Saint Paul's Catacombs

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Image of Maltese Catacomb Complexes located in Saint Paul's Catacombs, Malta | St. Paul's Catacombs in Rabat, Malta. (christine592/Flickr)
Saint Paul's Catacombs, Malta

Maltese Catacomb Complexes

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat

From the 3rd to the 6th centuries CE, the Roman city of Melite developed a complex system of burial grounds on its outskirts under the modern town of Rabat, a village outside of Mdina, the... »

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