Quarter Calatafimi famous for two landmarks - Carthage cemetery and the Capuchin monastery. The first dates back to 6 - 4 centuries BC, when Palermo was ruled by the Carthaginians. Actually, that they founded the city around 600 BC on the site of an ancient trading settlement. The cemetery consists of 70 graves, most of which is a hole dug in the ground. Almost all of the artifacts found here can be seen today in the Archaeological Museum of Palermo. But part of the ancient objects buried with the dead, there was - for example, ceramic pottery, tools and jewelry. They are exhibited in several glass cases near the entrance to the cemetery. Two graves can be seen human skeletons.

Another noteworthy place Calatafimi - producing eerie impression Capuchin monastery with its huge catacombs full of mummified remains. Monks began to mummify and embalm the body of the deceased members of the noble families of Palermo right after the construction of the monastery in the middle of the 16th century and continued until the early 20th century. Last mummy was made in 1920.

Mummy wearing the best suits, piled along the walls of the catacombs, where they are to this day. Among the most notable "exhibits" - an officer in the form of the 18th century and a cocked hat and a well-preserved body of a 7-year-old girl named Rosalia, which was the last embalmed.

As for the Capuchin monastery, it was significantly rebuilt in the early 20th century. In it you can see a few small sculptures of famous master Ignazio Marabitti, as well as a collection of ancient manuscripts. Here is the tomb of Giuseppe Tommasi, the author of one of the best works of Sicilian literature - "Leopard." His body was embalmed and buried in a cemetery near the catacombs.