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On Sunday 17th February, Heritage Malta will be organising various activities at St Paul’s Catacombs including a lecture, re-enactments and activities for children (schedule of activities listed below). One will also have the opportunity to purchase food prepared according to recipes of the time!
Named Mortem, the event is inspired by the nine-day ancient Roman festival Parentalia which occurred from the 13th to the 21st of February in honour of the ancestors and the departed loved ones. During these celebrations, Romans and early Christians renewed funerary rites and hosted commemorative meals known as the refrigerium or agape, at the catacombs.
Also this Sunday, St Paul's Catacombs 3D room will open to the public for the first time! Here, visitors will be able to experience and navigate through 3D models of a number of catacombs without the need to actually go down to the catacombs themselves.
Opening hours: 09.00am– 5:00pm (last admission at 4:00pm).
tickets: €2 per person