289 Comments Posted by sandy

Binky..you're spot on. I have read books about the epidemic that explain that in some places, more than 80% of the town/area died from cholera. Bodies would be left in the streets for the body gatherers to pick up, but there weren't enough of them to keep up. A lot of the times, there would be dogs and other wild animals feeding on the dead bodies. A horrible time in history.

No WAY! I am beyond jealous..it's always been a dream to explore these catacombs. Soooooo jealous!

I still can't get over how neat and tidy this place looks!

I'm ready for a massage and a spa day, thanks to this gallery, lol!

A lot of the stuff in the rooms is in surprisingly good condition!

Is the cabinet what is considered an apothecary cabinet?

Since we're throwing rotten exes in here, can you add mine to the garbage pile??

I know the spa catered to the rich..I wonder how much it cost back in the day?

Yay! A new gallery! My birthday was February 17th, so happy birthday to me with these awesome new pictures!

Mica it looks like it may have been a nice tile at one time maybe?

Do you guys think that Joan really was a prostitute? Maybe she was just a sexy dancer/stripper? It's hard for me to wrap my mind around those Hollywood legends being prostitutes!

I know that a lot of times there were some sort of "protectors" that you could use for safety reasons in front of a fireplace..maybe there used to be something like that?

Ah..now I can see how it is a loaf of bread!

Thanks Dark-Star and Ipn for the info!

Yeah..I always kind of gravitated to whichever side of the Church seemed to be moving people in and out of the confessional fastest, lol!