiful country.
The pictures show the most spooky, sinister, mysterious, haunted, and eerie places in Italy that might just send a chill down your spine. So, if you are ready, let’s go on a scary journey to Italy!
Park of the Monsters, Viterbo: A Prince named Orsini commissioned the making of this ghostly park in 1552 to vent his grief over the death of his wife.
Capuchin Crypt, Rome: This creepy place is made up of 3,700 bodies and skeletons of Capuchin friars (a Roman Catholic order of brothers) that are used in decorating this tiny underground place.
Capuchin Catacombs, Palermo, Sicily: This scary place consists of 2000 perfectly preserved mummified bodies and skeletons. It’s open to visitors.
Alchemical Door, Rome: Having its history back to 1656, this is a place of enigma surrounded with stories of disappearance, mysteries, inscriptions, and the philosopher’s stone, that still intrigue people crashing legends with reality.
Labyrinth of Osimo, Marche: It’s the true maze of caves, tunnels, and underground galleries, spanning from the Christian era to the Knights of Malta and Templars.
Ca' Dario, Venice: A cursed Italian palace having its roots in the 1500s with all sorts of disasters, suicides, illness, murders, financial collapse, and misfortunes of all types.
Devil's Bridge, Lucca: Said to be built around the year 1000, according to the legend this sinister-shaped bridge deals with the devil as suicides have occurred here since its construction.
Triora, Liguria: Famous as the “capital” of Italian witches, back in 1587, this place was struck by bad weather and famines. Now it serves as souvenirs and themed events.
Poveglia Island, Venice: A haunted place and the ghostly remnants of a past with roots linked as a plague quarantine station, military use, and later an asylum.
These places resembling haunted houses in a horror movie are the asylums closed due to the law. Now they are loved by graffiti artists and dark photographers.