Detourmap
Macabre sites in Italy
Italy has 78 macabre sites on Detourmap — catacombs, ossuaries, burial grounds and the sites of disasters. The best known is Costa Concordia. All of them are below.
- Macabre sites
- 78
- Of archaeological
- 78 of 1,110
- Little known
- 72 of 78
- Oldest
- Ossario di Custoza 1877
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1.Costa Concordia
Archaeological · Renowned
Cruise ship that ran aground in a maritime accident in 2012.
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7.1973 Rome airport attack and hijacking
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1973 terrorist attack in Italy
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11.Tempio Ossario dei Caduti d'Italia
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Church building in Udine, Italy
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16.Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Building in Bari, Italy
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22.Necropolis of Is Loccis-Santus
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Sardinia, Italy
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26.Isola Sacra Necropolis
Archaeological · Hidden gem
The Isola Sacra Necropolis was the first large-scale pagan cemetery of Roman Imperial times to be excavated. The excavator-in-chief of most of Isola Sacra was…
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40.Catacombs of Sant'Alessandro
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Catacombs on the Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy
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42.votive temple of Santa Maria Immacolata
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Church and war memorial in Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy
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43.military shrine of Pian di Salesei
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Military shrine in the Italian municipality of Livinallongo del Col di Lana, in the province of Belluno
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47.San Pietro in Vincoli (Solferino)
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Church building in Solferino, Italy
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48.military shrine of Castel Dante
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Cemetery in the municipality of Rovereto, in the autonomous province of Trento
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49.military shrine of Montello
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Military shrine in the Italian municipality of Nervesa della Battaglia, in the province of Treviso
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50.military shrine of Pocol
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Military shrine in the Italian municipality of Cortina d’Ampezzo, in the province of Belluno
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51.Necropolis of Prunittu
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Province of Oristano, Italy
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53.Pian di Mola necropolis
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Etruscan rock-cut necropolis at Tuscania, Italy
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55.Anguilla necropolis
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in the Italian comune of Ribera in the province of Agrigento in Sicily
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60.Necropolis of Campovalano
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Campovalano (TE), Italy
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71.Caporciano Mine
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Former mine and museum in Montecatini Val di Cecina, Italy
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76.Argo 16
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Italian Air Force C-47 Dakota that crashed in 1973
Questions about this page
How many macabre sites are there in Italy?
78 on this map, out of 1,110 archaeological & historic sites in Italy. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.
What is the best known macabre site in Italy?
Costa Concordia. Cruise ship that ran aground in a maritime accident in 2012.
Which macabre sites in Italy are the least visited?
72 of the 78 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.
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